Medical
Clariant Partners with McDermott to Develop Next-Generation Phthalate-Free PP Catalysts
Clariant’s PolyMax 600 Series phthalate-free PP catalysts aimed at meeting the most demanding customer toxicity requirements.
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Owner of American Cord & Webbing Acquires Custom Injection Molder
Advantage Plastic Products, acquired by owner of ACW Mark Krauss, serve industries such as medical, electronics and environmental.
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Prices of Volume Resins Bottom Out
Increased exports, higher prices for feedstocks, and a slow ramp-up of production of industrial and durable goods are projected to stabilize resin prices and put upward pressure on PE and possibly PVC.
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Moving Toward Third Quarter, Prices of All Volume Commodity Resins Appear to Have Bottomed Out
The resurgence in exports along with higher feedstock prices place upward pressure on PE and possibly PVC.
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Early Signs of an Upturn from the Great Economic Disruption?
Estimates from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics show that the U.S. employment rate fell to 13.3% in May following the 14.7% rate in April. 29,800 jobs were recouped in plastics and rubber products manufacturing in May, after 900 and 73,900 job losses in March and April, respectively.
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Zinc Shown to be Effective Against Viruses on Plastic Surfaces
Using a body’s own trace element zinc inside solid plastics, The Netherlands’ Parx Materials has shown it reduces viruses five times faster than normal.
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Coronavirus Doubles Demand for Used Blow Molding Machines
Demand for hand sanitizer, alcohol, cleaning products and beverages is reportedly straining capacity in blow molding.
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Simulation Software Speeds Mask Development
Sigma Engineering partnered with Arburg and others to expedite the design and optimization of a molded LSR mask, using simulation to determine mold setup, filling calculations and thermal layout in 24 hours.
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Injection Molding: Mold Dehumidifier Adds Germ- and Virus-Free Version
Blue Air Systems’ DMS (Dry Mould System) provides aseptic dehumidification of tools for a germ and virus-free molding atmosphere.
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Covid-19 Test Swab Production Cell Introduced
Cell includes a mold, molding machine and robot with the ability to create 320 test swabs per minute and 460,000 test swabs per day.
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