Industries and Markets

Registration is now open for the Society of Plastics Engineers (SPE) ANTEC® 2013, it was announced today by SPE. Prospective attendees can register online at www.antec.ws.
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Securing access to safe water and adequate sanitation is recognised as one of the world’s most pressing challenges. About 1.8 billion people depend on unsafe drinking water and 2.5 billion do not have access to adequate sanitation.
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Prices for the chemical building block ethylene rose in December, recovering most of the price erosion seen during the previous three months as domestic and export demand strengthened for the plastic derivative, polyethylene, according to the chemical industry report PetroChem Wire (PCW).
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The American Chemistry Council (ACC) and Society of Plastics Engineers (SPE) announced a new partnership that will increase the value of both associations to their respective members and increase awareness that plastic materials and products are contributing to a more sustainable future.  Through the partnership, members of both organizations will enjoy certain reciprocal benefits, and, to
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When Houston's new BBVA Compass Stadium opened this year, Houston Dynamo fans were welcomed with a brilliant display of the soccer team's distinctive orange brand featured on enclosed entrances with a vibrant shade of LEXAN™ THERMOCLICK™ sheet from SABIC’s Innovative Plastics business. This new, state-of-the-art, open-air stadium is the first U.S.
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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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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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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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SouthWest NanoTechnologies, Inc.
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