The Plastics Pioneers Association (PPA; McHenry, IL) inducted eight new members, sponsored by existing members, during its annual meeting on April 10 to 13 in Santa Fe, NM. Introductions are in order.
PolyOne (Avon Lake, OH) did not meet analyst estimates in its Q1 report, with revenue for the quarter coming in at $900 million, well under the consensus estimate of $923.3 million.
The continuous system enables sheet to be extruded as part of the compounding process, eliminating the need to create pre-compounded resins prior to extrusion.
StyLight is Ineos Styrolution’s aesthetic thermoplastic composite product line; demand from automotive, electronics and sports industries drives decision to invest into new production site.
Getting the melt out of the die may look like the main objective in extrusion, but it’s just the first half. Plenty of teams go into halftime with a lead, only to lose it in the second half. Avoid this by paying as much attention to the shaping and cooling phases as to the heating and mixing stages.
