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	Opinion Space: What is your opinion on the anti-BPA communication campaigns & the latest regulations?
	Click n Vote: What is the processing technology that will witness the highest growth in the coming 3 years?
	Community Insight: Expectations on near future polymers
	Article: Processing of Thermoplastic Starch (TPS) Based Foam Beads
	R&D Highlights: Natural Fiber Trim Panel for Automobiles
	Innovation Briefs: Sun visor components made from curauà fiber reinforced PA-6

	Innovative Polymers : SBC - Solution Case Study Gallery
	Special Focus: A Billion Dollars Specialty Chemical Company is Seeking Dipping Technologies For Growing Films On Metal Surfaces
	Question of the Week: How to combine aesthetic requirements of consumer electronics with technical performances?
	e-Training: Optimizing Reactive Compounding of TPEs and TPVs
	Learning On Demand: Engineering Plastics for Electrical & Electronic
	Upcoming Event: Vinyltec® 2010

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Jul 2010: What is your opinion on the anti-BPA communication campaigns & the latest regulations?

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BPA Studies Coming -Jul 8th, 2010 posted by Donald Rosato - Production / Manufacturing at PlastiSource, Inc. "Legislators should await the release of BPA studies from the FDA and the European Food Safety Authority, which are expected this summer. This is particularly pertinent in the U.S. where California and New York are in position to …"

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What is the processing technology below that will witness the highest growth in the coming 3 years?

Overmolding

Sequential valve gate opening

Sequential molding

Laser sintering

Roto-molding

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Expectations on near future polymers

Ranking expectations on what the future generations of polymers should bring is giving a good idea of the main issues faced today by polymer users and processors. This was the initial goal of the June 2010 Click’N Vote of Omnexus. When looking at the results of roughly 150 answers ones must confess they are surprisingly showing...

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Processing of Thermoplastic Starch (TPS) Based Foam Beads

Water contained within TPS beads can be used successfully as an environmentally friendly and cheap blowing agent. If the material is heated quickly, the water boils and foams the material rather than being driven off. A long-established and popular...

Reducing the Water Footprint of Plastics Industry - Best Available Techniques

Though the water footprint (defined as the volume of water abstracted from local sources minus the volume released in the same place after treatment making fresh water available for re-use) of plastics is not so alarming yet, it must be improved to...

Water Footprint: The Next Challenge for the Plastics Industry

Water Footprint can be defined as the volume of water abstracted from local sources minus the volume released in the same place after treatment making fresh water available for re-use. During the last 50 years, the global population has doubled, and...

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Very interesting - July 09, 2010
posted by Ioannis Petrou, R&D - Basic Research at Pekeplast
Water footprint is not well known yet in plastics industry.

Pre-K conference of 3B, the Fibreglass Company

During the pre-K event (May 27-28) in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 3B, the Fibreglass Company, announced the products / technologies / solutions they intend to showcase during the K2010 International Trade Fair. After a brief introduction to the...

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Natural Fiber Trim Panel for Automobiles - Patent

Migration of additives from polymer packaging to food simulants during microwave heating - Technical Paper

PP thermal degradation during processing - Technical Paper

Optical information media containing encapsulated data - Patent

Delivery of Microparticles to Body Tissues - Patent

Plastic solid waste: Recycling, energy recovery, and chemical recovery - Technical Paper

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Sun visor components made from curauà fiber reinforced PA-6

Environmentally friendly tires made from biobased materials

Stepping towards thermal-efficient building construction

DOP’s alternative plasticizer restricts additive migration

New environmentally friendly lightweight packaging made fro rPET

Coffee dispensing system made from PEI and silicone

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A Billion $ Specialty Chemical Company is Seeking Dipping Technologies For Growing Films On Metal Surfaces

Request For Proposal: A Billion Dollars Specialty Chemical Company is Seeking Dipping Technologies For Growing Films On Metal Surfaces. The seeker is looking for a technology ⁄ concept ⁄ product that allows to grow up a film during a dipping ⁄ immersion step… Click here to know more:

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SBC - Solution Case Study Gallery

A complete set of applications using styrene-butadiene block copolymers: Go through the SBC Solution Case Study Gallery, and see a broad range of performances of these transparent SBC solutions.

Suitable for both rigid and flexible packagings, there is for sure an SBC solution for you! See the selected Case Studies from this Gallery

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How to combine aesthetic requirements of consumer electronics with technical performances?

Are you facing problems to meet demanding technical requirements of your consumer electronic goods?

Discover aliphatic TPU; a material that combines:

High standard haptic finish
Long term resistance
Option for renewable-sourced material

Test it now! – Request a sample of aliphatic TPU!

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Optimizing Reactive Compounding of TPEs and TPVs

Date: August 31st, 2010 - Time: 10 a.m. EST
Presenter: Ashok Adur (SpecialChem Expert)

Course objectives:

Help you develop optimal TPE & TPV with reactive compounding in order to get the most out of your selected thermoset and thermoplastic phases.

The course will provide practical guidance to achieve optimal phase inversion and crosslinking and will then consider how to meet more complex requirements (oil-resistant, adhesion to metal, greening TPEs...).

Reasons to attend this online course:

- Save time reaching your requirements (hardness, tensile strength, compression...) by wisely adjusting reactive compounding parameters
- Gain control over phase inversion and crosslinking by learning about formulation and processing tips: twin screw design, catalysts...
- Make production of TPE and TPV easier by finding ways to efficiently extend the processing window
- Integrate faster new constraints (halogen-free, low COF, using recycled tire rubber...) in your future developments with practical case studies
- Benefit from customized advice on your own projects by interacting with Ashok Adur, expert in optimizing TPE & TPV performance / cost ratio

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Engineering Plastics for Electrical & Electronic

FR Systems Selection for Greener E&E Applications Requirements

Summer Academy deals:
Buy these 2 videos today for 199 EUR only (~~398 EUR~~)

Vinyltec® 2010

Conference at Renaissance Woodbridge Hotel, Iselin, New Jersey, USA

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