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Why should you attend? To increase your product’s lifetime & enhance cost efficiency (margin / cost structure, lower maintenance cost…), you must resolve your lubrication issues faster! With a better understanding of the fundamental principles of lubrication and interactions between components, you will be able to make a better selection of lubricants for your application. Attain long
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Sustainability has become a major focus in the plastics industry, driven by society’s growing environmental awareness and consumers’ demand for more environmentally compatible plastics and additives. But a certain skepticism in regards to the performance level has kept some compounders and masterbatch manufacturers’ from using sustainable alternatives. Now, with the newly developed Licocare® RBW, Clariant
Researchers at UC Santa Cruz have developed safer alternatives to the phthalate plasticizers used to enhance the suppleness, flexibility, and longevity of plastics. The problem with phthalates is that they leach out of plastics into food, water, and the environment, and there is mounting evidence suggesting that phthalate exposure can lead to a variety of health problems.
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The Annual GPCA Forum has cemented its reputation as the foremost gathering of the chemical and petrochemical industry in the Arabian Gulf region, and earned international recognition as an important global forum for the exchange of ideas and networking. In 2017, more than 2,000 international chemical executives gathered in Dubai to gain essential information, make
Graphene, the strongest material ever tested, is a nearly transparent and light-weighted material made of a one-atom-thick layer of carbon atoms arranged in a hexagonal lattice. It is a semi-metal with a small overlap between the valence and the conduction bands, i.e. it is a zero band gap material. It is also known as a
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The Color Team at RTP Company is proud to present Color Communication: Evaluation and Tolerances, a webinar that focuses on how to effectively communicate color description, how color is evaluated, and the most common color models used in the plastics industry. If you find that color consistency is a challenge and you want a better understanding of how to
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Join Trinseo as we discuss the benefits of using acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS) resins as a material for all types of medical devices—from large and small equipment housings to insulin pens and inhalers. ABS resins have been long valued because of their durability, toughness, and aesthetic appeal. When produced using mass polymerization technology, ABS resins
Over the past 8 years, senior scientists with FDA’s National Center for Toxicological Research (NCTR) designed and conducted a study of bisphenol A (BPA), the key raw material used to make polycarbonate plastic and epoxy resins. Named the CLARITY Core Study, this multi-year, multi-million dollar scientific study on BPA safety is of unprecedented scope and
The withdrawal of the US from the Iranian nuclear deal will result in sanctions that could disrupt fertilizer and petrochemical exports from Iran. But the most significant consequence of the US withdrawal could be its effect on oil prices, which are already rising because of a number of trends that are increasing demand and limiting supply. ICIS editor, Al Greenwood, discusses the
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Background for Acquisition & Objective Background The global carbon fiber business field has been expanding steadily led by the demand for applications such as aircraft as well as environment and energy including windmill blades for wind power generation. In the aircraft industry, demand for medium- and small-sized, single aisle aircraft is growing significantly and the
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Just 0.01% of TUBALL™ nanotubes has allowed a European manufacturer to obtain transparent polyethylene film with permanent and uniform anti-static properties. Moreover, the nanotubes have significantly improved the strength characteristics of the film and they have also shown promise in increasing the thermal stability. TUBALL enables transparent PE blown films with permanent conductivity Using Just 0.01%
Manufacturer Utilizes OCSiAl’s Nanotubes for Permanent Conductivity of PE Films Читати далі »
Light stabilizers and UV absorbers are designed to solve the polymers degradation issues caused by exposure to sunlight. BASF has developed a comprehensive range of light stabilizers and UV absorbers to meet the requirements of various markets and applications (Agriculture, Automotive, Building & Construction and others). Plastics Regulations 2018, organized by AMI, is responding to new
Investing in the future: Assessing the implications of new capacity on the global olefins market 7 March 2018 // Hilton Diagonal Mar Barcelona // Spain Investing in the future: Assessing the implications of new capacity on the global olefins market After many years of discussion, the last quarter of 2017 will see new ethylene capacity
The 13th ICIS World Olefins Conference Читати далі »
