- Industry, academia cooperate on new optical polymer
Research & Development Update Update Collaboration among researchers at the Univ. of Minnesota, the Univ. of California at Santa Barbara, and the Dow Chemical Co. was pivotal in the development of a new polymer - a pentablock copolymer containing hydrogenated polystyrene, also known as polycyclohexylethylene (PCHE), and polyethylene (PE). The ......
- Scratch- and impact-resistant PP copolymers
coming.
New polypropylene impact or block copolymers that combine unusually high ethylene content with high gloss and hardness are among copolymers being readied for the U.S. market by Sumitomo Chemical Co., Japan. The new highly scratch-resistant grades (Table 1 shows products being selectively sampled in the U.S. now), which contain up ......
- Price adjustments.
BASF, Mount Olive, NJ Products: All styrenic copolymer resins. Increase: $0.06 per pound Effective: May 1, 2004 or as contracts allow in North America. Products: All super absorbent polymers. Increase: $0.04 per pound Effective: May 1, 2004 or as contracts allow in North American and South American markets. Products: All ......
- Softer pricing outlook for engineering
TPs.
Softer Pricing Outlook for Engineering TPs Although the duration and degree of the economic recession and of the Persian Gulf crisis remain two crucial unknowns, suppliers of major engineering thermoplastics - ABS, PET, PBT, polycarbonate, acetal, and nylon - generally anticipate a slower year with a flat to downward pricing ......
- PEOPLE.
Richard Mauld has joined DIC UK as sales & marketing manager for its Polymer & Chemicals Division, including responsibility for the Reichhold resins ranges from Vienna and the USA. Richard began his coatings career with 19 years at iCI Paints in Slough, UK with a range of technical positions, before ......
- Promise new synthetic fiber, "PTT"
Rapid Commercialization of PTT Fiber The commercialization of polytrimenthylene terephthalate (PTT) fiber is becoming very quick. The PTT fiber is now watched with keen interest as a new synthetic fiber. Shell Chemical Company is producing PTT polymer in the U.S. Receiving the supply of PTT polymer from Shell Chemical, fiber ......
- Key Metrics and Supply Alert
Polystyrene tags will rise more. The commodity plastic tops PURCHASING's latest list of products under the greatest price pressure. Reason: rising monomer costs coupled with a determination from producers, led by Dow Chemical, to restore profit margins. For the latest on prices from PURCHASING's proprietary databases, sign up for the ......