Plastics
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13 Dec 2016
Quadrant CMS collaborates with Oystershell to create cold-temperature wart remover
Tielt, Belgium – December 13, 2016 - A disposable liquefied-gas dispensing pen for removing warts is coming to market after an intense collaborative development process involving inventor Oystershell Laboratories and manufacturing partner Quadrant CMS. The Pixie pen, which doses small amounts of nitrous oxide onto the skin from a pressurized container, is automatically assembled from 14 components. Of those, Quadrant CMS injection molds six plastic components using five different engineering plastics, including acetal, polycarbonate, nylon, PMMA and SAN.
8 Dec 2016
Avery Dennison outperforms competition in new vehicle wrap benchmark study
OEGSTGEEST, the Netherlands — December 8, 2016 — Avery Dennison today released a benchmark video and study demonstrating that Avery Dennison Supreme Wrapping™ Film was superior to other competitive car wrapping films currently on the market, considering both finished quality and the time needed to complete a wrap. Two installers from an independent wrap shop put six different brands of vehicle wrap vinyl to the test with a focus on quality and installing, as if the job were for a real customer.
OEGSTGEEST, the Netherlands — December 7, 2016 — Following its successful launch in the United States in September, Avery Dennison has introduced the 
Perstorp - November 29, 2016 - One million plastic bags are used every minute throughout the year, globally1. Many of them end up in our nature and stay there. A large proportion of the plastics are items with a short lifetime. On average, each plastic bag has a “working life” of just 15 minutes2. When waste management fails, these bags, along with other forms of plastic packaging, end up in our environment and in most cases that is where they will remain. By using biodegradable and certified plastics they will not stay there forever.
Ghent, Belgium – On Stand 6C155 during the Jan. 8-10 show at the Dubai World Trade Centre in the UAE, Milliken will focus on the advantages of using its technology-leading clarifiers and nucleators to improve PP resins, and demonstrate how its UV absorber can improve key properties in PET packaging.
Paris, Amsterdam, November 24, 2016 - Total and Corbion are joining forces to develop bioplastics by creating a 50/50 joint venture to produce and market polylactic (PLA) polymers. The two partners plan to build a world-class PLA polymerization plant with a capacity of 75,000 tons per year at Corbion’s site in Thailand that already has a lactide (PLA monomer) production unit that will become part of the joint venture. Corbion will supply the lactic acid necessary for the production of the PLA and the lactide.