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Bayer opens Innovation Hub for Asia Pacific

Posted: May 21, 2013
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Bayer MaterialScience has inaugurated a regional innovation hub for Asia Pacific in Shanghai, China. More than 200 experts will develop novel ideas for the use of high-performance plastics, foams and coatings in key sectors such as mobility, construction, IT and renewable energy. They will work in close cooperation with external scientists, suppliers and customers.
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Expansion Of Consumer-Driven Chemical And Plastics Applications Suggests Continued Modest Economic Growth

Posted: May 21, 2013
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Tempered expansion of the U.S. economy continues, according to the American Chemistry Council's (ACC) monthly Chemical Activity Barometer (CAB). The economic indicator, shown to lead U.S. business cycles by an average of eight months at cycle peaks, increased 0.1 percent over April on a three month moving average (3MMA) basis.
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TufFlex Compounds from S&E Specialty Polymers Used for Cables in New Electric Vehicle Charging Stations

Posted: May 20, 2013
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S&E Specialty Polymers LLC, a leading producer of specialty plastic compounds, has recently been chosen to provide the resin compounds used for charging stations for electric vehicles. Specifically, S&E is providing its TufFlex™ brand of GTPE-2203G1 for the jacketing of the cables that connect the charging stations to the vehicle.
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Bayer opens Innovation Hub for Asia Pacific

Posted: May 21, 2013
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Bayer MaterialScience has inaugurated a regional innovation hub for Asia Pacific in Shanghai, China. More than 200 experts will develop novel ideas for the use of high-performance plastics, foams and coatings in key sectors such as mobility, construction, IT and renewable energy. They will work in close cooperation with external scientists, suppliers and customers.
Read more

Expansion Of Consumer-Driven Chemical And Plastics Applications Suggests Continued Modest Economic Growth

Posted: May 21, 2013
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Tempered expansion of the U.S. economy continues, according to the American Chemistry Council's (ACC) monthly Chemical Activity Barometer (CAB). The economic indicator, shown to lead U.S. business cycles by an average of eight months at cycle peaks, increased 0.1 percent over April on a three month moving average (3MMA) basis.
Read more

TufFlex Compounds from S&E Specialty Polymers Used for Cables in New Electric Vehicle Charging Stations

Posted: May 20, 2013
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S&E Specialty Polymers LLC, a leading producer of specialty plastic compounds, has recently been chosen to provide the resin compounds used for charging stations for electric vehicles. Specifically, S&E is providing its TufFlex™ brand of GTPE-2203G1 for the jacketing of the cables that connect the charging stations to the vehicle.
Read more

Ticona to Exhibit Appearance and Structural Thermoplastics at WardsAuto Interiors Conference

Posted: May 17, 2013
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Ticona, the engineering polymers business of Celanese Corporation, is showcasing its portfolio of appearance and structural thermoplastics for automotive cockpit interior applications at the WardsAuto Interiors Conference on Wednesday, May 22, at The Henry Hotel in Dearborn, MI.

The Ticona exhibit will highlight:
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Smart Solution for Potable Water Lines to be Globally Marketed by Swiss Technology Leader and Dow

Posted: May 16, 2013
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The Dow Chemical Company, and RS Technik, a Switzerland-based leader in trenchless technology, established a global marketing alliance to promote a unique solution for large potable water lines by setting a new standard in the renewal of pressure pipes.
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On the Farm: Agrochemical Packaging

Posted: August 2, 2012
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Plastic packaging is increasingly being designed to do more than simply house products. This is especially the case when those products are agricultural chemicals such as pesticides and fertilizer, which can be harmful to users and the wider environment if not stored and applied properly.
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Brazil’s Plastics Industry: Is Now Its Time?

Posted: July 13, 2012
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This economic growth in Brazil has been many years in the making. The country, which has the fifth largest population globally (exceeding 200 million), has been politically and economically stable for nearly a decade. Recently, the government has made a concerted effort to bring its people out of poverty and into the middle class.
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Plastics Are the Big Winner in Sports: Diverse polymers enhance performance and aesthetics of numerous applications.

Posted: July 10, 2012
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The sports market is making greater use of advanced materials and designs to create equipment, stadium structures, and artificial playing surfaces that meet evolving performance, aesthetic, and environmental needs.
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Sneak Peek at May 2012

Posted: April 27, 2012
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It started eight years ago as a dinner at the annual midwinter meeting of the Philadelphia Section of the Society of Plastics Engineers, to which members often brought children. Section member Tom Twardowski, a professor of chemical engineering at Manhattan College and tireless plastics educator, put on a magic show about plastics as part of the program. The Dr. T. Show, as it was called, became an annual event with a different topic each year (Plastics in Sports; Plastic Nanotechnology; Bioplastics). Attendance grew beyond SPE. The North Light Community Center in Manayunk, part of Philadelphia, sent vans full of teenagers just to see the show.
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NPE 2012 preview

Posted: March 29, 2012
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A notable uptick in many segments of the plastics industry will be well reflected by a big turnout for NPE2012, which will once again be held concurrently with ANTEC 2012 in Orlando in April.

More than 2,000 companies and 75,000 attendees from 120 countries are expected to converge on NPE2012, being held in Central Florida after 40 years in Chicago. In conjunction with ANTEC 2012, the world’s largest plastics technical conference, the 27th NPE promises to showcase more equipment than ever. In conjunction with ANTEC 2012 and the Business of Plastics Conference, NPE makes it easy for attendees to investigate innovations in the packaging, medical and pharmaceutical, automotive/transportation, housing, and consumer sectors.

In its 75th year, SPI: The Plastics Industry Trade Association, promises a special flourish with NPE2012 in its new venue.
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