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SPE outlines its “dramatic transformation”
TPE resin pricing: PE, PP, and PS continue rise
Additives: Chemtura, Baerlocher reach stabilizer agreements
Additives: Clariant, Milliken extend arrangement
Stanford researcher who linked BPA to estrogen discusses discovery
Injection molding: Moll adds cleanroom in Mexico
Film extrusion: Gloucester Engineering targets global growth
PC inventor honored
Auxiliaries: Dukane opens automotive center
Polymerupdate global resin pricing and plant news
IDES launches spot resin market
e-Weekly News Briefs, May 15
Design: Autodesk to acquire Moldflow
TPE resin pricing: PE, PP, and PS all rising
Pipe Extrusion: PPI looks for political heroes
Film extrusion: Brampton delivers 11-layer line
Moldmaking: Ace and KM bring SpinForm to China
Film extrusion: Additive helps bag litter disappear
Record M&A activity for packaging in 2007
iGPS to supply RFID-equipped pallets to Dole
Polymerupdate global resin pricing
Greening: Bayer finds proprietary route to biobased polyols
IDES—The Plastics Web: Search of the Week
e-Weekly News Briefs, May 6
MPW’s Product Watch: New machinery and equipment
MPW’s Material Thoughts: New plastics, additives, fillers and compounds
One thing leads to another
Time is money, so prototype for profit
Invest now for better employees later
Hosokawa Alpine dedicates new production facility
The Plastics Exchange Week in Review: PE, PP, and PS all
Injection molding: Optical moldings match diamond-turned glass
Extrusion: Xaloy debuts “step-change advance” for single-screw compounding
NPE adds MoldMaking Expo
Supply news: ExxonMobil bullish on Asia, and its new film materials
Materials: Metal alloy processes like plastic
Recycling: New Chicago home for PARC
Packaging: Greiner, RPC bring clever new products to Interpack
Chinaplas 2008: Bayer MaterialScience augments support in China
Polymerupdate global plastics pricing briefs
e-Weekly News Briefs, May 1
Design Focus: Time is money, so prototype for profit
Arburg draws 4100; new machines introduced
Proven material learning new tricks in blends
Proven material learning new tricks in blends
Patent-pending twin-screw feeder design
Blown-film line tackles HDB
Hybrid tank/table offers flexibility
Specialty die enhances multilayer coextrusion
Unstable voltage no problem for controller
Variety of thermocouples supported
Product Focus: Printing & Decorating
Expert on mold pressure sensors offers guidance to processors
Offerings highlighted for injection process
Feeder, loader combination
PET stretch blowmolding line launched
Software is hardware-independent
Cleanroom welding
Welding software meets FDA standards
All-electric spin welding
Compact power supplies
Easing monitoring
Low-cost gravimetric feeder promises accuracy
Expo highlights latest developments
In the Spotlight with JM Eagle
Doing the duo: Servos dock with hydraulic pumps
Taiwanese blowmolding machine goes all-electric
FR compounders rise to regulatory challenge
Chinaplas marks major step in Demag-Sumitomo integration
Medical market shows little slowdown (web-exclusive content)
Korean machine builders ride the servopump route
Medical market shows little slowdown (web-exclusive content)
Kiefel's CAT system will make operators purr
Faerch Plast adds capacity, and plans even more
New TPO offering built to beat PMMA, other TPOs
PWP expands PP and PET capacity; offers compostable trays
Marbach acquires automation specialist
Plug materials developed for pharma applications
Short runs
Get ready for next SPE thermoforming event
Chinaplas 2008: Show marks major step in Demag-Sumitomo integration
Chinaplas 2008: Wittmann welcomes controversy surrounding Battenfeld purchase
The Plastics Exchange Week in Review: PE, PP steady; PS steady, higher
Chinaplas 2008: Rapid, Conair reveal expansion plans
Chinaplas 2008: Rapid Chinese growth doesn’t yet equal local manufacturing for Maguire
Chinaplas 2008: Increasing quality demands heat up hot runner market for Incoe
Chinaplas 2008: Chinese PA, PC, and compound plans for Solutia, Sabic IP, and Ticona
Chinaplas 2008: Mattec expands in China as monitoring interest grows
Chinaplas 2008: Futaba, D-M-E announce strategic alliance
Chinaplas 2008: Controller upgrades a barometer for better processing
Conflicting studies on BPA no matter as Nalgene, others drop PC
Belgian processors invest to sustain development
Polymerupdate global plastics pricing briefs
E-Weekly News Briefs, April 23
Feast of plenty: new blowmolding grades target wide variety of uses
Graham updates shuttle and wheel lines for open house
Spotlight on stretch blowmolding: news from Graham, Sidel, W. Amsler
Taiwanese blowmolding machine goes all-electric
Gaplast expands bag-in-bottle capacity
O2 scavenger gets FDA approval
GSK awards green belt to Pretium employee
Capsnap opens new 5-gallon site in Romania
Injection molding: Engel to build Querétaro tech center
The Plastics Exchange Week in Review
Dubai Plast Pro 2008—Rowad adds BOPP; M.E. ETP interest lags; APPC and Natpet bring PP plants online
Hand lent to help solve fake pipe problem
Arburg shifts to direct presence in Mexico
Automotive: Saving the world tops saving costs
Injection molding: MPC acquires trio of competitors
MGS Mfg. Group Inc. opens new facility in Mexico
ProMold plastics expands
Polymerupdate global plastics pricing briefs
IDES—The Plastics Web: Search of the Week
e-Weekly News Briefs, April 15
Injection molding: Arburg open house draws 4000; new machines introduced
The Plastics Exchange Week in Review: PE, PP higher; PS steady
Plastics supply: Borouge eyeing PO output boost in Middle East
Injection molding: Engel installs 5500-tonne machine for Graf
Recession from speculation to reality...
...but Italian plastics processing equipment makers glow in 2007
Additives: Songwon to invest in Middle Eastern facility
Thermoforming: TPO sheet takes on PMMA, other TPOs
Composites: JER Envirotech to expand to South Carolina
Polymerupdate global plastics pricing briefs
IDES—The Plastics Web: Search of the Week
e-Weekly News Briefs, April 8
Conference report: Middle East capacity will change plastics landscape
The Plastics Exchange Week in Review: PE steady, PP and PS higher
New industrial park links petrochemicals to plastics to finished goods
Petrobas president details Brazilian expansion plans for PE, PP and PET
Blowmolding: With Technigraph purchase, Alpha can offer more services
Extrusion: HTI acquires Theysohn Group
Cast-film extrusion: Promotions, forward strategy announced at EDI
Injection molding: e-max on tour
Automotive: Ford discusses soy-based foams
Polymerupdate.com Global Plastics Pricing Briefs
e-Weekly News Briefs, April 3
Executive Q&A with Christina Schäfer
Notable Processors 2008
Get your price
Dubai Plast Pro ’08—Rowad adds BOPP; M.E. ETP interest lags; APPC and Natpet bring PP plants online
Make Every Pellet Count: Extrusion technology opens door to save that scrap
Industry News & Analysis
Germs beware - Antimicrobial plastics launched
Germs beware - Antimicrobial plastics launched
Germs beware - Antimicrobial plastics launched
Germs beware - Antimicrobial plastics launched
Germs beware - Antimicrobial plastics launched
Germs beware - Antimicrobial plastics launched
Germs beware - Antimicrobial plastics launched
Germs beware Antimicrobial plastics launched
Processing Technology
Mission Plastics
WPC finding new markets worldwide
Compression molded multilayer closures? Here they come
Profile extrusion: new applications, technology entering market
Thermally conductive plastics continue their charge
PLA could face tough trek for bottle market
New TCUs sport flexibility, ease of use, and of course energy savings
Size reduction: bulky containers are no problem
Cumberland unit offers flexible solutions
Energy-efficient drying takes off
Wheel of drying
Tube hopper tackles powders
Auxiliary supplier shifts to Siemens PLCs
Names in the news: Sipe leading Heat Transfer Team at Conair
Abu Dhabi plans centralized chemicals area
The Plastics Exchange Week in Review: PE lower, PP steady/lower, PS higher
Thermoforming: PWP Industries expands
Greening of an Industry: Brandowner and retailer perspectives
New materials one sure highlight for Aseanplas
Composites: ballistic helmet maker ramps up production
Automotive: Denso plan new HVAC facility
Packaging: PET, Plasmax pair for wine bottles
Film extrusion: European market leads the way in specialty films...
...and Sigma adds D-S stretch, blown lines
Polymerupdate.com Global Plastics Pricing Briefs
e-Weekly News Briefs, March 25
Thermally conductive compounds: hot enough for you?
Cold grinding gives plastics new 'character'
Compounds boost EMI/RFI shielding
Vinyl compounds weather well
Automotive application: LGF-PP compounds helps cut costs
Kneader works well with wire compounds
Increased fee volume, more torque for compounder
Compounders benefits from unit's new design
Injection molding: Wittmann buys Battenfeld, sees possible purchasing, service synergies
The Plastics Exchange Week in Review: PE and PP steady, PS steady/higher
Plastics machinery, equipment sales slow in 2007
Greening of an Industry: GPEC honors achievements in sustainability
Moldmaking: And the winner is...
Eastman liking looks of Tritan
Polymerupdate.com Global Plastics Pricing Briefs
Blowmolding: Gaplast expands its bag-in-bottle capacity
IDES-The Plastics Web: Search of the Week
e-Weekly News Briefs, March 19
Packaging pushes through economic problems...
...as packaging M&A sets record in 2007
The Plastics Exchange Week in Review: PP higher, PE/PS steady to higher
Closed-loop recycling sees cost savings, less waste
Teknor Apex announces changes in Europe
Mold-Masters shifts U.S. operations from South Carolina to Detroit
Rex TCS barrel technology given Wisconsin energy credits
Greening of an Industry: DSM to launch Chinese PHA plant
Greening of an Industry: Cereplast signs sheet supplier agreement
Streamlined R&D research
IDES—The Plastics Web: Search of the Week
e-Weekly News Briefs, March 11, 2008
Injection molding: Sumitomo closes on Demag
The Plastics Exchange Week in Review: PE, PS up; PP bouncing
Blowmolding: Graham updates shuttle and wheel lines for open house
German plastics processors show upbeat attitude
Huntsman to boost MDI production in the Netherlands
Albemarle, PolyOne expand additive presence in China
Automotive: Zytel replaces metal in Golf's exhaust
Automotive: Exatec to expand glazing-development lab
Printed electronics project launched
Polymerupdate.com Global Plastics Pricing Briefs
IDES—The Plastics Web: Search of the Week
e-Weekly News Briefs, March 3-7
Suppliers say: Bioresins taking bloom
Survey says: Limited immediate future for bioplastics
Interpack takes long look at bioplastics
Timber takes on toys
Reclaim unit promises pellets from Pampers
Cereplast to expand bioplastics production 10-fold
Braskem, Dow after PE from sugar cane ethanol
High growth foreseen for bioplastics
Can you guess? Spartech Corp.'s Rejuven8
Executive Q&A with Jack Sparacio
Record return to Shanghai for Chinaplas
Set the sustainability agenda
Surface appeal more than skin deep
First Look: Industry News & Analysis
Germs beware Antimicrobial plastics launched
Right time to sell? When you're ready, says expert
Plasticos Mueller, São Paulo, Brazil
Market conditions ripe for hot runner advances
RIM reacts to vehicle makers’ demands
DMD making itself useful to moldmakers
Plastec packs them in
LSR is hot
Rapid’s the game
Consumers in need could be processors’ friends indeed
After-hours brainstorming produces vibrant results
NPE exhibitors lay claim to booth space
The Plastics Exchange Week in Review: PE, PP lower; PS steady to climbing
European compounding sector showing changing trends
Rieter sells pelletizing machinery business
Milacron weathers rough 2007, sees further challenges in 2008
Biodegradable plastic gets call for coffee mugs
New PET grade offers UV protection
BASF develops PS alternative to PET dairy bottles
IDES—The Plastics Web: Search of the Week
Global Plastics Pricing Briefs from Polymerupdate.com
e-Weekly News Briefs, February 25-29
Sabic expands long-fiber compounding in Korea
Despite fewer fakes found, processors warned of problem
The Plastics Exchange Week in Review: PE mixed, PP down, PS firmer
Chinaplas returns to Shanghai larger than ever
Conair upgrades downstream tubing products and will undertake trials
KraussMaffei, Toshiba sign agreement—on what, exactly, remains open
Smithers Rapra offers new consulting service
Embree may rescue a second troubled molder
Thermoforming: Marbach acquires automation specialist
Polymerupdate.com Global Plastics Pricing Briefs
e-Weekly News Briefs, Febuary 18-25
IDES—The Plastics Web: Search of the Week
Extrusion: Conference report—WPCs crossing Atlantic
Extrusion: Profile extrusion keeps getting faster
Extrusion: Spotlight on…Screws & barrels
Extrusion: System cuts, dries WPC pellets for easy processing
Extrusion: Getting perfect cuts takes special saws
Extrusion: PE grade said to help conserve water reserves
Extrusion: PTFE coating for medical tubes
Extrusion: High output highlights recent extruder entry
Extrusion: Conair completes move to new HQ
Coating line flexibility: of course you want it, but how to get it?
Automation not just for injection molders
Here, environmental awareness sets the tone
New silkscreen units already see their day in the sun
Inks require no Prop. 65 warning label
Wax dispersions get mat effect
German processors look back on stellar 2007, foresee uncertain future
PEDI to expand cleanroom
Eastman launches online Medical Technical Center
Toshiba meets ANSI standard, adds rep agency and sales manager
Mack makes large-part molding moves
JK Molds inaugurates six-machine cleanroom
NPE 2009 to pair with ANTEC
Demag, Sumitomo finalize merger
TPE Week in Review: PE, PP down; PS steady
Global Plastic Pricing Briefs from Polymerupdate.com
IDES—The Plastics Web: Search of the Week
e-Weekly News Briefs, February 11-15
Plastech, Chrysler reach impasse
Cinpres wins (it seems) a lengthy patent fight
Bayer nabs C&A's PUR tech
Optimizing mold-pressure sensors
Plastics distributor Chase Plastics announces growth plans
German plastics-packaging group sends warning flares
Global Pricing Briefs from Polymerupdate.com
IDES-The Plastics Web: Search of the Week
TPE Week in Review: PE, PP down, PS flat
e-Weekly News Briefs, Feb. 4-8
Cast PP gaining ground: Lower initial investment offers processors advantages
Bag litter be gone
Engel to end manufacturing in Canada
Bourdon named KM's injection boss
Sabic, Sinopec plan giant PE venture
GW Plastics adding LSR molding
European films group makes plastics bags case
RTi adds PE unit
Brown Machine changes ownership
Global Pricing Briefs from Polymerupdate.com-PET prices drop
Global Pricing Briefs from Polymerupdate.com-Iranian start-up may have slipped
Global Pricing Briefs from Polymerupdate.com-GPPS and HIPS prices in Asia adjust down
Global Pricing Briefs from Polymerupdate.com-PP prices in Asia firm
IDES—The Plastics Web: Search of the Week
The Plastics Exchange Week in Review
e-Weekly News Briefs, Jan. 28-Feb. 3
Make Every Pellet Count: Preventive maintenance—A check in time maximizes uptime
Industry News & Analysis
Executive Q&A with David Slick Sr.
Screws put new spin on foam PLA
Makeover for established electric press
Flexible automation helps organize bottles
Molded Rubber and Plastic Corp., Butler, WI
New materials take the heat, and much more
Building better barrier
Films processor wraps R&D around sausages
Packaging developer aims to enhance product value
EATS warns of price hike for car interior plastics
Layoffs at The Tech Group
Teknor unit Chem Polymer closes Florida facility
Abu Dhabi announces Polymer Park
ExxonMobil boosts Louisiana compounding
Global Pricing Briefs from Polymerupdate.com
The Plastics Exchange Week in Review
IDES—The Plastics Web: Search of the Week
e-Weekly News Briefs, January 21-25
Packaging M&A to slow in '08
Global Pricing Briefs from Polymerupdate.com
The Plastics Exchange Week in Review
Sumitomo, after expansion rumblings, will buy Demag Plastics Group
Nokia shuts last German cell phone plant; Balda sells German ops
Battenfeld gets needed funds; new owners begin to circle
Sabic, partner plan new PBT capacity
Ticona adds compounding site in China
Husky, Conair pair in PET
The Plastics Exchange Week in Review
Global Pricing Briefs from Polymerupdate.com
IDES—The Plastics Web: Search of the Week
e-Weekly News Briefs, January 14-18
Freudenberg-NOK expands medical presence with APEC
Bag ban pushed in China; NYC offers recycling reprieve
MBA adds UK plastics-recycling plant
Oxygen scavenger news expected at Nova-Pack event
KM's IPO, Demag's sale: rumor mill turns but that's it so far
An ugly word--bankruptcy--could be heard more often in 2008
AMBA joins TMTA
e-Weekly News Briefs, January 7-11
Update: Adcuram repeals sale of Battenfeld; bankruptcy unaffected
Following sale by Adcuram, Battenfeld's injection business files for insolvency
Automotive manufacturing accelerates in Russia
Alcoa bows out of plastics packaging
Global TPE demand on the rise
Exopack acquires film portion of DuPont's Liquid Packaging Systems business
Solvay Indupa invests in sugar-cane-derived ethylene for PVC
Global Pricing Briefs from Polymerupdate.com
The Plastics Exchange Week in Review
IDES—The Plastics Web®: Search of the Week
e-Weekly News Briefs, Jan. 1-4
Q&A with Jack Shedd
K Review: It’s the part that counts (and it’d be nice if the machine wasn’t too pricey)
K Review: Blowmolding plugs in, powers on at K
K Review: The beat goes on
K Review: Equipment makers report
K Review: Records are made to be broken
New year, new features
KM's IPO, Demag's sale: rumor mill turns but that's it so far
Get the paint out
K Review: Equipment makers report
First Look: Industry News and Analysis
First Look Industry News and Analysis
Cures rubber faster; makes better parts, too
Spotlight: Ukrplastic, Kiev, Ukraine
Blowmolding: Additives turn PET into wow
Additives turn PET into wow
Additives turn PET into 'wow'
Moldmaker hot on mold cooling tech
Spotlight on blowmolding machinery Electric machines punctuate October’s K show
Kautex refines, relaunches its long stroke machine
Economical leak testing for lower cavitation
Nestlé Waters takes Sidel's 200,000th mold
Label system reaps savings for big bottle blowmolder
Experienced manager joins Amsler team
Trim press/automation package really packs them in (to bags and boxes)
Tooling technologies offer cycle reductions, parts improvements
Sheet processor wants to transform APET market
IR dryer helps clean up APET/PE mixed scrap
Awards competition slated for April in Berlin
Exclusive distributor named for syntactic foams
PEEK sheet offered for thermoforming
From TuLiP to Slim: Got to lose weight
Kureha plans PGA plant at DuPont site
Basell plans Caribbean PP plant
Medtronic invests in Chinese medical-device manufacturer
Bayer signs on Brenntag to distribute nanotubes
DSM invests in renewable polymers, Novomer
Simpson out at Milacron after 13 months
Global pricing briefs from Polymerupdate.com
e-Weekly News Briefs, Dec. 24-28
PolyOne adds color lab in France
Albemarle adds phosphorous-free FR facility in China
Increased transport costs expected to negatively impact container sector
Bayer buys up C&A TPU technology
Vinyl Institute reacts to PVC pushback
Changes for EU PVC scrap regulations pushed
Global pricing briefs from Polymerupdate.com
The Plastics Exchange Week in Review
IDES—The Plastics Web: Search of the Week
e-Weekly News Briefs, Dec. 17-21
Dow rolls PE, PP, and PC into JV with Kuwaiti firm
Indorama buys Eastman assets; Europe's PET industry remains in flux
Sears gives PVC the boot
WPC conference introduces winners, new quality seal
Cereplast to expand sustainable plastics production 10-fold
U.S. plastics equipment shipments not pretty, but on the rise
Iran maintains big petrochemical plans
MIM making waves in German market
Global Pricing Briefs from Polymerupdate.com
IDES-The Plastics Web: Search of the Week (PET)
The Plastics Exchange Week in Review
e-Weekly News Briefs Dec. 10-14
K show proves high mark during industry high point
Let the rising tide lift your ship
Songwon partners with W. Zink, plans European expansion
Saint Gobain controls freeglass; Schefenacker changing name
Graham launches new Turkish blowmolding plant
Argotec expands film extrusion
Crystal, or perhaps plastics, ball gazer foresees bright polymer future
The Plastics Exchange Week in Review
e-Weekly News Briefs Dec. 3-7
IDES—The Plastics Web: Search of the Week
Styrenic changes afoot at BASF, Dow, and Chevron Phillips
Bulk resin deliveries help cut overall cost structure
First Look: Industry news & analysis
About 40 grams too many
In B&C, pipe defies housing woes
Flatscreen TVs overtake CRT shipments
Medical sector remainshealthy bet for processors
Prognosticating packaging in 2008
Sales integration requires careful planning
Spotlight: Plastics Unlimited, Preston, Iowa
Inmold out in the cold in North America
Solvay sells PP compounding business to Basell
European Parliament considers relaxing packaging rules
KM seals first SkinForm deal
Husky hits PET record
New sustainable plastics player
Dairy adds PLA preform molding
IDES—The Plastics Web: Search of the Week
The Plastics Exchange Week in Review
e-Weekly News Briefs Nov. 26-30
Azdel sold to Korea's Hanwha; Sabic IP continues restructuring
Equipolymer expands European PET presence
Matrix builds blowmolding site
Dow makes moves
PS too tight to deliver; BASF ready to sell styrenics
Johnson Controls buys former Visteon interiors site
ExxonMobil adds Chinese Santoprene warehousing
Toyota leads with thermoformable thermoset foam
The Plastics Exchange Week in Review
e-Weekly News Briefs Nov. 19-23
PolyOne purchases GLS
Ineos ties PE cost to quarterly prices
Macro inks Indian sales at K
SIG has new tech home in Brazil
Delphi and Lear release reorganized results
Cereplast boosts PLA performance with nanotechnology
Milacron narrows loss on basis of European growth and U.S. retraction
The Plastics Exchange Week in Review
IDES—The Plastics Web®: Search of the Week
e-Weekly News Briefs Nov. 12-16
K 2007 attendance jumps, and visitors came to buy
Adcuram acquires Hennecke
U.S. plastics post trade surplus in ‘06
CVG acquires Gage Industries’ heavy-gauge thermoforming ops
ADM to add biobased chemicals unit
ExxonMobil posts lower profits
The Plastics Exchange Week in Review
e-Weekly News Briefs Nov. 5-9
Design Focus: The ‘perfect weld’
Challenge and opportunity aplenty
SMS announce sales of BGE at the K
Good show? Great show? Positively fantastic show!
Applications crown Arburg’s molding developments
W&H finds buyer for Varex on its stand
Songwon: A new global player in additives
Davis-Standard: €10 million sold by halftime
Reifenhäuser sets CPP record
Thermoplay remodels Series D nozzles
Dornier delivers first BOPP lines to India
The Plastics Exchange Week in Review
e-Weekly News Briefs October 29-Nov. 2
The Greening of an Industry: Soybeans make for green PUR
First Look: Industry News & Analysis
Toy industry struggling as prime selling season starts
Managing compliance in an outsourced world
System analyzes OTR for PET bottles
Software eases moldmakers' worries
Injection molding: Microcellular foaming for smaller presses
Injection molding: Compact temperature control
Injection molding: Automating assembly
Injection molding: Temperature control systems offer extended warranty
Extrusion: Single-layer die heads benefit from design
Extrusion: Better alignment of web-handling systems
Extrusion: Corrugators make fast work of big pipe sizes
Extrusion: Unit stars for lab, small production
Extrusion: Method transforms PET bottles back into...bottles
Thermoforming: Trimming thermoformed parts
Screws/Barrels: Manufacturer says unit lasts three times longer
Davis-Standard adds new DS8000 barrel lining
Molds & tooling: Fast tooling changes realized
Auxiliaries: Film and fibers economically, effectively shredded
Auxiliaries: Unit helps processors eliminate production waste
Auxiliaries: Cuts press-side dust
Shredder takes the grind out of maintenance
Rapid manufacturing: New system hopes to overcome doubts on RP/RM
Secondary finishing: Machining center cuts plastics, and costs
Secondary finishing: Standard on the excelsior
Secondary finishing: Oven cures film’s coating
Welding: Integrated design benefits reliable set up, operation
Welding: Printing & decorating entry-level printing
Plastic-Worx, Nuremberg, Germany
TPEs stretch their performance limits
Cheap molds but high-cost parts? A Japanese moldmaker's take on molds 'Made in China'
Raising the bar for thermoformed parts
Tubes technology could make its mark—for injection molders
New Tritan copolyester solves crazing problem
Arburg sailing towards record sales, again
Sabic expands sheet production
Bayer technologies slash environmental impact
Evonik Degussa Plans Biopolymer Foray
Plastics Exchange week in review
IDES—The Plastics Web® Search of the Week: Finding Automotive Plastics
Brampton announces sales trifecta, including 11-layer line
Solar panel technology moves forward
Technology first with PP body panels
Techne exhibits latest all-electric EBM Advance
Top of the Chinese BOPS
Engineering expert warns cities to stop street digging projects
Bayer creates plastics lab to spark interest in science
Thieves hit the bottle for new income source
QarmaQ drives into Detroit
The Plastics Exchange Week in Review
IDES—The Plastics Web®: Search of the Week
e-Weekly News Briefs Oct. 15-19
Balda sell-off: the end of mobile-phone molding in Europe?
Arburg expands presence in U.S.
BASF opens Shanghai automotive center
DuPont consolidates TPE production
Bishop parts ways with Demag
Bayer, Faurecia develop RIM alternative for automotive skins
Cereplast launches bio/petroleum PP hybrid
Spartech buys thermoformer
Ineos Nova shuts down Montreal PS plant
42% of all plastics destined for extrusion
The Plastics Exchange Week in Review
IDES—The Plastics Web®: Search of the Week
e-Weekly News Briefs Oct. 8-12
Bayside buys Glencore out of Milacron
Conair emphasizes extrusion with reorganization, acquisition
German machinery OEMs double prediction for 2007 sales
Short-run niche extends into medical molding for Donnelly
Cargill, Teijin partner for NatureWorks
Gammaflux goes further on warranty
The Plastics Exchange Week in Review
IDES—The Plastics Web®: Search of the Week
e-Weekly News Briefs Oct. 1-5
K 2007 Preview: Back to the future
K, front and center
Bioresins bloom at K
Make every pellet count: The daily grind takes on added importance
The Greening of an Industry: Suppliers pouring into ‘green’ plastics
First Look: Industry News & Analysis
Pliable wrapping flexes its muscles
Long-term testing critical for material selection
Know your process to choose the right runner
R.I.P. $0.40/lb PE
The skinny: buying tools from China
One offshore success story
The global operation, industrial style
Nova Industries, Dubai, U.A.E.
Move to modular
Robots prove a big deal for large parts
Gigantic construction project
Beyond B&C
Complex inspection system helps overcome printing errors
Reinventing the company
Husky announces deal with Onex
Dow launches soy-based polyol, joining a growing field
New processor plans big splash in APET sheet market
RJG forms Chinese mold-training partnership
ACC steps up advocacy, plans California ad campaign
First half of ’07 a boon for entire German plastics sector
Utech, CPI team for record PUR event
Momentive to open integrated site in China
Battenfeld returns to solid footing, large machine manufacturing
The Plastics Exchange Week in Review
IDES—The Plastics Web®: Search of the Week
e-Weekly News Briefs Sept. 24-28
Mars is from Haitian; Venus is from Zhafir
DAK/Alfa buy, build PET capacity
Plastics set to benefit from flexible packaging demand
2006 strongest year for plastics in 21st century
Bayer to expand European MDI capacity
California pushes phthalate ban in toys
The Plastics Exchange Week in Review
IDES—The Plastics Web®: Search of the Week
e-Weekly News Briefs Sept. 17-21
Ampac buys German stand-up pouch maker
Building better Velcro
Color-measuring system rugged enough for online use
Smaller, reorganized Delphi readies to emerge
Plastic fencing: regional demand differs greatly
