The high-performance plastic compounds market is a dynamic segment of the specialty polymers industry, propelled by the escalating demand for materials that endure extreme mechanical, thermal, and ...

Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation (Tokyo) plans to acquire a polyvinyl chloride compound plant in Bellevue, OH from A. Schulman, Inc. (Akron, OH) in a move to expand the presence of its North American ...

Mount Vernon, Ill. — Manner Polymers has opened a $54 million, 100 percent solar-powered PVC compounding plant in Mount Vernon, expanding its annual production capacity by 100 million pounds and ...

Lead's time in medical devices is quickly running out and opportunistic plastics suppliers are jumping into the void being left by out-of-favor toxic metal to offer polymer compounds that offer ...

Lanxess, a glass fiber manufacturers, is seeing a marked growth in demand for its milled short glass fibers (milled fiber) for plastic compounding, but not only. This is particularly true for the ...