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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 <
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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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Organizers Announce 2013 Keynotes for SPE® TPO Automotive Engineered Polyolefins Conference

Posted: May 13, 2013
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The 15th-annual SPE® TPO Automotive Engineered Polyolefins Conference, the world’s leading automotive engineered-polyolefins forum, will feature five keynote speakers, interspersed throughout the two-and-a-half-day conference, who will highlight important trends facing the automotive-plastics market, including mass and cost reduction, increased functionality, and consumer appeal.
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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 <
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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.
Read more

Organizers Announce 2013 Keynotes for SPE® TPO Automotive Engineered Polyolefins Conference

Posted: May 13, 2013
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The 15th-annual SPE® TPO Automotive Engineered Polyolefins Conference, the world’s leading automotive engineered-polyolefins forum, will feature five keynote speakers, interspersed throughout the two-and-a-half-day conference, who will highlight important trends facing the automotive-plastics market, including mass and cost reduction, increased functionality, and consumer appeal.
Read more

K-Tron Announces Joint Exhibition with Coperion at Feiplastic 2013

Posted: May 10, 2013
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K-Tron formally announces joint exhibition with Coperion at Feiplastic 2013, May 20-24, Anhembi Convention Center, Sao Pãulo, Brazil, Booth H100. Coperion has been appointed as the new representative for K-Tron in the market of Brazil.
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Polyolefins – What is the recipe for success?

Posted: May 9, 2013
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The global markets for polyolefins are undergoing radical changes in balance as the advent of shale gas is moving production towards North America.  The AMI leading expert in polyolefins, Noru Tsalic, has reviewed the market trends and the effects on the whole supply chain.
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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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