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Articles in March, 2005 issue of Plastics Engineering

• ANTEC 2005: a revolution in plastics May 1-5, Boston
• Replacement for foil-and-seal packaging
  by Alice Blanco
• Spectacular visuals
  by Alice Blanco
• Biodegradable polymers for medical devices
  by Alice Blanco
• Models and prototypes
  by Alice Blanco
• Thermoset for composites
  by Alice Blanco
• Shape memory polymers reshape product design
  by Patrick A. Toensmeier
• Seeking neutral: controlling charge in auto fuel systems
  by Dwight Smith
• Glass fiber meets stiffer competition: natural-fiber composites are no longer just subjects of academic interest
  by Michael Tolinski
• RIM molding and PUR foam support bike seating
  by Hope Molinaro
• Sweet: PC resin for chocolate molds
  by Hope Molinaro
• PPS paper winds up in dairy filtration
  by Hope Molinaro
• ASA resin serves as capstock for vinyl siding, fencing
  by Hope Molinaro
• Double-turning-cube stack-mold system
  by Alice Blanco
• Lump crusher
  by Alice Blanco
• Hot-runner control
  by Alice Blanco
• Shelf-mount robots
  by Alice Blanco
• Longer lives for gear shafts
  by Alice Blanco
• ANTEC 2005 preview: in Boston—a revolution in plastics.
• ANTEC 2005 Annual Technical Conference
• Nanomaterials emerge as contenders in U.S. market, study says
  by Hope Molinaro
• U.S. demand for sterile medical packaging to exceed $2 billion
  by Hope Molinaro
• Steelworkers, PACE members unite
  by Hope Molinaro
• PFA reports successful phase-out of pentaBDE flame retardants
  by Hope Molinaro
• Husky names new president; Robert Schad to retire
  by Hope Molinaro
• Ampac Packaging, LLC, of Cincinnati announces that it has acquired Flexicon, Inc
• Roseland, N.J.-based Laud Collier & Company LLC has announced its acquisition of Rutland Plastics, Inc
• Cargill of Minneapolis reports that it has agreed to acquire The Dow Chemical Co.'s interest in Cargill Dow LLC, the 50:50 joint venture formed in 1997 to commercialize polylactic acid biopolymers
• The Klockner Pentaplast Group reports that, effective Dec. 21, 2004, it has taken over Finnish food-film specialists Nordpak OY and Avanspack AB
• Bayer MaterialScience AG of Leverkusen, Germany, and Teijin Chemicals Ltd. of Japan have signed a letter of intent to supply each other with specific polycarbonate resin grades on a regional basis
• As a provider of thermoplastic polyolefin materials for use in thermoforming, Solvay Engineered Polymers has joined Novo Foam Products LLC's network of alliances to advance Novo Foam's proprietary twin-sheet thermoforming process
• ExxonMobil Chemical Technology Licensing, LLC , has signed an agreement with Huntsman Petrochemical Ltd
• Based in The Woodlands, Texas, Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LP has entered into a contract to license its proprietary loop slurry polyethylene technology to Polietilenos Uniao S.A., a wholly owned subsidiary of Unipar
• Philadelphia Mixing Solutions
• William Andrew, Inc
• NFM Welding Engineers
• Westlake Chemical Corp
• Henkel Corp
• Cabot Corp
• Lane Company, Inc
• Society of the Plastics Industry, Inc
• Unimark Plastics of Greer, S.C., announces that it has changed its name to Jarden Plastic Solutions
• Air Products Polymers, L.P
• BASF
• Rohm and Haas Company
• Rohm and Haas's Adhesives and Sealants business has announced worldwide price increases ranging from 15% to 20% for all acrylic, styrene acrylic, vinyl acrylic, and vinyl acetate emulsions for the pressure-sensitive
• Ticona, the Florence, Ky.-based technical polymers business of Celanese Corp. , has announced price increases for its polyester products, effective Feb
• Based in Clinton, Mass., Automated Assemblies Corp. has named Integrated Technologies International, LLC
• Bostik, Inc., of Middleton, Mass., reports that Lighthouse Molding, Inc., of Clarkson, Mich., is the exclusive sales agent for Bostik LPM adhesives
• SpecialChem
• BASF Corp
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• Meese Orbitron Dunne
• Becker Industrial Coatings
• Menasha
• Progressive Components
• Arkema
• Plastipak Packaging
• ITW
• Thierica
• Clairson
• Beaumont Technologies
• Sheffield Plastics
• Obituary
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