Cleveland — PVC compounders are tackling opportunities and challenges as the midway point of the 2020s approaches. Executives in that market took part in a panel Nov. 13 at AMI Plastics World Expos in ...

Geon Performance Solutions has made its second acquisition in less than a year, this time buying PVC compounder Cary Compounds LLC of Manalapan, N.J., for an undisclosed price. Cary makes flexible and ...

Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation (Tokyo) has acquired the PVC compounding business of Comtrex, LLC (Warren, MI). This is the second such move made by the company following its offer to purchase the ...

CLEVELAND—New technologies and growth opportunities are showing the value of PVC compounds. "It's important to reinforce what PVC and all plastics are doing," Larry Shaw, Geon Performance Solutions ...

Plastics compounder Aurora Material Solutions reports that it has completed expansion of its Streetsboro, OH, facility, adding more than 140 million pounds of capacity. In addition to meeting growing ...

STREETSBORO, Ohio—Compounder Aurora Plastics L.L.C. has broken ground on an expansion in Streetsboro. The 20,0000-sq.-ft. expansion will allow Streetsboro-based Aurora to install a new blending line ...

The compounder says its new materials feature a reduced carbon footprint. Power tools, components for small appliances and switch plates are examples of applications that could be made with Polymer ...

HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Westlake Global Compounds, a leading provider of specialty plastics compounds and a Westlake company, and Resinex, a leader in plastic distribution in Europe, today announced ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio – Researchers have developed a way to make one type of plastic material more durable and less likely to shed dangerous microplastics. The study identified a secure way to attach ...

A laboratory mixer is the best tool for assessing the PVC compositions' fusion behavior, compound stability, and processing behavior. It is extremely sensitive to changes in the compound formulation ...