CHICAGO — Savvy customers closely follow the prices of raw materials. The result: in the film and sheet segment of the plastics industry, even if processors could pass along every increase instantly, ...
Higher raw material costs have sent North American prices for polycarbonate, ABS and nylon resins higher since April 1. Prices for PC and ABS each are up an average of 5 cents per pound in that time ...
In order to reduce the risk associated with handling toxic materials, powders are sometimes double-bagged in plastic bags. In this study, the potential use of FT-NIR to identify raw materials through ...
LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The global biodegradable medical plastics market is expected to post a CAGR of more than 11% during the period 2019-2023, according to the latest market research report by ...
Researchers have successfully synthesized fumarate (fumaric acid), a raw material for unsaturated polyester resin, by combining carbon dioxide (CO2) with pyruvate (derived from biomass), using two ...
Plastic is one of the most useful materials in our modern world, but unfortunately it’s also one of the worst in a sustainability sense. Now, scientists at Berkeley Lab have developed a way to ...
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