The REACH (Registration, Evaluation, Authorization and Restriction of Chemicals) regulation is denying market access to certain U.S. companies trying to sell their products in the European Union.

In customer trials, the Pinpoint Express Color and Dosing System, developed collaboratively by PolyOne Corp. (Avon Lake, OH) and 3M (Maplewood, MN), compressed a typical four-week process into just a few hours.

First plants at $10 billion integrated site will contribute to global capacity for engineering plastics and TPU.

Materials expertise from Baerlocher USA (Cleveland) helped compounder FD Plastics (Dorval, QC, Canada) overcome manufacturing challenges.