Exploring the: Polyolefins Zone
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- New U.S. Source for Borealis Medical Resins
- Nexeo Solutions (formerly Ashland Distribution), Dublin, Ohio, is now distributing Bormed medical-grade PP and PE resins from Borealis of Austria for healthcare applications in North America.
Article Published: 1/29/2013
- Commodity Resin Prices Shoot Up
- Unplanned disruptions in polymer feedstock production in December, to be followed by a number of planned cracker outages slated for the first four months of this year, helped drive up monomer and resin prices, especially of PP, but also including PE...
Article Published: 1/29/2013
- Pallets, Pellets Use Old Tires as Feedstock
- Custom injection and compression molder CTC Plastics, Dayton, Ohio, recently rolled out a line of pallets and will be supplying the resin compounds used to make them as well.
Article Published: 12/28/2012
- Resin Prices Are on the Way Up
- Higher prices are projected for PE, PP, PS, and PVC in this first quarter, driven by tighter availability and/or higher costs of feedstocks.
Article Published: 12/27/2012
- Low Prices Won’t Last
- 2012 brought lower prices across the board to buyers of recycled materials.
Article Published: 12/27/2012
- Weyerhaeuser & Ford Develop Cellulose-Fiber TP Composites for Automotive
- WEB EXCLUSIVE: Forestry products producer Weyerhaeuser in Federal Way, Wash., has introduced a proprietary, patent-pending thermoplastic composite with cellulose-fiber reinforcement derived from wood.
Article Published: 12/4/2012
- VW Adopts PP Intake Manifolds in Two Car Engines
- Glass-reinforced PP with proprietary heat-stabilization enhancement has emerged as a competitor for nylon in air-intake manifolds of two Volkswagen car engines: a three-cylinder gasoline engine in Brazil and Europe and a 1.6-liter, four-cylinder eng...
Article Published: 11/29/2012
- Softer Resin Prices Expected
- Softer prices can be expected for all four commodity thermoplastics as the year ends, a trend that may continue in the first quarter of 2013, for some resins, at least.
Article Published: 11/29/2012
- PP Compounds Used in First Thermoplastic Lift Gate in New Renault Clio
- WEB EXCLUSIVE: The new Renault Clio sports what’s said to be the first all-thermoplastic, mono-material lift gate on a commercial vehicle.
Article Published: 11/3/2012
- New Plastic ‘Lumber’ Uses No Wood
- Intended to expand the property profile and application potential of polymeric wood substitutes, a new technology is available for license to make lightweight plastic lumber-type products that contain no wood fiber.
Article Published: 11/3/2012
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