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Hydrophobic Coatings and Pigments: From Water Beading to Durable Protection
Hydrophobic coatings if formulated correctly can provide a plethora of advantages which may include self-cleaning, … Continued
EPA considers rule changes encouraging advanced recycling
Written July 2026 The U.S. EPA is considering changing how plastics recycling plants that use … Continued
Formulating Cleaners with Antibacterial Coatings: Benefits, Challenges, and Commercial Opportunities
As hygiene expectations continue to rise across household, institutional, healthcare, and food processing markets, formulators … Continued
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By Protomold – Nobody’s Faster In The Short Run.® We’ve talked so often about the need for draft in injection molded parts that you may be shocked to hear that there are features that not only don’t need to be … Continued
By Greg Lewis, Matsui America The variety of technologies, and nuances in each technology, can make choosing the right resin dryer challenging. In addition, sorting through all the dryer manufacturers and their spin on how each technology works can be … Continued
By Randy Hough Injection mold making is nearly always a very challenging profession, and this has never been more true than today. Shrinking markets, global competition, new technologies and a vanishing skilled work force all contribute to the challenge. The … Continued
Intevac Photonics, DeltaNu According to the most recent IDES statistics, there are now 83627 different grades of plastics. Often, the difference between two grades of the same basic resin can be as little as one or two percentage points in … Continued
By Protomold – Nobody’s Faster In The Short Run.® When the designers of the Great Seal of the United States included the phrase “E pluribus unum” (Latin for “out of many, one”), they certainly weren’t thinking about plastic parts. They … Continued
