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Articles in April, 2007 issue of Plastics Technology

• Twin-screws extrude wood/plastic profiles.(KEEPING UP WITH: Extrusion)
• PC sheet for signs.(KEEPING UP WITH Thermoforming)
• Clear PP sheet grade for form-fill-seal packaging.(KEEPING UP WITH: Materials)
• Vibrating-rotor compounder lowers melt temperature & viscosity.(Close-Up: COMPOUNDING)
  by Schut, Jan H.
• More carbon fiber coming.(YOUR BUSINESS: In Brief)
• Glass roving for pultrusion.(KEEPING UP WITH: Composites)
• Acquisitions in composites.(Your Business: In Brief)
• Shut-off nozzles upgraded.(KEEPING UP WITH: Injection Molding)
• Color refinement yields upscale coffee canister.(KEEPING UP WITH: Blow Molding)
• Single-screw compounder has grooved barrel.(KEEPING UP WITH: Compounding)
• UV-cure powder coatings protect vinyl flooring.(KEEPING UP WITH: Auxiliaries)
• Dow gears up for 3Q launch of Infuse OBC.(Your Business: In Brief)
• Touchscreen feeder control.(KEEPING UP WITH: Auxiliaries)
• Extruder line converted to four-motor drives.(KEEPING UP WITH: Extrusion)
• PET color concentrates need no drying.(KEEPING UP WITH: Additives)
• Adaptable cutting chamber makes grinders versatile.(KEEPING UP WITH: Auxiliaries)
• Coloring on the machine: you can do it right.(Troubleshooter: COLOR FEEDING)
  by Conair, Gary Hovis
• Construction slump will drag down plastic pipe demand this year.(Your Business: Outlook)
  by Wood, Bill
• Nylon 66 with 60% glass.(KEEPING UP WITH: Materials)
• New organization for Bayer PUR Systems.(Your Business: In Brief)
• Mini six-axis robot mounts 'anywhere'.(KEEPING UP WITH: Injection Molding)
• Stretch-blow unit now makes 5-L PET bottles.(KEEPING UP WITH: Blow Molding)
• Rigid integral-skin foam moves into larger parts.(KEEPING UP WITH: RIM/Urethanes)
• Customized nip stations for all sorts of webs.(KEEPING UP WITH: Auxiliaries)
• Medical tubing: tinier than ever and much more complex.
  by Schut, Jan H.
• Bigger hybrid presses.(KEEPING UP WITH: Injection Molding)
• Process monitoring added to PET preform systems.(KEEPING UP WITH: Blow Molding)
• Conductive SEBS TPEs offered in North America.(KEEPING UP WITH: Materials)
• Ground transporter for massive molds.(KEEPING UP WITH: Tooling)
• Compounders expand.(YOUR BUSINESS: In Brief)
• Modular conveyors grow longer & wider.(KEEPING UP WITH: Auxiliaries)
• New name in ERP software.(YOUR BUSINESS: In Brief)
• Lyondell sells its Millenium TiO2 unit.(Your Business: In Brief)
• Hot-runner nozzles have spare heater & T-couple.(KEEPING UP WITH: Injection Molding)
• Basic roll-fed unit for short runs.(KEEPING UP WITH: Thermoforming)
• More propylene-ethylene plastomers and TPEs.(KEEPING UP WITH: Materials)
• Melt-oscillation molding enhances part properties.(Close-Up: INJECTION MOLDING)
  by Knights, Mikell
• Novatec & advantage team up.(YOUR BUSINESS: In Brief)
• New-style motors on 9-layer blown film line.(KEEPING UP WITH: Extrusion)
• Plasticizer okayed by FDA.(KEEPING UP WITH: Additives)
• Improved rubbery EVAs for wire & cable.(KEEPING UP WITH: Materials)
• Polystyrene ionomer extrudes more easily.(Close-Up: MATERIALS)
  by Schut, Jan H.
• Prices creep up slowly.(Your Business: Pricing Update)
  by Schut, Jan H.; sherman, Lilli Manolis
• Prepreg boosts electrical performance.(KEEPING UP WITH: Composites)
• Husky considers a sale.(Your Business: In Brief)
• Multi-color LSR parts from a single barrel.(KEEPING UP WITH: Injection Molding)
• Faster palletizer for PET bottles.(KEEPING UP WITH: Blow Molding)
• Software turns recycle & wide-spec into standard compounds.(KEEPING UP WITH: Compounding)
• Hot-runner control for many zones.(KEEPING UP WITH: Tooling)
• SMS GmbH to sell two extrusion machinery groups.(Your Business: In Brief)
• Thermoplastic honeycomb cores for infusion.(KEEPING UP WITH: Composites)
• Long-fiber thermoset compounds acquired.(Your Business: In Brief)
• New surface treatment doubles screw life.(KEEPING UP WITH: Injection Molding)
• Industry datebook.(Calendar)
• Software optimizes coex tubing die.(KEEPING UP WITH: Extrusion)
• Release for rotomolding.(KEEPING UP WITH: Additives)
• New range of benchtop capillary rheometers.(KEEPING UP WITH: Auxiliaries)
• Thermoforming ready for in-mold labelling? After several fits and starts over the last decade, thermoforming IML appears ready for prime time, thanks to improvements in output and labeling technology. For now, the action is mostly in European packaging.(C
  by Grande, Joseph A.
• Outdoor chillers provide 'free cooling'.(KEEPING UP WITH: Auxiliaries)
• Dynisco acquired.(Your Business: In Brief)
• How big is the plastics trade deficit?(Editorial)
  by Naitove, Matt
• Redesigned nine-layer die.(KEEPING UP WITH: Extrusion)
• Iso polyester brings 'Class A' finish to boats.(KEEPING UP WITH: Composites)
• Magnetic separators at an economical price.(KEEPING UP WITH: Auxiliaries)
• Structural foam: as parts grow larger, robots do the heavy lifting.(Real World)
  by Knights, Mikell
• Pad printers for medical and clean-room use.(KEEPING UP WITH: Auxiliaries)
• SPI creates medical products section.(YOUR BUSINESS: In Brief)