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SPE ANNOUNCES RECENTLY ELECTED EXECUTIVE BOARD MEMBERS
SPE
SPE is pleased to announce its recently elected Executive Board members as well as the advancement of Dr. Jason Lyons, Business Manager at Arkema, to SPE President. Lyons will assume the position of President starting on July 1. The president’s term will run from 2021-2022. Bruce Mulholland, recently retired from Celanese, will serve as SPE’s President-Elect until 2022, when he will begin his term as president through 2023. Dr. Jaime Gómez, President & CEO, Equitech, will serve as SPE’s Past President also beginning on July 1.
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.SPE CALENDAR OF EVENTS
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| June 4 |
SPE Columbia River Section Annual Golf Tournament |
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| June 8 |
Non-Halogenated Flame Retardants Workshop |
Registration |
| June 9 |
SPE Eastern New England Section Golf Outing |
Registration |
| June 9 |
WEBINAR: A Walk Through Kistler’s Innovation – From the Sensor to Data Driven Decision Making in a Connected Production |
Registration |
| June 10 |
Medical Plastics Symposium 2021 |
Registration |
| June 15 |
Non-Halogenated Flame Retardants Workshop |
Registration |
| June 16 |
Plastics and Rubber Vietnam |
Registration |
| June 17 |
WEBINAR: Polypropylene: Commodity Resin, I Don’t Think So |
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| June 21 |
Non-Halogenated Flame Retardants Workshop |
Registration |
| June 21 |
Tri-State SPE Golf Outing |
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| June 23 |
All Things PVC — Workshop Series Part I |
Registration |
| June 25 |
SPE ASEAN Webinar |
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Paper and plastic exports increase in the 1st quarter
Resource Recycling
Recovered material exports were up in the first three months of 2021 compared with the prior year. India dominated the paper export market, and Canada brought in nearly a third of all exported plastic.
The U.S. Census Bureau, part of the U.S. Department of Commerce, released March 2021 export figures this month, allowing for a first-quarter analysis.
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Index moderates after record highs
Plastics Technology
The Gardner Business Index for plastics processing fell by more than two points in April, to 62.7, after posting all-time highs in the two preceding months. All activity measures fell from their prior month readings, with the greatest decline observed in new orders and production. While April’s readings were lower than in March, all readings remained above 50, indicating a slowing acceleration in industry activity.
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Bergen International Chemical Foaming Agents for Injection Molding allow:
- Sink Mark Removal & Warp Reduction
- Increasing Shot Speeds
- Reducing Pack & Hold Pressure and Cycle Times
- Reduction of Part Weight
Products available for a wide variety of polymers LDPE, HPDE, PP, ABS, PS, PC, GF, Nylon, TPE, HIPS, PPO, PPS.
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COVID-19 — its impact on injection moulding investments
Medical Plastics News
As with most disruptions, the COVID-19 pandemic has amplified the focus on productivity and forced injection moulding decision makers to reconsider how automation and digitalized technologies can facilitate working smarter.
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Sector focuses on PP technology to boost plastic recycling
Packaging News
Data suggests that PP accounts for around 20% of the world’s plastic, mostly used in pots, tubs, trays and films for food packaging.
It is also prevalent in non-food household and personal care products, which complicates recycling the 700,000 tonnes per annum used in the U.K. alone.
PP packaging usually goes to waste-to-energy, landfill or is down-cycled into low-performance applications.
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Researchers find potential use for recycled plastic in concrete
Phys.org
Millions of tons of plastic are discarded each day, and for much of it there are few options for conventional recycling. But that material could soon find a new and beneficial use thanks to microbes being harnessed by Montana State University scientists.
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Our customers benefit from more than 40 years of experience in equipment and plant construction. SINGLE's customers are primarily plastics processors and manufacturers of plastics machinery, die casting technology, the chemical, pharmaceutical and food industries as well as customers from the testing and semiconductor industries.
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Imerys proudly presents an eleven part webinar series with varying subjects focusing on our advancements in the plastics industry and the benefits Imerys minerals can bring.
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Understanding roll deflection in sheet processing
Plastics Technology
Many of the older sheet stacks still in use today were made for polystyrene or other easily deformed polymers. In these stacks, the top roll was usually smaller in diameter to facilitate an easier and safer “string-up” of the line. Since the polymer contact time with the top roll is only a few inches, the smaller roll causes almost no cooling.
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As resin cost increase the need for purging is even more important. Why waste prime/virgin resin and subject good resin to a degrading heat history. Our goal is help you get your machines cleaned quickly and efficiently with minimal downtown in your production.
Phoenix Plastics Purge Benefits:
Increase productivity
Reduce machine downtime
Allow for faster changeovers
Avoid lost time pulling screws
Reduction of scrap and material waste
Removes traces of contamination and build up in the barrel
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Chemical recycling of plastic waste: Working towards complete recycling
Recycling Magazine
While versatility is one of plastic’s most attractive qualities, this can limit its ability to be recycled using traditional mechanical recycling methods for several reasons, including: 1) the many different kinds of plastic, 2) the presence of more than one kind of plastic in the same product and 3) some plastics are designed not to melt in order to increase their mechanical and thermal resistance.
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