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Americhem Hosts Virtual Ribbon Cutting for Clean Compounding Plant Expansion

Apr 06, 2021

The ceremony on April 7 inaugurates a plant dedicated solely to clean compounding for medical device customers.

RecyClass Doubles Recycled Plastics Certification Capacity

Apr 02, 2021

Today, 25 auditors from 21 certification bodies across Europe participate in the program.

Avient Expands Global Portfolio of TPE with Recycled Content

Apr 02, 2021

New grades for the European market formulated using recovered polypropylene, oil, and glass filler can contain...

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Antimicrobial Compounds Developed for Extruded Film Applications

Apr 01, 2021

Fluon+ EM-20010 from AGC Chemicals Americas is formulated from melt-processable copolymers along with a specialty additive that inhibits growth of COVID-19 as well as other viruses and bacteria.

Conductive Carbon-Fiber Thermoplastics Edge Aluminum in Structural Applications

Mar 10, 2021

BASF’s new electrically conductive grades of carbon-fiber-reinforced polyphthalamide can replace heavier aluminum and magnesium without a loss in stiffness or strength.

Compounder Molds More Flexibility into Material Selection Process

Mar 02, 2021

The Complus concept, developed by Polykemi and subsidiary Rondo Plast, encompasses compounds based on both virgin and recycled resins with similar properties, enabling processors to select the most-appropriate materials for injection molded parts...

Milliken Acquires German Chemicals Company Zebra-chem

Mar 01, 2021

Zebra-chem’s peroxide masterbatches facilitate integration of recycled content into new plastics.

No-Drool Nozzle Tips, TPEs vs. COVID, and Other News from the Plastics Supply Chain

Feb 12, 2021

An automatic shut-off nozzle tip that eliminates stringing and drooling during injection molding and a TPE compounder that...

Teknor Apex Introduces Weatherable Capstocks for WPC Decking

Feb 09, 2021

Weatherguard WG-9000 compounds exhibit durability and scratch resistance, outperforming standard capstocks without the need for...

Medical Plastics 101: Cyclic Olefin Copolymer Fulfills Complex Medtech Performance Requirements

Feb 02, 2021

A balance of properties, including purity, clarity, sterilizability, and chemical resistance, drive use of the polymer in...

Pellet-Line Expansion Supports Growing Demand for Food-Grade, Plant-Based Polymer Additives

Feb 02, 2021

The expansion also supports compounders and processors that want to add Palsgaard’s Einar products to polymers directly rather than as part of a masterbatch formulation.

ABS Gets Metal Makeover, Molder Shifts from Lipstick to COVID Tests, and Other News from the Plastics Supply Chain

Jan 29, 2021

In this week’s roundup: Pre-colored ABS that achieves a metallic effect without secondary processing and a cosmetics molder that converted equipment to manufacture plastic parts for a COVID-19 test kit.

New Resin Formulations Join ‘Strongest Moldable Polymers’ Line for Metal Replacement

Jan 28, 2021

Mitsubishi Chemical Advanced Materials has expanded its line of KyronMAX structural thermoplastic materials that incorporate the company’s short-carbon-fiber technology.

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