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Transparent furniture is trendy because it is aesthetic and provides for a new visual lightness. There is increasing demand from the furniture industry for transparent materials that are flame-retardant and - depending on the thickness of the material - can satisfy the requirements of the standards DIN 4102 Class B and UNI 9177 Class 1, particularly for use in public buildings.
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Teknor Apex Company has developed two high-hardness grades in its Medalist® MD-200 series of thermoplastic vulcanizate (TPV) elastomers, extending the already broad durometer range of these resilient, high-purity compounds for replacing rubber in medical applications, the company announced. Teknor Apex will introduce the compounds in the U.S.
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Daily use of electronic equipment, like cell phones, laptops or tablet PCs is increasing at a breathtaking pace. At the same time these devices are becoming more powerful and inexpensive from generation to generation while decreasing in size and weight. This trend towards miniaturization can only be achieved with the corresponding materials, the appropriate technologies and bonding processes.
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ANTEC^® Mumbai 2012, the latest initiative by the Society of Plastics Engineers (SPE) to make its plastics technical education programs available globally, concluded on December 7 as a resounding success and will be followed in December 2014 by a second ANTEC in India, SPE announced today.
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Leading figures in the tire industry see a clear trend toward low-rolling-resistance tires, not only in Europe but globally as well. What's more, this will hardly be possible without improved high-performance solution styrene-butadiene rubber grades (SSBR) as well as Nd-PBR (Neodymium based Performance Butadiene Rubber).
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A few months ago, FBW GmbH, a plastics compounding specialist in Niederzier/Germany, put into successful operation two STS 35 advanced Standard Twin Screw Compounders from Coperion GmbH, Stuttgart. Equipped with 35 mm diameter screws, these compounders have since been producing a whole range of high-grade pigment and additive masterbatches, mainly in small and medium-sized batches, i.e.
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DME Company, a manufacturer of mold technologies, is introducing a new solution for molders challenged with maintaining a perfectly flat thermal profile: the new Zenith Valve Gate Hot Runner System.
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An Australian company specializing in composite repair structures for marine pilings recently selected SCIGRIP’s SG230 HV (High Viscosity) methacrylate adhesives the bonding agent in its PileJax™ pile encasement repair system.  The selection came after rigorous testing by the renowned University of Southern Queensland Structural Composites Faculty, National Association of Testing Authoriti
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One of the world’s leading suppliers of automotive micro-actuator systems for various kinds of adjustments has chosen Arnite® A, a high performance compound based on polyethylene terephthalate (PET) from DSM for use in its latest generation of exterior mirror adjustment units. The material outperformed several rivals in a series of qualification tests.
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Metabolix, Inc., a bioscience company focused on delivering sustainable innovations for plastics, chemicals and energy, announced that Mvera^TM B5008, a new certified-compostable film grade resin, is now available for shipment to customers.
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