PlasticsToday Staff

December 22, 2017

Allan Griff, extrusion guru and regular contributor to PlasticsToday, shared with us this adaptation of “Hark, Ye Herald Angels Sing,” and we, in turn, share it with you. We wish you and your loved ones a joyous holiday season and spectacular new year.

Weekly Resin Report: Prices Continue to Spiral Down

April 07, 2020

Resin Pricing

Materials

PlasticsToday Staff

Spot commodity resin prices remained under pressure last week: Some polyethylene grades saw losses of $0.02/lb and polypropylene also took a 2-cent hit, according to the PlasticsExchange.

Multi-Hopper Drying System Delivers Flexibility in Affordable Package

April 07, 2020

Auxiliaries, Extrusion: Film & Sheet, Extrusion: Pipe & Profile, Injection Molding

PlasticsToday Staff

Conair’s Multi-Hopper Cart is suitable for basic use but also easily accommodates upgrades for advanced applications.

Oxygen hoods from Genesis Plastics Welding

Genesis Plastics Welding Ramps up Production of Oxygen Hoods for COVID-19 Patients

April 02, 2020

Medical

Injection Molding, Materials

PlasticsToday Staff

Genesis Plastics Welding announced today that it will ramp up production of the hoods to help free up ventilators for the most critically ill patients. The sealed and pressurized hoods can help patients recover from respiratory distress.

Synthomer Completes Acquisition of Omnova Solutions

April 02, 2020

Business

Materials

PlasticsToday Staff

The $455-million acquisition of the specialty chemicals company boosts Synthomer’s presence in North America, as well as Europe and Asia, and furthers its penetration into the high-growth Chinese market.

Weekly Resin Report: Processors in Holding Pattern, Waiting for Sharper Price Slides

March 31, 2020

Resin Pricing

Materials

PlasticsToday Staff

While there was a good flow of both buy and sell inquiries, processors were generally apprehensive to pull the trigger, and, ultimately, the completed volumes were less than average. PE prices are expected to slide over the coming months.

Formlabs Is 3D Printing More than 100,000 COVID-19 Test Swabs Daily

March 29, 2020

Medical

3D Printing

PlasticsToday Staff

Over the span of one weekend, Formlabs, Northwell Health, and USF Health worked together to develop a nasal swab prototype and test it in the lab. The swabs have received FDA Class I exempt status.

ANTEC 2020: The Show Must Go On . . . Virtually

March 27, 2020

Injection Molding

Sustainability, Recycling, Thermoforming, Blow Molding, Business, Extrusion: Film & Sheet, Extrusion: Pipe & Profile, Materials

PlasticsToday Staff

This year’s live event was canceled because of COVID-19, but the knowledge sharing will go on via ANTEC 2020: The Virtual Edition. Keynotes from the CEOs of Berry Global Group and Dow will kick it off on Monday, March 30.

‘Frontline’ Airs Joint Investigation with NPR on ‘Plastic Wars’

March 26, 2020

Recycling

PlasticsToday Staff

The show promises to reveal how plastic makers for decades have publicly promoted recycling, despite privately expressing doubts that widespread plastic recycling would ever be economically viable.

Plastic surfaces embedded with graphite nanoplatelets

Graphite-Embedded Plastic Kills 99.99% of Bacteria on Contact

March 25, 2020

Medical

Materials

PlasticsToday Staff

The graphite nanoplatelets on the surface of the polyethylene slash and kill the bacteria without damaging healthy human cells, according to researchers at Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden.

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