Polymeric Materials

Ticona, the engineering polymers business of Celanese Corporation, is showcasing its high-performance polymers used in the design and manufacturing of high-performance E/E components at
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Huntsman Advanced Materials will showcase its latest materials at JEC Paris 2013, demonstrating how its track record in innovation continues to enable new design freedom through optimising the mechanical properties of composites and supporting faster, more cost effective processes which are making a significant contribution to increased growth in the high performance composites market.
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Visitors attending the European Coatings SHOW 2013 will be introduced to a broad range of high performance, metallic and special effect pigments and dispersions from Sun Chemical Performance Pigments that can meet sustainability needs, maintain high color strength, and give added durability in a variety of harsh conditions in the automotive, industrial, waterborne and architectural coatings mar
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Rice University's latest nanotechnology breakthrough was more than 10 years in the making, but it still came with a shock. Scientists from Rice, the Dutch firm Teijin Aramid, the U.S. Air Force and Israel's Technion Institute this week unveiled a new carbon nanotube (CNT) fiber that looks and acts like textile thread and conducts electricity and heat like a metal wire.
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Self-moving gels can give synthetic materials the ability to “act alive” and mimic primitive biological communication, University of Pittsburgh researchers have found. 
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Teknor Apex Company has developed two high-hardness grades in its Medalist® MD-200 series of thermoplastic vulcanizate (TPV) elastomers, extending the already broad durometer range of these resilient, high-purity compounds for replacing rubber in medical applications, the company announced. Teknor Apex will introduce the compounds in the U.S.
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Daily use of electronic equipment, like cell phones, laptops or tablet PCs is increasing at a breathtaking pace. At the same time these devices are becoming more powerful and inexpensive from generation to generation while decreasing in size and weight. This trend towards miniaturization can only be achieved with the corresponding materials, the appropriate technologies and bonding processes.
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An Australian company specializing in composite repair structures for marine pilings recently selected SCIGRIP’s SG230 HV (High Viscosity) methacrylate adhesives the bonding agent in its PileJax™ pile encasement repair system.  The selection came after rigorous testing by the renowned University of Southern Queensland Structural Composites Faculty, National Association of Testing Authoriti
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Metabolix, Inc., a bioscience company focused on delivering sustainable innovations for plastics, chemicals and energy, announced that Mvera^TM B5008, a new certified-compostable film grade resin, is now available for shipment to customers.
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Solvay’s Engineering Plastics business unit announces the launch of Sinterline^™ the first range of PA6 powders developed specifically for Selective Laser Sintering (SLS*). This additive layer manufacturing technology allows the rapid creation of complex parts.
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