Learn how the ATARU Black resin can be used to 3D print injection molds for small-to-medium series production.

Spartanburg, S.C. — Milliken & Co. plans to expand its plant in Blacksburg, S.C., that makes a plastics additive used to clarify polypropylene. The plant, which Spartanburg-based Milliken said will be ...

Baerlocher USA, ID Additives, Tolsa and Tosaf Fusion are among the many additives makers bringing new products to NPE2024. Cincinnati-based Baerlocher USA (S35171) will spotlight cost-competitive, ...

Manufacturers of goods ranging from automotive parts to housewares increasingly seek to incorporate recycled plastics in their applications to reduce costs, differentiate their products from those of ...

All plastics contain one or more polymers, in addition to additives. Usually, polymers are not sold without some form of additive compounded into them. In the thermoplastics industry, it is commonly ...

The additive could help food companies keep odors within a package or prevent outside ones from affecting their products. US-based Ampacet says its masterbatch additive helps control taste and odor ...

While spot resin trading picked up as April drew toward a close, Prime polyethylene (PE) and polypropylene (PP) levels held steady, leaving spot PE and PP prices up the $0.02/lb gained earlier in the ...

In resin systems, additives adapt the base resins for particular applications and, thus, help differentiate products in the marketplace. Sometimes known as modifiers — a class distinction more ...

Unsaturated polyester resins can be adapted for the development of transportation, structural and construction profiles, as shown here. Photo Credit: Exel Composites A composite material’s key ...

The world today has a plastic addiction, a vice that creates major environmental issues by entering waterways and clogging up our landfills and oceans. The problem is that conventional plastics have a ...

With the aging population in the United States growing increasingly older, the incidence of cancer and other chronic conditions is not expected to subside any time soon. In turn, there’s been ...

Steve Alexander, president and CEO of the Association of Plastic Recyclers (APR), Washington, has issued a statement regarding the potential effects of degradable additives on mechanical recycling of ...