Metabolix, an advanced biomaterials company focused on sustainable solutions for the plastics and chemicals industries, announced that it will highlight at Interpack 2014 its high performance biopolymers offering a range of innovative ...
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A majority of U.S. manufacturing executives expect their sales will grow a little more than 9 percent for the rest of 2014, according to the Institute of Supply Management’s semi-annual survey of purchasing and supply managers. Of ...
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Working in a similar way to the search facility on the company's website, the app allows customers to identify and select samples for a vast range of products either by product code or by shape, material, volume and neck finish. Advanced ...
Global high barrier packaging film consumption is at approximately 1.76 million tonnes in 2014 with a value of $15.9 billion. This is forecast to grow at a CAGR of 5.0% between 2014 and 2019 according to a new market report by Smithers ...
A variety of materials can selectively absorb certain wavelengths of light. These materials that humans have chosen, developed and used are called pigments, which usually have special and ideal properties for coloring other materials. If ...
During the week of April 20, ethylene production facilities at The Dow Chemical Company Plaquemine, La. site experienced two separate process incidents. These separate incidents collectively resulted in the disruption of ethylene production ...
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Surface Preparation for Rubbers Master Bond manufactures a wide range of adhesives for bonding rubbers to rubbers, as well as rubbers to other substrates. Surface preparation plays a key role in ensuring that good bond strength is ...
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"Clariant had a promising start to the year with good volume growth and an increase in operating profitability," said CEO Hariolf Kottmann. "Overall, our businesses performed well in an improving but still mixed economic environment. The ...
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Even a world leader in packaging and PET plastics machinery cannot stop improving its products. Sipa knows that. Last year, it began to wonder if its fillers could fill a wider range of needs: "We decided to look at our existing range of ...
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Bayer AG may be eying the sale of its $10 billion plastics unit in order to better focus on its healthcare business,? according to Bloomberg. Bayer MaterialScience, the North American headquarters for the business unit, is based in ...
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BASF sponsored and participated in the 2014 Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) World Congress, April 8-10, at the Cobo Center in Detroit, Michigan. As among the leading chemical supplier to the automotive industry, BASFoffered ...
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Dow Corning, among the global leaders in silicones, silicon-based technology and innovation, is offering an exclusive look at Dow Corning CI-2001 White Reflective Coating for LED lighting applications at Light+Building 2014 (Booth A51, Hall ...
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Packaging firm Sonoco's rigid plastics facility in the US has secured LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Silver Certification from the US Green Building Council. Located in the Beauty and Home Care Campus of New ...
As fabrics and styles continue to evolve, they have a direct impact on the apparel and uniforms used in the healthcare industry. In today's ever changing healthcare environment, it is necessary for scrub manufacturers to constantly ...
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Master Bond EP30-3LO is a two component epoxy system offering optical clarity, high temperature resistance, and NASA low outgassing approval. This combination of properties enables it to be suitable for bonding, sealing, coating and ...
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