Exploring the: Wood & Natural Fiber Compounds Zone
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- Wood-Plastics Composites Done Right
- Mixing and extruding wood fiber in a plastic matrix is technically demanding. It requires careful attention to formulation, drying, and extrusion temperatures
Article Published: 4/26/2012
- Materials & Additives at NPE: Performance, Processability, And Sustainability
- Bioplastics take center stage.
Article Published: 2/23/2012
- Nano-Cellulose Fibers: Renewable Reinforcements for Plastics
- Nanocrystalline cellulose (NCC) is a renewable reinforcing fiber material derived from wood or other biomass.
Article Published: 1/27/2012
- New WPC Materials Producer Up and Running
- Some 18 months in the making, Polymera Inc. last month announced that its 160,000 ft² production plant is officially open for business, with annual capacity for 60 million lb of wood/plastics composite (WPC) compounds.
Article Published: 1/27/2012
- Familiar Faces in WPC Launch
- Profile extrusion veterans form new wood-plastics concern.
Article Published: 1/28/2011
- Entrepreneur Puts Mixed-Polymer Recycling On Track to Success
- Polywood Inc. in Edison, N.J., uses mixed recycled plastics to make fiber-reinforced structural profiles for railroad ties, I-beams, and decks.
Article Published: 6/7/2010
- They Hit the Market Running
- Three years ago, when Martin Grohman and Michael Hurkes started Correct Building Products in Biddeford, Me., it wasn’t so much a start-up as a rocket launch.
Article Published: 6/1/2010
- Fulfilling a Dream of Moldable Wood
- It smells like wood, looks like wood, and has the same mechanical and chemical properties as wood.
Article Published: 6/1/2010
- A Quiet Revolution In Materials Characterization
- In December, about a dozen representatives of European chemical companies gathered in Aachen, Germany, to celebrate the 20th anniversary of a quiet revolution in plastics.
Article Published: 2/1/2009
- Organic Biocide for Long-Lasting WPC Composites
- WEB EXCLUSIVE A new organic biocide is said to significantly increase the lifespan of wood plastic composites (WPCs), by ‘dramatically’ reducing the adverse effects of mold or microorganisms that cause discoloration.
Article Published: 12/17/2008
