Materials. (Classified Directory) (A-P).ABS (Automatic Backup System) See backup program. Able Plastics, GA ACLO ACLO Air Cadet Liaison Officer Compounders, Inc., ON Advanced Compounding, Div. of Blessings Corp., CT Advanced Web Products, Inc., RI (D) Advanced Web Products, Inc., NY (D) Aetna Aetna, volcano: see Etna, Italy. Plastics Corp., OH AIN Ain, in the Bible Ain (ā`ĭn), in the Bible. 1 Town, N ancient Palestine. 2 See En-rimmon. Ain, department, France Ain (ăN), department (1990 pop. Plastics, Inc., A subsidiary of Thyssen N.A., NY (D) Albis
* Albis Plastics, TX (D) Allied Plastics Supply Corp., NY * Alternative Rubber & Plastics Inc., NY (D) Amco Plastic Materials Inc., NY * American American, river, 30 mi (48 km) long, rising in N central Calif. in the Sierra Nevada and flowing SW into the Sacramento River at Sacramento. The discovery of gold at Sutter's Mill (see Sutter, John Augustus) along the river in 1848 led to the California gold rush of Polymers Inc., MA (D) American Sheet Extrusion Corp., IN Ametek, Inc., Chemical Products Div., PA * Asahi Asahi (朝日 or 旭) means "morning sun" in Japanese. It is a name of several places in Japan:
* Ashley For use as a person's name, see . Ashley may refer to: Places Australia
* Ashley Polymers Inc., NJ Avangard Industries Ltd., TX (D) Bamberger Bamberger as a surname may refer to: This page or section lists people with the surname Bamberger. If an internal link for a specific person referred you to this page, you may wish to add the given name(s) to that wikilink. Polymers, Inc., NY * BASF BASF Bar Association of San Francisco (since 1872; San Francisco, California) BASF Badische Anilin und Soda Fabrik (German chemical products company) BASF Builders Association of South Florida Corp., Plastic Materials, NJ * Bayer Corp., PA Bixby Bixby can refer to:
Bolcof Plastic Materials, CA (D) Brenntag Canada Canada (kăn`ədə), independent nation (2001 pop. 30,007,094), 3,851,787 sq mi (9,976,128 sq km), N North America. Canada occupies all of North America N of the United States (and E of Alaska) except for Greenland and the French islands of Inc., ON Cadillac Cadillac expensive automobile and status symbol. [Trademarks: Crowley Trade, 83] See : Luxury Plastics, CA (D) Chase Plastic Services, Inc., MI (D) * Chi Mei This article is about the plastics company. For the rebellion movement, see Chimei. Chi Mei Corporation (Chinese: 奇美實業廠) is a plastics producer in Taiwan. Industrial * Cho Yang yang (yang) [Chinese] in Chinese philosophy, the active, positive, masculine principle that is complementary to yin; see yin, under principle. Heung San Chroma Short for "chrominance." The attributes of a color, which include its hue (frequency) and saturation (amount of black). See hue and saturation. Corp., IL Civiera & Silver International Inc., MA (D) Clariant Clariant (SWX: [1]) is a Swiss speciality chemical company which was formed in 1995 as a spin off from Sandoz. The company expanded by the incorporation of the speciality chemicals business of Hoechst (Germany) in 1997 and the acquisition of BTP plc (UK) in 2000. Performance Plastics, MD Color & Composite composite, alternate common name for Asteraceae or Compositae, the aster family. composite - aggregate Technologies, Inc., OH Commercial Plastics & Supply Corp., FL Comtec COMTEC Commission on Tectonics (IUGS) Polymers, Inc., TN Cresset cres·set n. A metal cup, often suspended on a pole, containing burning oil or pitch and used as a torch. [Middle English, from Old French, alteration of croisuel, probably from Vulgar Latin Powers, Ltd., CA (D) Custom Chemicals Corp., NJ Michael Michael, archangel Michael (mī`kəl) [Heb.,=who is like God?], archangel prominent in Christian, Jewish, and Muslim traditions. In the Bible and early Jewish literature, Michael is one of the angels of God's presence. Day Enterprises, OH Debco Plastics, Inc., NY Decorative Surfaces International, IL * Delta Polymers Co., MI (D) * Denki Denki is a Digital Toy company, based in Dundee, Scotland. It was set up in March 2000 by four former members of DMA Design to focus on developing entertainment software for hand-held and mass-market devices such as Game Boy Advance, Interactive Digital Television (iDTV) and Corp., NY * Diamond Polymers, OH * Dow (Direct OverWrite) See magneto-optic disk. Chemical Co., MI E&T Plastic Manufacturing Co., NY (D) Engineered Polymers, MA * EniChem Americas A·mer·i·cas , the See America. , Inc., TX Ensinger-Hyde, PA * Entec ENTEC enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli. Engineered Resins resins, n.pl complex, insoluble, sticky substances secreted by plants. Used as astringents, antimicrobials, and antiinflammatories, and are burned as incense. Can cause oral ulcers and epidermal irritations. , FL (D) Exotic exotic not native, not indigenous. Automation & Supply, MI * Federal Plastics Corp., NJ (D) * Ferro Corp., Filled & Reinforced re·in·force also re-en·force or re·en·force tr.v. re·in·forced, re·in·forc·ing, re·in·forc·es 1. To give more force or effectiveness to; strengthen: The news reinforced her hopes. Plastics Div., IN Ferro Corp., Plastic Colorants Div., OH Foster Corp., CT Gardiner Plastics, Inc., NY (D) * GE Plastics, MA * GE Polymerland, Inc., NC (D) Gehr Plastics Inc., PA General Polymers Div., Ashland Ashland (ăsh`lənd). 1 Industrial city (1990 pop. 23,622), Boyd co., E Ky., on terraces along the Ohio River near the influx of the Big Sandy; settled 1786, inc. 1854. Distribution Co., OH (D) GHA GHA Ghana GHA Glasgow Housing Association GHA Georgia Hospital Association (Marietta, Georgia) GHA Greenwich Hour Angle GHA Ghana Airways (ICAO code) GHA Global Health Action Plastics, Inc., TX Global Polymers Solutions, Inc., FL (D) Guaranteed Plastics, Inc., NJ (D) GVR GVR Grant, Vacate and Remand GVR Gas Volume Ratio Complast, Ltd. Co., TX HiTech HITECH High Technology Polymers, Inc., OH HiTech Polymers, Inc., KY Howard Industries Howard Industries is an electrical products manufacturer located in Laurel, Mississippi. Howard Industries was founded in 1968. Howard Industries is currently the world's largest manufacturer of distribution transformers, and is the largest employer in Laurel, as well as one of the , Inc., OH ICC ICC See: International Chamber of Commerce Chemical Corp., NY (D) International Polymers Corp., PA Itochu Itochu Corporation (伊藤忠商事株式会社 International, Inc., OH (D) Jerico Plastic Industries, Inc., OH JLM JLM Jesus Loves Me JLM Just Like Me JLM Junior League of Memphis JLM Junior League of Minneapolis JLM Junior League of Mobile JLM Junior League of Madison JLM Junior League of Montgomery JLM Junior League of Miami, Inc. JLM Junior League of McAllen, Inc. Marketing Inc., JLM Engineered Resins, FL * LG Chemical America America [for Amerigo Vespucci], the lands of the Western Hemisphere—North America, Central (or Middle) America, and South America. The world map published in 1507 by Martin Waldseemüller is the first known cartographic use of the name. Inc., NJ Lanier La·nier , Sidney 1842-1881. American writer and musician noted for his melodic poems, including "The Marshes of Glynn" (1878). His novel Tiger Lilies (1867) is based on his experiences as a Confederate soldier. Color Co., GA LATI USA, Inc., Mt. Pleasant Business Ctr., Ste. 8, SC * LNP (Local Number Portability) The capability of keeping the same local telephone number when switching carriers. See NP and WLNP. Engineering Plastics Inc., PA Lucky America, Inc., NJ Marco Color Laboratory, Inc., CA Ronald Mark Associates, NJ (D) Marval Industries, Inc., NY (D) Master Molded mold 1 n. 1. A hollow form or matrix for shaping a fluid or plastic substance. 2. A frame or model around or on which something is formed or shaped. 3. Something that is made in or shaped on a mold. Products Corp., IL Mitsubishi Mitsubishi: see zaibatsu. International Corp., Plastics & Additives Dept., NY Mitsui Mitsui: see zaibatsu. Plastics, Inc., NY (D) Modern Dispersions, Inc., MA Mozel Inc., Polymers Div., MO (D) MPH MPH Master of Public Health. MPH Master's Degree in Public Health Enterprises, CA (D) H. Muehlstein & Co., Inc., CT (D) * Multibase, Inc., OH New England New England, name applied to the region comprising six states of the NE United States—Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut. The region is thought to have been so named by Capt. Urethane urethane (yoor´ithān´), n ethyl carbamate used as an anesthetic agent for laboratory animals, formerly used as a hypnotic in humans. , Inc., CT * Nova Polymers, Inc., IN (D) * Omni Plastics LLC (Logical Link Control) See "LANs" under data link protocol. LLC - Logical Link Control , IN Ontario Ontario, city, United States Ontario, city (1990 pop. 133,179), San Bernardino co., S Calif., near Los Angeles, in a region of vineyards; inc. 1891. Recycling recycling, the process of recovering and reusing waste products—from household use, manufacturing, agriculture, and business—and thereby reducing their burden on the environment. , Inc., NY Osterman Osterman or Ostermann is a surname, and may refer to
Petro Plastics Co. Inc., NJ Plastic Compounders, Inc., OH Plastic Materials for Industry, Inc., GA Plasticolour, PQ Plastics Color & Compounding, CT Plastics Group, RI Plastics Service Inc., Poly (language) Poly - 1. A polymorphic, block-structured language developed by D.C.J. Matthews at Cambridge in the early 1980s. ["An Overview of the Poly Programming Language", D.C.J. Matthews, in Data Types and Persistence, M.P. Atkinson et al eds, Springer 1988]. 2. Sales International Inc., CT (D) * Plastx World Inc., NJ * Polifil, RI Polychem Products Ltd., PQ * Polymer polymer (pŏl`əmər), chemical compound with high molecular weight consisting of a number of structural units linked together by covalent bonds (see chemical bond). Resources, Ltd., CT Polymer Technology & Services LLC, TN (D) Polymers By Design Div., Engineered Plastic Composites, Inc., IL PolyOne Corp., IL PolyOne Corp., GA PolyReps Inc., NC Prime Alliance Inc., IA * Proquigel Regal Plastic Supply Co., TX (D) RJM RJM Resistojet Module RJM Religious of Jesus and Mary (France) (religious order) International, Inc., CA Royalite Thermoplastics thermoplastics, materials that soften or melt when heated and harden when cooled. Thermoplastic polymers consist of long polymer molecules that are not linked to each other. i.e., have no cross-links. Div., Uniroyal Technology Corp., IN Rowland Row·land , F(rank) Sherwood Born 1927. American chemist who shared a 1995 Nobel Prize for his work on the chemical processes involved in the formation and decomposition of ozone. Technologies, Inc., CT RTP (1) (Rapid Transport Protocol) The protocol used in IBM's High Performance Routing (HPR) system. (2) (Realtime Transport Protocol) An IP protocol that supports real time transmission of voice and video. Co., MN Safas Corp., NJ H. Sattler Plastics Co., Inc., IL * A. Schulman Schulman is a surname, usually that of a Jewish person. The name is derived from the Yiddish word shul ("synagogue"). Some well-known people with this name are:
Seegott Inc., OH (D) * Shuman Shuman as a surname may refer to:
Spartan Polymers, Inc., NJ * Spartech Polycom Polycom is a manufacturer of teleconferencing and videoconferencing equipment. Their best selling teleconferencing range of systems are called Soundstations. History , MO * Talta Technical Polymers, LLC, GA Ticona Ticona is an international manufacturer of engineering polymers. The company's head office has been located at the Ticona/Celanese-Plant in the German town of Kelsterbach near Frankfurt since 2002. , NJ * Ticona Ceistran Inc., MN * Toray Marketing & Sales (America) Inc., Film & Plastics, NY (D) TP Composites, Inc., PA Trademark Plastics Corp., NJ (D) United Composites, Inc., TX Vinmar International, TX (D) Westlake Westlake, city (1990 pop. 27,018), Cuyahoga co., NE Ohio, a suburb of Cleveland; inc. as a city 1956. A growing city, its various manufactures include ink and plastics. Plastics Co., PA ABS/PVC ALLOY alloy (ăl`oi, əloi`) [O. Fr.,=combine], substance with metallic properties that consists of a metal fused with one or more metals or nonmetals. * Advanced Dynamics Corp., Specialty A contract under seal. A specialty is a written document that has been sealed and delivered and is given as security for the payment of a specifically indicated debt. Compounds Div., TX AIN Plastics, Inc., A subsidiary of Thyssen NA., NY (D) Allied Plastics Supply Corp., NY * AlphaGary Corp., NC Custom Chemicals Corp., NJ Decorative Surfaces International, IL Dlscas Inc., CT (D) GE Polymerland, Inc., NC (D) General Polymers Div., Ashland Distribution Co., OH (D) * Georgia Georgia, country, Asia Georgia (jôr`jə), Georgian Sakartvelo, Rus. Gruziya, officially Republic of Georgia, republic (2005 est. pop. 4,677,000), c.26,900 sq mi (69,700 sq km), in W Transcaucasia. Gulf Chemicals & Vinyls LLC, Compound Div., GA Howard Industries, Inc., OH Lanier Color Co., GA Master Molded Products Corp., IL * Novatec Plastics Corp., A PVC PVC: see polyvinyl chloride. PVC in full polyvinyl chloride Synthetic resin, an organic polymer made by treating vinyl chloride monomers with a peroxide. Container (1) Software that acts as a parent program to hold and execute a set of commands or to run other software routines. (2) A data structure that holds one or more different types of data. See metafile and OLE. Co., NJ Osterman & Co. Inc., Prime Polymers Div., CT (D) Petro Plastics Co. Inc., NJ Plastics Color & Compounding, CT Polymers By Design Div., Engineered Plastic Composites, Inc., IL PolyOne Corp., IL PolyOne Corp., GA Royalite Thermoplastics Div., Uniroyal Technology Corp., IN * A. Schulman, Inc., OH * Shuman Plastics, Inc., NY (D) Vi-Chem Corp., MI AES TERPOLYMER ter·pol·y·mer n. A polymer that consists of three distinct monomers. [Latin ter, thrice; see trei- in Indo-European roots + polymer.] Bayer Corp., PA Chase Plastic Services, Inc., MI (D) Dow Chemical Co., MI Plastic Materials for Industry, Inc., GA Polymers By Design Div., Engineered Plastic Composites, Inc., IL Royalite Thermoplastics Div., Uniroyal Technology Corp., IN ASA Asa (ā`sə), in the Bible, king of Judah, son and successor of Abijah. He was a good king, zealous in his extirpation of idols. When Baasha of Israel took Ramah (a few miles N of Jerusalem), Asa bought the help of Benhadad of Damascus and COPOLYMERS AND ALLOYS This is a list of alloys for which an article exists in Wikipedia (or is proposed but not yet written). They are grouped by base metal, in order of increasing atomic number. Within these headings they are in no particular order. Albis Plastics, TX (D) Allied Plastics Supply Corp., NY Amco Plastic Materials Inc., NY * BASF Corp., Plastic Materials, NJ * Bayer Corp., PA Chase Plastic Services, Inc., MI (D) Chroma Corp., IL Cresset Powers, Ltd., CA (D) Decorative Surfaces International, IL Delta Polymers Co., MI (D) * Diamond Polymers, OH Engineered Polymers, MA Entec Engineered Resins, FL (D) * GE Plastics, MA GE Polymerland. Inc., NC (D) General Polymers Div., Ashland Distribution Co., OH (D) * LG Chemical America Inc., NJ Lanier Color Co., GA LATI USA, Inc. Mt. Pleasant Business Ctr., Ste. 8 SC Mitsubishi International Corp., Plastics & Additives Dept., NY PolyReps Inc., NC Prime Alliance Inc., IA Royalite Thermoplastics Div., Uniroyal Technology Corp., IN Spartech Polycom, MO Vi-Chem Corp., MI Westlake Plastics Co., PA ACETAL acetal /ac·e·tal/ (as´e-t'l) 1. any of a class of organic compounds formed by combination of an aldehyde molecule and two alcohol molecules. 2. ACLO Compounders, Inc., ON Adell Adell is the name of two places in the United States:
Advanced Web Products, Inc., RI (D) Aetna Plastics Corp., OH AIN Plastics, Inc., A subsidiary of Thyssen N.A., NY (D) Albis Plastics, TX (D) Allied Plastics Supply Corp., NY Amco Plastic Materials Inc., NY Ametek, Inc., Chemical Products Div., PA * Asahl/America, Inc., MA * Ashley Polymers Inc., NY * Ashley Polymers Inc., NJ * BASF Corp., Plastic Materials, NJ Bolcof Plastic Materials, CA (D) Cadillac Plastics, CA (D) Calsak Corp., CA (D) CCC CCC A very speculative grade assigned to a debt obligation by a rating agency. Such a rating indicates default or considerable doubt that interest will be paid or principal repaid. Also called Caa. Plastics, Ltd., ON (D) Chase Plastic Services, Inc., MI (D) * Chem Polymer, Div. of B.I.P. Ltd., FL Chisso America, Inc., NY (D) Chroma Corp., IL Civiera & Silver International Inc., MA (D) Clariant Performance Plastics, MD Commercial Plastics & Supply Corp., FL Cresset Powers, Ltd., CA (D) Michael Day Enterprises, OH Debco Plastics, Inc., NY * Delta Polymers Co., MI (D) * DuPont Dupont, DuPont, Du Pont, or du Pont may refer to: Companies
Engineered Polymers, MA Ensinger-Hyde, PA Entec Engineered Resins, FL (D) Exotic Automation & Supply, MI Gardiner Plastics, Inc., NY (D) * GE Polymerland, Inc., NC (D) * General Polymers Div., Ashland Distribution Co., OH (D) GHA Plastics, Inc., TX Global Polymers Solutions, Inc., FL (D) Guaranteed Plastics, Inc., NJ (D) GVR Complast, Ltd. Co., TX JLM Marketing Inc., JLM Engineered Resins, FL * Korea Korea (kôrē`ə, kə–), Korean Hanguk or Choson, region and historic country (85,049 sq mi/220,277 sq km), E Asia. Engineering Plastics Lanier Color Co., GA LarSan Chemical Co., OH (D) LATI USA, Inc. Mt. Pleasant Business Ctr., Ste. 8 SC * LNP Engineering Plastics Inc., PA * Mitsubishi Engineering Plastics, NY Mitsubishi International Corp., Plastics & Additives Dept., NY MPH Enterprises, CA (D) Network Polymers, Inc., OH Nytef Plastics, Ltd., IL Ontario Recycling. Inc., NY Penn Fibre, Div. of The Specially Group, Inc., PA (D) Plastic Materials for Industry, Inc., GA Plastics Color & Compounding, CT Polymer Resources, Ltd., CT Polymer Technology & Services LLC, TN (D) Polymers By Design Div., Engineered Plastic Composites, Inc., IL PolyOne Corp., IL * PolyOne Corp., GA PolyReps Inc., NC Prime Alliance Inc., IA Read Plastics, Inc., Div. of Piedmont Piedmont, region, Italy Piedmont (pēd`mŏnt), Ital. Piemonte, region (1991 pop. 4,302,565), 9,807 sq mi (25,400 sq km), NW Italy, bordering on France in the west and on Switzerland in the north. Inc., MD (D) Regal Plastic Supply Co., TX (D) RJM International, Inc., CA RTP Co., MN H. Sattler Plastics Co., Inc., IL * A. Schulman, Inc., OH Seegott Inc., OH (D) Shuman Plastics, Inc., NY (D) * Spartech Polycom, MO Technical Polymers, LLC, GA * Ticona, NJ * Ticona Celstran Inc., MN Toray Marketing & Sales (America) Inc., Film & Plastics, NY (D) * TP Composites, Inc., PA * United Composites, Inc., TX Westlake Plastics Co., PA ACRYLICS ACLO Compounders, Inc., ON Acrymax Technology Inc., PA Advanced Compounding. Div. of Blessings Corp., CT Aetna Plastics Corp., OH AIN Plastics, Inc., A subsidiary of Thyssen N.A., NY (D) Albis Plastics, TX (D) Allied Plastics Supply Corp., NY Amco Plastic Materials Inc., NY American Acrylic acrylic, artificial fiber made from a special group of vinyl compounds, primarily acrylonitrile. Acrylic fibers are thermoplastic (i.e., soften when heated, reharden upon cooling), have low moisture regain, are low in density, and can be made into bulky fabrics. Corp., NY * Atoglas of Atofina Chemicals, Inc., PA Claude Claude , Albert 1899-1983. Belgian-born American biologist who was among the first to use the electron microscope for biological research. He shared a 1974 Nobel Prize for developing methods of separating and analyzing cell components. Bamberger Molding molding, in architecture, furniture, and decorative objects, a surface or group of surfaces of projecting or receding contours. A molding may serve as a defining element, terminating a unit or an entire composition (e.g. Compounds Corp., NJ Belland Inc., MA Bolcof Plastic Materials, CA (D) Cadillac Plastics, CA (D) Cadillac Products, Inc., Div. of M.A. Hanna Han·na , Marcus Alonzo Known as "Mark." 1837-1904. American financier and politician who managed the 1896 and 1900 presidential campaigns of William McKinley and served as a U.S. senator from Ohio (1897-1904). , MI CCC Plastics, Ltd., ON (D) Chase Plastic Services, Inc., MI (D) Chori America Inc., Chemical Dept., NY (D) Chroma Corp., IL Civiera & Silver International Inc., MA (D) Commercial Plastics & Supply Corp., FL * Continental Acrylics Inc., CA Craftics Inc., IL (D) Cresset Powers, Ltd., CA (D) * CYRO Industries, NJ Debco Plastics, Inc., NY Decorative Surfaces International, IL Delta Polymers Co., MI (D) Engineered Polymers, MA Entec Engineered Resins, FL (D) Esschem Co., PA Exotic Automation & Supply, MI Federal Plastics Corp., NJ (D) Flex-O-Glass, Inc., Film Div., IL Gardiner Plastics, Inc., NY (D) GE Polymerland, Inc., NC (D) General Polymers Div., Ashland Distribution Co., OH (D) Glasflex, Div. of Polycast Technology Corp., NJ Global Polymers Solutions, Inc., FL (D) Hastings Hastings, city, England Hastings, city (1991 pop. 74,979) and district, East Sussex, SE England. A resort and residential city, Hastings is backed by cliffs and has a 3-mi (4.8-km) marine esplanade, parks, and bathing beaches. Plastics Co., CA (D) HiTech Polymers, Inc., OH HiTech Polymers, Inc., KY Howard Industries, Inc., OH Imperial Adhesives, Inc., OH JLM Marketing Inc., JLM Engineered Resins, FL Laird laird n. Scots The owner of a landed estate. [Scots, from Middle English lard, variant of lord, owner, master; see lord. Plastics, WA (D) Lanier Color Co., GA L.V. Lomas Ltd., ON (D) * Lucite Lucite: see polyacrylics. Lucite or Plexiglas or Perspex Trademark names of the organic compound polymethyl methacrylate, a synthetic polymer of methyl methacrylate. International, TN Marco Color Laboratory, Inc., CA Marval Industries, Inc., NY (D) Mitsubishi International Corp., Plastics & Additives Dept., NY H. Muehlstein & Co., Inc., CT (D) Network Polymers, Inc., OH New England Urethane, Inc., CT * Noveon Static Control Polymers, OH Novus Inc., MN Optical Polymers Lab Corp., RI Performance Polymers, Inc., MA (D) Petro Extrusion Technologies, Inc., NJ Pilkington Aerospace Inc., CA Plaskolite, Inc., OH Plastic Materials for Industry, Inc., GA Plastics Color & Compounding, CT Plastics Service Inc., Poly Sales International Inc., CT (D) Polymer Extruded Products, Inc., NJ Polymers By Design Div., Engineered Plastic Composites, Inc., IL PolyOne Corp., IL PolyReps Inc., NC Prime Alliance Inc., IA Read Plastics, Inc., Div. of Piedmont Inc., MD (D) Regal Plastic Supply Co., TX (D) Reichhold Chemicals, Inc., Emulsion emulsion: see colloid. emulsion Mixture of two or more liquids in which one is dispersed in the other as microscopic or ultramicroscopic droplets (see colloid). Emulsions are stabilized by agents (emulsifiers) that (e.g. Polymers Div., NC Reynolds Polymer Technology, Inc., CO RJM International, Inc., CA Rowland Technologies, Inc., CT RTP Co., MN Safas Corp., NJ H. Sattler Plastics Co., Inc., IL Seegott Inc., OH (D) Seegott Inc. of N.J., NJ (D) Shuman Plastics, Inc., NY (D) * Spartech Polycom, MO UCB UCB - University of California at Berkeley Radcure Inc., GA ACRYLIC COPOLYMERS Acrymax Technology Inc., PA Advanced Compounding, Div. of Blessings Corp., CT Aetna Plastics Corp., OH Air Products & Chemicals, Inc., PA Allied Plastics Supply Corp., NY Claude Bamberger Molding Compounds Corp., NJ Belland Inc., MA Bolcof Plastic Materials, CA (D) Chori America Inc., Chemical Dept., NY (D) Chroma Corp., IL Custom Chemicals Corp., NJ * CYRO Industries, NJ Engineered Polymers, MA Esschem Co., PA General Polymers Div., Ashland Distribution Co., OH (D) Howard Industries, Inc., OH Imperial Adhesives, Inc., OH Laird Plastics, WA (D) L.V. Lomas Ltd., ON (D) Lucite International, TN Marco Color Laboratory, Inc., CA * Nova Chemicals NOVA Chemicals is a leading chemical company jointly headquartered in Calgary, Alberta, and the Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, suburb of Moon Township. It was founded in 1954. The corporation's chemical assets are divided into two divisions: Olefins/Polyolefins and Styrenics. Inc., Ltd., PA Optical Polymers Lab Corp., RI Performance Polymers, Inc., MA (D) Petro Extrusion Technologies, Inc., NJ Plastic Compounders, Inc., OH Polymers By Design Div., Engineered Plastic Composites, Inc., IL PolyOne Corp., IL Prime Alliance Inc., IA Reynolds Polymer Technology, Inc., CO Rohm and Haas Rohm and Haas Company (NYSE: ROH), a Philadelphia, Pennsylvania based company, manufactures miscellaneous materials. A Fortune 500 Company, Rohm and Haas employs more than 17,000 people in 27 countries. The annual sales revenue of Rohm and Haas stands at about USD 8.2 billion. Co., Adhesives & Sealants, IL (D) RTP Co., MN H. Sattler Plastics Co., Inc., IL Shuman Plastics, Inc., NY (D) Trademark Plastics Corp., NJ (D) ACRYLIC/POLYCARBONATE ALLOY Chroma Corp., IL * CYRO Industries, NJ Foster Corp., CT GE Polymerland, Inc., NC (D) General Polymers Div., Ashland Distribution Co., OH (D) Performance Polymers, Inc., MA (D) Plastic Materials for Industry, Inc., GA * Plastx World Inc., NJ Polymers By Design Div., Engineered Plastic Composites, Inc., IL RTP Co., MN Trademark Plastics Corp., NJ (D) ACRYLIC/PVC ALLOY AIN Plastics, Inc., A subsidiary of Thyssen NA., NY (D) Allied Plastics Supply Corp., NY Commercial Plastics & Supply Corp., FL Custom Chemicals Corp., NJ General Polymers Div., Ashland Distribution Co., OH (D) * Kleerdex Co., NJ Lanier Color Co., GA Lynn Lynn, city (1990 pop. 81,245), Essex co., E Mass.; inc. as a town 1631, as a city 1850. Lynn is an old industrial center. The first ironworks (1643) and the first fire engine (1654) in the country were built there. Plastics Corp., MA PolyReps Inc., NC Regal Plastic Supply Co., TX (D) Royalite Thermoplastics Div., Uniroyal Technology Corp., IN Vi-Chem Corp., MI ACRYLONITRILE acrylonitrile /ac·ry·lo·ni·trile/ (ak?ri-lo-ni´tril) a colorless halogenated hydrocarbon used in the making of plastics and as a pesticide; its vapors are irritant to the respiratory tract and eyes, may cause systemic poisoning, and are COPOLYMERS Allied Plastics Supply Corp., NY BASF Corp., Plastic Materials, NJ Bayer Corp., PA * BP Chemicals Inc., Barex Resins, IL Enichem Americas, Inc., TX General Polymers Div., Ashland Distribution Co., OH (D) Klockner Pentaplast of America, Inc., VA Mach-1 Compounding Div., M.A. Hanna Co., OH Plastic Materials for Industry, Inc., GA Plastics Color & Compounding, CT Polymers By Design Div., Engineered Plastic Composites, Inc., IL RTP Co., MN Trademark Plastics Corp., NJ (D) CELLULOSICS Cellulose Acetate cellulose acetate n. Any of several compounds obtained by treating cellulose with acetic anhydride, used in lacquers, photographic film, transparent sheeting, and cigarette filters. AIN Plastics, Inc., A subsidiary of Thyssen N.A., NY (D) Albis Plastics, ON (D) * Albis Plastics, TX (D) Allied Plastics Supply Corp., NY CCC Plastics, Ltd., ON (D) Chroma Corp., IL Debco Plastics, Inc., NY * Eastman Chemical Co., TN Exotic Automation & Supply, MI Federal Plastics Corp., NJ (D) Guaranteed Plastics, Inc., NJ (D) Kings Specialty Co., Div. of Kings Film & Sheet, Inc., NY Lanier Color Co., GA Ontario Recycling, Inc., NY Penn Fibre, Div. of The Specialty Group, Inc., PA (D) * Planet Polymer Technologies, Inc., CA Plastic Suppliers, Inc., OH (D) Polymer Extruded Products, Inc., NJ Rotuba Extruders, Inc., NJ Rowland Technologies, Inc., CT RTP Co., MN Shuman Plastics, Inc., NY (D) CELLULOSICS Cellulose Acetate Butyrate butyrate /bu·ty·rate/ (bu´ti-rat) a salt, ester, or anionic form of butyric acid. bu·ty·rate n. A salt or ester of butyric acid. butyrate a salt of butyric acid. AIN Plastics, Inc., A subsidiary of Thyssen N.A., NY (D) Albis Plastics, ON (D) * Albis Plastics, TX (D) Allied Plastics Supply Corp., NY CCC Plastics, Ltd., ON (D) Chroma Corp., IL Commercial Plastics & Supply Corp., FL Custom Chemicals Corp., NJ * Eastman Chemical Co., TN Exotic Automation & Supply, MI Flex-O-Glass, Inc., Film Div., IL Gemini Gemini (jĕm`ənī, –nē) [Lat.,=the twins], northern constellation lying on the ecliptic (the sun's apparent path through the heavens) between Taurus and Cancer, N of Canis Minor; it is one of the constellations of the zodiac. Inc., MN Kings Specialty Co., Div. of Kings Film & Sheet, Inc., NY Lanier Color Co., GA Polymer Extruded Products, Inc., NJ Rotuba Extruders, Inc., NJ Rowland Technologies, Inc., CT RTP Co., MN H. Sattler Plastics Co., Inc., IL Shuman Plastics, Inc., NY (D) Thermo Cote Inc., NJ CELLULOSICS Cellulose Acetate Propionate propionate /pro·pi·o·nate/ (pro´pe-o-nat) any salt of propionic acid. pro·pi·o·nate n. A salt or ester of propionic acid. propionate any salt of propionic acid. Albis Plastics, ON (D) * Albis Plastics, TX (D) Allied Plastics Supply Corp., NY CCC Plastics, Ltd., ON (D) Chroma Corp., IL Debco Plastics, Inc., NY * Eastman Chemical Co., TN Flex-O-Glass, Inc., Film Div., IL Guaranteed Plastics, Inc., NJ (D) Kings Specialty Co., Div. of Kings Film & Sheet, Inc., NY Lanier Color Co., GA Polymer Extruded Products, Inc., NJ Rotuba Extruders, Inc., NJ Rowland Technologies. Inc., CT RTP Co., MN Shuman Plastics, Inc., NY (D) CELLULOSICS Ethyl ethyl (ĕth`əl), CH3CH2, organic free radical or alkyl group derived from ethane by removing one hydrogen atom. Cellulose cellulose, chief constituent of the cell walls of plants. Chemically, it is a carbohydrate that is a high molecular weight polysaccharide. Raw cotton is composed of 91% pure cellulose; other important natural sources are flax, hemp, jute, straw, and wood. Allied Plastics Supply Corp., NY Custom Chemicals Corp., NJ Dow Chemical Co., MI Foster Corp., CT Hercules Hercules, in astronomy Hercules (hûr`kyəlēz'), in astronomy, northern constellation located between Lyra and Corona Borealis. It is traditionally depicted as the hero Hercules in a kneeling position. Inc., DE Shuman Plastics, Inc., NY (D) Thermo Cote Inc., NJ CYCLO-OLEFIN POLYMERS RTP Co., MN Ticona, NJ Zeon See Xeon. Chemicals, Inc., KY ETHYLENE ethylene (ĕth`əlēn') or ethene (ĕth`ēn), H2C=CH2, a gaseous unsaturated hydrocarbon. It is the simplest alkene. N-BUTYL ACRYLATE Noun 1. acrylate - a salt or ester of propenoic acid propenoate salt - a compound formed by replacing hydrogen in an acid by a metal (or a radical that acts like a metal) B&F Plastics Inc., IN General Polymers Div., Ashland Distribution Co., OH (D) Trademark Plastics Corp., NJ (D) ETHYLENE PLASTOMERS * Dow Chemical Co., MI ETHYLENE VINYL ACETATE Vinyl acetate, also known as VAM for vinyl acetate monomer, has the chemical formula CH3COOCH=CH2 and is a colorless liquid with a sweet flavor. Systematic names include 1-acetoxyethylene and acetic acid ethenyl ester. (EVA Eva to marry winner of singing contest. [Ger. Opera: Wagner, Meistersinger, Westerman, 225–228] See : Prize 1. Eva - A toy ALGOL-like language used in "Formal Specification of Programming Languages: A Panoramic Primer", F.G. ) Advanced Compounding, Div. of Blessings Corp., CT Albis Plastics, ON (D) Ametek, Inc., Chemical Products Div., PA * AT Plastics Inc., AT Polymers, ON B&F Plastics Inc., IN Claude Bamberger Molding Compounds Corp., NJ Bamberger Polymers, Inc., NY Bayer Corp., PA Bixby International Corp., MA Chisso America, Inc., NY (D) Chroma Corp., IL Civiera & Silver International Inc., MA (D) Custom Chemicals Corp., NJ * DIC DIC diffuse intravascular coagulation; disseminated intravascular coagulation. DIC abbr. disseminated intravascular coagulation Disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC) Trading (USA) Inc., NJ Discas Inc., CT (D) * Dow Chemical Co., MI DuPont Co., Packaging & Industrial Polymers, DE ECOssais LLC, NY * Equistar Chemicals, LP, TX Exotic Automation & Supply, MI * ExxonMobil Exxon Mobil Corporation or ExxonMobil (NYSE: XOM), a multi-national American corporation and a direct descendant of John D. Rockefeller's Standard Oil company[2] Chemical Co., Polymers Group, TX * Federal Plastics Corp., NJ (D) Focus Chemical Corp., NH (D) Gardiner Plastics, Inc., NY (D) General Polymers Div., Ashland Distribution Co., OH (D) Howard Industries, Inc., OH Huntsman Polymers Corp., TX International Polymers Corp., PA Lanier Color Co., GA * LNP Engineering Plastics Inc., PA Marval Industries, Inc., NY (D) Modern Dispersions, Inc., MA H. Muehlstein & Co., Inc., CT (D) Osterman & Co. Inc., Prime Polymers Div., CT (D) Petro Extrusion Technologies, Inc., NJ Plastic Manufacturers Inc., PA Plastics Color & Compounding, CT Plastics Service Inc., Poly Sales International Inc., CT (D) Plastiflex Co. Inc., CA PolyOne Corp., IL PolyOne Corp., GA Reichhold Chemicals, Inc., Emulsion Polymers Div., NC Royalite Thermoplastics Div., Uniroyal Technology Corp., IN RTP Co., MN H. Sattler Plastics Co., Inc., IL A. Schulman, Inc., OH Trademark Plastics Corp., NJ (D) United Composites, Inc., TX Vinmar International, TX (D) VPI VPI Voice Print International (Camarillo, CA) VPI Virtual Path Identifier (used in Asynchronous Transfer Mode) VPI Virginia Polytechnic Institute (aka Virginia Tech) , LLC, WI ETHYLENE VINYL vinyl /vi·nyl/ (vi´nil) the univalent group CH2dbondCH—. vinyl chloride a vinyl group to which an atom of chlorine is attached; the monomer which polymerizes to polyvinyl chloride; it is toxic ALCOHOL (EVOH EVOH Ethylene Vinyl Alcohol Polymer (chemical industry) ) Allied Plastics Supply Corp., NY B&F Plastics Inc., IN * Eval E´val a. 1. Relating to time or duration. Co. of America, Div. of Kuraray Kuraray Co., Ltd (株式会社クラレ Kabushiki-gaisha Kurare Co. Ltd., IL (D) General Polymers Div., Ashland Distribution Co., OH (D) HiTech Polymers, Inc., OH HiTech Polymers, Inc., KY * Nichimen America Inc., NY (D) RTP Co., MN Trademark Plastics Corp., NJ (D) OTHER ETHYLENE COPOLYMERS AND ALLOYS Advanced Compounding, Div. of Blessings Corp., CT * AT Plastics Inc., AT Polymers, ON AtoFina Chemicals, Inc., PA B&F Plastics Inc., IN BP Solvay Noun 1. Solvay - Belgian chemist who developed the Solvay process and built factories exploiting it (1838-1922) Ernest Solvay Polyethylene polyethylene (pŏl'ēĕth`əlēn), widely used plastic. It is a polymer of ethylene, CH2=CH2, having the formula (-CH2-CH2-)n North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. , TX * Chevron Phillips Chevron Phillips is a chemical producer jointly owned by Chevron Corporation and ConocoPhillips. The company was formed July 1st, 2000 by merging the chemicals operations of both Chevron Corporation and Phillips Petroleum Company. Chemical Co. LP, PE Div., TX Chroma Corp., IL Civiera & Silver International Inc., MA (D) * DIC Trading (USA) Inc., NJ * Dow Chemical Co., MI * DuPont Co., Packaging & Industrial Polymers, DE EniChem Americas, Inc., TX * Equistar Chemicals, LP, TX * ExxonMobil Chemical Co., Polymers Group, TX Howard Industries, Inc., OH Marval Industries, Inc., NY (D) Modern Dispersions, Inc., MA Petro Extrusion Technologies, Inc., NJ Polymart Inc., DE PolyOne Corp., GA RTP Co., MN A. Schulman, Inc., OH Shuman Plastics, Inc., NY (D) Trademark Plastics Corp., NJ (D) Vi-Chem Corp., MI Westlake Polymer Corp., TX EXPANDABLE POLYOLEFIN polyolefin synthetic material used for surgical sutures, e.g. in polyethylene and polypropylene sutures. BEAD Allied Plastics Supply Corp., NY BASF Corp., Expanded Polypropylene polypropylene (pŏl'ēprō`pəlēn), plastic noted for its light weight, being less dense than water; it is a polymer of propylene. It resists moisture, oils, and solvents. Group, MI JSP (JavaServer Page) An extension to the Java servlet technology from Sun that allows HTML to be combined with Java on the same page. The Java provides the processing, and the HTML provides the layout on the Web page. International Co., CA Lyondell Chemical Co., TX H.M. Royal Inc., NJ (D) Trademark Plastics Corp., NJ (D) FLUOROPOLYMERS Acrymax Technology Inc., PA Aerojet Aerojet is a major rocket and missile propulsion manufacturer based primarily in Sacramento, California with divisions in Redmond, WA; Orange, VA; Gainesville, VA; and Camden, AR. , Specialty Chemicals A Specialty chemical is a chemical produced for a specialized use. They are produced in lower volume than bulk chemicals, of which petrochemicals, made from oil feedstocks, are the most common. However, both are produced in a chemical plant. & Materials, CA Aetna Plastics Corp., OH AIN Plastics, Inc., A subsidiary of Thyssen N.A., NY (D) Allied Plastics Supply Corp., NY American Durafilm Co. Inc., MA * Asahi Glass Fluoropolymers USA, Inc. Franklin Franklin, cities, United States Franklin. 1 City (1990 pop. 12,907), seat of Johnson co., S central Ind., inc. 1823. It is a farm trade center. Manufactures include auto parts, aluminum doors and windows, and copper panels. Bldg., Ste. 300 PA AtoFina Chemicals, Inc., Technical Polymers, PA * AtoFina Chemicals, Inc., PA * Ausimont USA, Inc., NJ Civiera & Silver International Inc., MA (D) Coorstek, CA * Daikin America, Inc., NY * DeWal Industries Inc., RI * Dupont Fluoroproducts, DE Dyneon, MN * Dyneon LLC Custom Compounding Inc., Custom Compounding, PA Exotic Automation & Supply, MI Fluortek Compounding, Inc., PA Gehr Plastics Inc., PA Guaranteed Plastics, Inc., NJ (D) JLM Marketing Inc., JLM Engineered Resins, FL * LNP Engineering Plastics Inc., PA Micronized Fluoropolymer A fluoropolymer is a polymer that contains atoms of fluorine. It is characterized by a high resistance to solvents, acids, and bases. Fluoropolymers were discovered serendipitously in 1938 by Dr. Roy J. Plunkett. Products, Inc., FL Penn Fibre, Div. of The Specialty Group, Inc., PA (D) Petro Extrusion Technologies, Inc., NJ Plastic Materials for Industry, Inc., GA Plastics Color & Compounding, CT Poly-Hi Solidur, Sub, of Menasha Menasha (mənăsh`ə), city (1990 pop. 14,711), Winnebago co., E Wis., on Lake Winnebago and the Fox River, adjacent to its twin city of Neenah; settled 1840s, inc. 1874. Corp., IN PTFE PTFE polytetrafluoroethylene. Compounds, Inc., DE Read Plastics, Inc., Div. of Piedmont Inc., MD (D) Repro-Lon, Inc., TX Rogers Corp., Moldable Composites Div., CT Royce Royce is a surname, and may refer to:
RTP Co., MN Saint-Gobain Saint-Gobain is also a commune of the Aisne département, in northern France. Saint-Gobain SA (Euronext: SGO) is a French multinational corporation, founded in 1665 in Paris and headquartered just on the outskirts of Paris at La Défense. Performance Plastics, RI Shamrock shamrock, a plant with leaves composed of three leaflets. According to legend it was used by St. Patrick in explaining the doctrine of the Trinity; it is now used as the emblem of Ireland. An artificial or real shamrock leaf is customarily worn on St. Patrick's Day. Technologies, Inc., NJ * Solvay Fluoropolymers Inc., TX Surf Chemical, NJ * 3M, Product Information Center, MN Westlake Plastics Co., PA IONOMERS Adell Plastics Inc., MD Advanced Compounding, Div. of Blessings Corp., CT AIN Plastics, Inc., A subsidiary of Thyssen N.A., NY (D) Allied Plastics Supply Corp., NY Ametek, Inc., Chemical Products Div., PA Avangard Industries Ltd., TX (D) B&F Plastics Inc., IN Bixby International Corp., MA Debco Plastics, Inc., NY Discas Inc., CT (D) DuPont Co., Packaging & Industrial Polymers, DE * ExxonMobil Chemical Co., Polymers Group, TX Flex-O-Glass, Inc., Film Div., IL Foster Corp., CT General Polymers Div., Ashland Distribution Co., OH (D) Guaranteed Plastics, Inc., NJ (D) Petro Extrusion Technologies, Inc., NJ PolyOne Corp., GA A. Schulman, Inc., OH Trademark Plastics Corp., NJ (D) Westlake Plastics Co., PA LIQUID CRYSTAL POLYMERS Liquid crystal polymers (LCPs) are a unique class of wholly aromatic polyester polymers that provide previously unavailable high performance properties. In particular, they are highly inert chemically and highly resistant to fire. Advanced Web Products, Inc., RI (D) Chisso America, Inc., NY (D) Civiera & Silver International Inc., MA (D) * DuPont Engineering Polymers, DE * Eastman Chemical Co., TN Entec Engineered Resins, FL (D) GE Polymerland, Inc., NC (D) LNP Engineering Plastics Inc., PA Plastic Materials for Industry, Inc., GA RJM International, Inc., CA RTP Co., MN * Solvay Advanced Polymers LLC, GA * Ticona, NJ Toray Marketing & Sales (America) Inc., Film & Plastics, NY (D) NYLON nylon, synthetic thermoplastic material characterized by strength, elasticity, resistance to abrasion and chemicals, low moisture absorbency, and capacity to be permanently set by heat. After 10 years of research E. I. Type 46 Chase Plastic Services, Inc., MI (D) * DSM 1. DSM - Data Structure Manager. An object-oriented language by J.E. Rumbaugh and M.E. Loomis of GE, similar to C++. It is used in implementation of CAD/CAE software. DSM is written in DSM and C and produces C as output. Engineering Plastics, IN General Polymers Div., Ashland Distribution Co., OH (D) LATI USA, Inc. Mt. Pleasant Business Ctr., Ste. 8 SC RTP Co., MN Safas Corp., NJ Westlake Plastics Co., PA NYLON Type 6 Able Plastics, GA ACLO Compounders, Inc., ON * Adell Plastics Inc., MD Advanced Compounding, Div. of Blessings Corp., CT Aetna Plastics Corp., OH AIN Plastics, Inc., A subsidiary of Thyssen N.A., NY (D) Airtech Advanced Materials Advanced Materials is a leading peer-reviewed materials science journal published every two weeks. Advanced Materials includes Communications, Reviews, and Feature Articles from the cutting edge of materials science, including topics in chemistry, physics, Group, CA Albis Plastics, ON (D) * Albis Plastics, TX (D) Allied Plastics Supply Corp., NY Amco Plastic Materials Inc., NY American Polymers Inc., MA (D) Ametek, Inc., Chemical Products Div., PA * Asahi Thermofil, Inc., MI * Ashley Polymers Inc., NY * Ashley Polymers Inc., NJ Avangard Industries Ltd., TX (D) * BASF Corp., Plastic Materials, NJ * Bayer Corp., PA Brenntag Canada Inc., ON Cadillac Plastics, CA (D) Cast Nylons Ltd., OH Chase Plastic Services, Inc., MI (D) * Chem Polymer, Div. of B.I.P. Ltd., FL Chisso America, Inc., NY (D) Chori America Inc., Chemical Dept., NY (D) Chroma Corp., IL Civiera & Silver International Inc., MA(D) * Clariant Performance Plastics, MD * Comtec Polymers, Inc., TN Cresset Powers, Ltd., CA (D) Custom Chemicals Corp., NJ * Custom Resins, Div. of Bemis Bemis may refer to:
Michael Day Enterprises, OH Debco Plastics, Inc., NY * Delta Polymers Co., MI (D) * DIC Trading (USA) Inc., NJ * DSM Engineering Plastics, IN * DuPont Engineering Polymers, DE * EMS-Chemie (North America) Inc., SC Ensinger-Hyde, PA * Entec Engineered Resins, FL (D) Exotic Automation & Supply, MI Federal Plastics Corp., NJ (D) * Ferro Corp., Filled & Reinforced Plastics Div., IN Ferro Corp., Plastic Colorants Div., OH * Firestone fire·stone n. 1. A flint or pyrite used to strike a fire. 2. A fire-resistant stone, such as certain sandstones. Noun 1. Textiles textiles, all fabrics made by weaving, felting, knitting, braiding, or netting, from the various textile fibers (see fiber). Types of Textiles Co., Bridgestone/Firestone Canada Inc., ON Gardiner Plastics, Inc., NY (D) GE Polymerland, Inc., NC (D) General Polymers Div., Ashland Distribution Co., OH (D) GHA Plastics, Inc., TX Global Polymers Solutions, Inc., FL (D) Guaranteed Plastics, Inc., NJ (D) GVR Complast, Ltd. Co., TX HiTech Polymers, Inc., OH HiTech Polymers, Inc., KY * Honeywell In 1927, the Minneapolis Honeywell Regulator Company was formed as a merger of Alfred Butz' temperature control company (1885) and Mark Honeywell's water heater company (1906). In 1957, Honeywell, along with Ratheon, introduced one of the first computers in the U.S., the Datamatic 1000. Plastics, NJ JLM Marketing Inc., JLM Engineered Resins, FL Lanier Color Co., GA LarSan Chemical Co., OH (D) LATI USA, Inc. Mt. Pleasant Business Ctr., Ste. 8 SC * LNP Engineering Plastics Inc., PA M.A. Industries, Inc., Polymers Div., GA Marco Color Laboratory, Inc., CA Maxi-Blast Inc., IN (D) * Mitsubishi Engineering Plastics, NY Mitsui Plastics, Inc., NY (D) Modern Dispersions, Inc., MA Mozel Inc., Polymers Div., MO (D) H. Muehlstein & Co., Inc., CT (D) Network Polymers, Inc., OH Nichimen America Inc., NY (D) * Nycoa, NH (D) Nypla Industrial Co., Ltd. (USA), CA Nytef Plastics, Ltd., IL * Omni Plastics LLC, IN Penn Fibre, Div. of The Specialty Group, Inc., PA (D) Petro Extrusion Technologies, Inc., NJ Plastic Compounders, Inc., OH Plastic Materials or Industry, Inc., GA Plastics Color & Compounding, CT Plastics Group, RI Plastics Service Inc., Poly Sales International Inc., CT (D) * Polifil, RI Polymer Resources, Ltd., CT * Polymer Service Corp., MI Polymer Technology & Services LLC, TN (D) Polymers By Design Div., Engineered Plastic Composites, Inc., IL PolyOne Corp., IL * PolyOne Corp., GA PolyReps Inc., NC Prime Alliance Inc., IA Regal Plastic Supply Co., TX (D) * Rhodia The word Rhodia has several uses. It may refer to:
RJM International, Inc., CA RTP Co., MN Safas Corp., NJ H. Sattler Plastics Co., Inc., IL * A. Schulman, Inc., OH Shakespeare Monofilament monofilament, n a single strand of untwisted synthetic material such as nylon; used to create surgical sutures. monofilament & Specialty Polymers, SC Shuman Plastics, Inc., NY (D) * Spartech Polycom, MO Technical Polymers, LLC, GA * Ticona Celstran Inc., MN * Toray Marketing & Sales (America) Inc., Film & Plastics, NY (D) * TP Composites, Inc., PA Trademark Plastics Corp., NJ (D) * Ube America Inc., NY * Wellman Wellman(n) may refer to:
YFS Yellow Freight System YFS Youth-Friendly Service (UNICEF) YFS Fort Simpson, Northwest Territories, Canada - Fort Simpson Airport Thermoplastic A polymer material that turns to liquid when heated and becomes solid when cooled. There are more than 40 types of thermoplastics, including acrylic, polypropylene, polycarbonate and polyethylene. Powder Coatings Powder coating is a type of dry coating, which is applied as a free-flowing, dry powder. The main difference between a conventional liquid paint and a powder coating is that the powder coating does not require a solvent to keep the binder and filler parts in a liquid suspension , TX NYLON Type 66 Able Plastics, GA * Adell Plastics Inc., MD Advanced Compounding, Div. of Blessings Corp., CT Advanced Web Products, Inc., RI (D) Advanced Web Products, Inc., NY (D) Aetna Plastics Corp., OH AIN Plastics, Inc., A subsidiary of Thyssen N.A., NY (D) Airtech Advanced Materials Group, CA Albis Plastics, ON (D) * Albis Plastics, TX (D) Allied Plastics Supply Corp., NY Amco Plastic Materials Inc., NY American Polymers Inc., MA (D) Ametek, Inc., Chemical Products Div., PA * Asahi Thermofil, Inc., MI * Ashley Polymers Inc., NY * Ashley Polymers Inc., NJ Avangard Industries Ltd., TX (D) * BASF Corp., Plastic Materials, NJ Brenntag Canada Inc., ON CCC Plastics, Ltd., ON (D) Chase Plastic Services, Inc., MI (D) * Chem Polymer, Div. of B.I.P. Ltd., FL Chori America Inc., Chemical Dept., NY(D) Civiera & Silver International Inc., MA (D) * Clariant Performance Plastics, MD * Coates America Co., NC Commercial Plastics & Supply Corp., FL * Comtec Polymers, Inc., TN Cresset Powers, Ltd., CA (D) Custom Chemicals Corp., NJ Michael Day Enterprises, OH Delta Polymers Co., MI (D) * DSM Engineering Plastics, IN * DuPont Engineering Polymers, DE * EMS-Chemie (North America) Inc., SC Engineered Polymers, MA Ensinger-Hyde, PA * Entec Engineered Resins, FL (D) Federal Plastics Corp.. NJ (D) * Ferro Corp., Filled & Reinforced Plastics Div., IN Ferro Corp., Plastic Colorants Div., OH Gardiner Plastics, Inc., NY (D) * GE Polymerland, Inc., NC (D) General Polymers Div., Ashland Distribution Co., OH (D) GHA Plastics, Inc., TX Global Polymers Solutions, Inc., FL (D) Guaranteed Plastics, Inc., NJ (D) GVR Complast, Ltd. Co., TX * Honeywell Plastics, NJ Howard Industries, Inc., OH JLM Marketing Inc., JLM Engineered Resins, FL Lanier Color Co., GA LarSan Chemical Co., OH (D) LATI USA, Inc., Mt. Pleasant Business Ctr., Ste. 8, SC * LNP Engineering Plastics Inc., PA M.A. Industries, Inc., Polymers Div., GA Marco Color Laboratory, Inc., CA Mitsui Plastics, Inc., NY (D) Modern Dispersions, Inc., MA * Monsanto The Monsanto Company (NYSE: MON) is a multinational agricultural biotechnology corporation. It is the world's leading producer of the herbicide glyphosate, marketed as "Roundup". Co., Chemical Group, MO Mozel Inc., Polymers Div., MO (D) * MRC See Maximum return criterion. Polymers, Inc., IL H. Muehlstein & Co., Inc., CT (D) Network Polymers, Inc., OH Nichimen America Inc., NY (D) Nilit America Corp., NC Nypla Industrial Co., Ltd. (USA), CA Nytef Plastics, Ltd., IL * Omni Plastics LLC, IN Penn Fibre, Div. of The Specialty Group, Inc., PA (D) Plastic Compounders, Inc., OH Plastic Materials for Industry, Inc., GA Plastics Color & Compounding, CT Plastics Group, RI Plastics Service Inc., Poly Sales International Inc., CT (D) * Polifil, RI Polychem Products Ltd., PQ Polymart Inc., DE Polymer Resources, Ltd., CT Polymer Service Corp., MI Polymer Technology & Services LLC, TN (D) Polymers By Design Div., Engineered Plastic Composites, Inc., IL PolyOne Corp., IL * PolyOne Corp., GA PolyReps Inc., NC Prime Alliance Inc., IA Read Plastics, Inc., Div. of Piedmont Inc., MD (D) Regal Plastic Supply Co., TX (D) * Rhodia Engineering Plastics Inc., ON RJM International, Inc., CA RTP Co., MN Safas Corp., NJ H. Sattler Plastics Co., Inc., IL * A. Schulman, Inc., OH Shakespeare Monofilament & Specialty Polymers, SC Shuman Plastics, Inc., NY (D) * Solutia Inc Solutia Inc. is a chemical production company. It was formed in 1997 as a spin-off of Monsanto Company. History Monsanto's core business was chemicals, and so Solutia traces its antecedents back to the foundation of Monsanto in St. Louis in 1901. ., Nylon Plastics & Polymers Div., FL * Spartech Polycom, MO Technical Polymers, LLC, GA * Ticona, NJ * Ticona Celstran Inc., MN * Toray Marketing & Sales (America) Inc., Film & Plastics, NY (D) * TP Composites, Inc., PA Trademark Plastics Corp., NJ (D) * Ube America Inc., NY * Wellman, Inc., Plastics Div., SC NYLON Type 69 Aetna Plastics Corp., OH Allied Plastics Supply Corp., NY Ashley Polymers Inc., NY Ashley Polymers Inc., NJ LATI USA, Inc., Mt. Pleasant Business Ctr., Ste. 8, SC Mozel Inc., Polymers Div., MO (D) Prime Alliance Inc., IA RTP Co., MN Safas Corp., NJ Shakespeare Monofilament & Specialty Polymers, SC NYLON Type 610 Advanced Compounding, Div. of Blessings Corp., CT Aetna Plastics Corp., OH Allied Plastics Supply Corp., NY Amco Plastic Materials Inc., NY * Ashley Polymers Inc., NY * Ashley Polymers Inc., NJ * BASF Corp., Plastic Materials, NJ DuPont Engineering Polymers, DE EMS-Chemie (North America) Inc., SC GHA Plastics, Inc., TX LATI USA, Inc., Mt. Pleasant Business Ctr., Ste. 8, SC * LNP Engineering Plastics Inc., PA * PolyOne Corp., GA Prime Alliance Inc., IA RTP Co., MN Safas Corp., NJ Shakespeare Monofilament & Specialty Polymers, SC Spartech Polycom, MO Technical Polymers, LLC, GA NYLON Type 612 Adult Plastics Inc., MD * Aetna Plastics Corp., OH Allied Plastics Supply Corp., NY * Ashley Polymers Inc., NY * Ashley Polymers Inc., NJ Civiera & Silver International Inc., MA (D) Commercial Plastics & Supply Corp., FL Cresset Powers, Ltd., CA (D) Michael Day Enterprises, OH * Degussa Corp., High Performance Polymers, NJ * DuPont Engineering Polymers, DE * EMS-Chemie (North America) Inc., SC Entec Engineered Resins, FL (D) General Polymers Div., Ashland Distribution Co., OH (D) GHA Plastics, Inc., TX Lanier Color Co., GA LATI USA, Inc., Mt. Pleasant Business Ctr., Ste. 8, SC LNP Engineering Plastics Inc., PA Nichimen America Inc., NY (D) Nytef Plastics, Ltd., IL Penn Fibre, Div. of The Specialty Group, Inc., PA (D) Plastics Service Inc., Poly Sales International Inc., CT (D) Polymer Service Corp., MI Polymers By Design Div., Engineered Plastic Composites, Inc., IL PolyOne Corp., IL PolyOne Corp., GA PolyReps Inc., NC RTP Co., MN Safas Corp., NJ * A. Schulman, Inc., OH Spartech Polycom, MO Technical Polymers, LLC, GA TP Composites, Inc., PA NYLON Type 11 Aetna Plastics Corp., OH Allied Plastics Supply Corp., NY * Ashley Polymers Inc., NY * Ashley Polymers Inc., NJ * AtoFina Chemicals, Inc., PA Delta Polymers Co., MI (D) * DuPont Engineering Polymers, DE Ensinger-Hyde, PA GHA Plastics, Inc., TX LATI USA, Inc., Mt. Pleasant Business Ctr., Ste. 8, SC * LNP Engineering Plastics Inc., PA New England Urethane, Inc., CT Penn Fibre, Div. of The Specialty Group, Inc., PA (D) Petro Extrusion Technologies, Inc., NJ RTP Co., MN Safas Corp., NJ Technical Polymers, LLC, GA Toray Marketing & Sales (America) Inc., Film & Plastics, NY (D) NYLON Type 12 Aetna Plastics Corp., OH Allied Plastics Supply Corp., NY * Ashley Polymers Inc., NY * Ashley Polymers Inc., NJ * AtoFina Chemicals, Inc., PA Cadillac Plastics, CA (D) Chase Plastic Services, Inc., MI (D) * Degussa Corp., High Performance Polymers, NJ * DIC Trading (USA) Inc., NJ * EMS-Chemie (North America) Inc., SC Ensinger-Hyde, PA GE Polymerland, Inc., NC (D) GHA Plastics, Inc., TX Lanier Color Co., GA LarSan Chemical Co., OH (D) LATI USA, Inc., Mt. Pleasant Business Ctr., Ste. 8, SC * LNP Engineering Plastics Inc., PA Modern Dispersions, Inc., MA New England Urethane, Inc., CT Nichimen America Inc., NY (D) Penn Fibre, Div. of The Specialty Group, Inc., PA (D) Petro Extrusion Technologies, Inc., NJ * Polymer Service Corp., MI RTP Co., MN Safas Corp., NJ A. Schulman, Inc., OH * Spartech Polycom, MO Technical Polymers, LLC, GA Toray Marketing & Sales (America) Inc., Film & Plastics, NY (D) Ube America Inc., NY NYLON Type 6/66 Cupolymer * Allied Plastics Supply Corp., NY Ashley Polymers Inc., NY Ashley Polymers Inc., NJ * BASF Corp., Plastic Materials, NJ Cadillac Plastics, CA (D) Michael Day Enterprises, OH Delta Polymers Co., MI (D) Entec Engineered Resins, FL (D) General Polymers Div., Ashland Distribution Co., OH (D) LATI USA, Inc., Mt. Pleasant Business Ctr., Ste. 8, SC Mozel Inc., Polymers Dlv., MO (D) Nichimen America Inc., NY (D) Nilit America Corp., NC * Nycoa, NH (D) Plastic Materials for Industry, Inc., GA * Polymer Service Corp., MI Polymers By Design Div., Engineered Plastic Composites, Inc., IL PolyOne Corp., IL PolyOne Corp., GA PolyReps Inc., NC Prime Alliance Inc., IA * Rhodia Engineering Plastics Inc., ON RTP Co., MN Safas Corp., NJ Shakespeare Monofilament & Specialty Polymers, SC Spartech Polycom, MO Technical Polymers, LLC, GA Toray Marketing & Sales (America) Inc., Film & Plastics, NY (D) Trademark Plastics Corp., NJ (D) * Ube America Inc., NY NYLON Amorphous Unorganized or vague. A lack of structure. For example, the amorphous state of a spot on a rewritable optical disc means that the laser beam will not be reflected from it, which is in contrast to a crystalline state which will reflect light. See crystalline. Albis Plastics, TX (D) Allied Plastics Supply Corp., NY * Ashley Polymers Inc., NY * Ashley Polymers Inc., NJ Bayer Corp., PA Cresset Powers, Ltd., CA (D) * Degussa Corp., High Performance Polymers, NJ DuPont Co., Packaging & Industrial Polymers, DE * EMS-Chemie (North America) Inc., SC GE Polymerland, Inc., NC (D) LATI USA, Inc., Mt. Pleasant Business Ctr., Ste. 8, SC * LNP Engineering Plastics Inc., PA Petro Extrusion Technologies, Inc., NJ PolyOne Corp., IL PolyReps Inc., NC RTP Co., MN Safas Corp., NJ Spartech Polycom, MO Technical Polymers, LLC, GA Trademark Plastics Corp., NJ (D) Westlake Plastics Co., PA NYLON Other Nylons Allied Plastics Supply Corp., NY Alternative Rubber & Plastics Inc., NY (D) * Ashley Polymers Inc., NY * Ashley Polymers Inc., NJ * BASF Corp., Plastic Materials, NJ CCC Plastics, Ltd., ON (D) * Chem Polymer, Div. of B.I.P. Ltd., FL Chisso America, Inc., NY (D) Chori America Inc., Chemical Dept., NY (D) Custom Resins, Div. of Bemis Co., KY Michael Day Enterprises, OH Degussa Corp., High Performance Polymers, NJ Delta Polymers Co., MI (D) EMS-Chemie (North America) Inc., SC GE Polymerland, Inc., NC (D) JLM Marketing Inc., JLM Engineered Resins, FL LATI USA, Inc., Mt. Pleasant Business Ctr., Ste. 8, SC LNP Engineering Plastics Inc., PA * Mitsubishi Engineering Plastics, NY Mitsubishi International Corp., Plastics & Additives Dept., NY Mitsui Petrochemicals (America), Ltd., TX (D) Mozel Inc., Polymers Div., MO (D) MRC Polymers, Inc., IL Nichimen America Inc., NY (D) * Nycoa, NH (D) Nytef Plastics, Ltd., IL Penn Fibre, Div. of The Specialty Group, Inc., PA (D) Petro Extrusion Technologies. Inc., NJ Plastic Materials for Industry, Inc., GA PolyChem Alloy, Inc., NC Polymart Inc., DE Polymer Service Corp., MI Polymers By Design Div., Engineered Plastic Composites, Inc.; IL Regal Plastic Supply Co., TX (D) * Rhodia Engineering Plastics Inc., ON Rondy & Co., Inc., OH RTP Co., MN Safas Corp., NJ Shakespeare Monofilament & Specialty Polymers, SC Spartech Polycom, MO Technical Polymers, LLC, GA TP Composites, Inc., PA Trademark Plastics Corp., NJ (D) * Ube America Inc., NY NYLON/ABS ALLOYS Allied Plastics Supply Corp., NY Ametek, Inc., Chemical Products Div., PA * Bayer Corp., PA Chase Plastic Services, Inc., MI (D) Chori America Inc., Chemical Dept., NY (D) Chroma Corp., IL Foster Corp., CT General Polymers Div., Ashland Distribution Co., OH (D) Howard Industries, Inc., OH Lanier Color Co., GA LATI USA, Inc., Mt. Pleasant Business Ctr., Ste. B, SC Master Molded Products Corp., IL Petro Extrusion Technologies, Inc., NJ Plastic Materials for Industry, Inc., GA Plastics Color & Compounding, CT * Plastx World Inc., NJ PolyOne Corp., IL Prime Alliance Inc., IA RTP Co., MN Seegott Inc., OH (D) Technical Polymers, LLC, GA NYLON/POLYPROPYLENE ALLOYS * Chisso America, Inc., NY (D) Clariant Performance Plastics, MD Ferro Corp., Filled & Reinforced Plastics Div., IN General Polymers Div., Ashland Distribution Co., OH (D) LATI USA, Inc., Mt. Pleasant Business Ctr,, Ste. 8, SC Multibase, Inc., OH Plastic Materials for Industry, Inc., GA RTP Co., MN Technical Polymers, LLC, GA PHENOXY P.D. George George, river, c.345 mi (560 km) long, rising in a lake on the Quebec-Labrador boundary, E Canada. It flows N through Indian Lake (125 sq mi/324 sq km) to Ungava Bay (an arm of Hudson Strait). Co., MO POLYAMIDE polyamide material used in the creation of nonabsorbable, synthetic, nylon sutures. , AROMATIC aromatic /ar·o·mat·ic/ (ar?o-mat´ik) 1. having a spicy odor. 2. in chemistry, denoting a compound containing a ring system stabilized by a closed circle of conjugated double bonds or nonbonding electron pairs, e.g. Degussa Corp., High Performance Polymers, NJ Foster Corp., CT Mitsubishi International Corp., Plastics & Additives Dept., NY Plastic Materials for Industry, Inc., GA RTP Co., MN POLYAMIDE-IMIDE Polyamide-imides are thermoplastic amorphous polymers that have exceptional mechanical, thermal and chemical resistant properties. These properties put polyamide-imides at the top of the price and performance pyramid. AIN Plastics, Inc.. A subsidiary of Thyssen N.A., NY (D) Ensinger-Hyde, PA Foster Corp., CT H.B. Fuller Co., MN P.D. George Co., MO GVR Complast, Ltd. Co., TX LNP Engineering Plastics Inc., PA Plastic Materials for Industry, Inc., GA RTP Co., MN * Solvay Advanced Polymers LLC, GA POLYARYLATE Allied Plastics Supply Corp., NY Ensinger-Hyde, PA Foster Corp., CT LATI USA. Inc., Mt. Pleasant Business Ctr., Ste. 8, SC Plastic Materials for Industry, Inc., GA PolyReps Inc., NC RTP Co., MN Safas Corp., NJ Westlake Plastics Co., PA POLYARYLETHER BASE Corp., Plastic Materials, NJ Foster Corp., CT LATI USA, Inc., Mt. Pleasant Business Ctr., Ste. 8, SC RTP Co., MN Solvay Advanced Polymers LLC, GA POLYARYLSULFONE Allied Plastics Supply Corp., NY LATI USA, Inc., Mt. Pleasant Business Ctr. , Ste. 8, SC LNP Engineering Plastics Inc., PA Plastic Materials for Industry, Inc., GA Rowland Technologies, Inc., CT RTP Co., MN POLYBUTYLENE Noun 1. polybutylene - a polymer of butylene; used in lubricants and synthetic rubber polybutene butene, butylene - any of three isomeric hydrocarbons C4H8; all used in making synthetic rubbers * Basell North America Inc., DE General Polymers Div., Ashland Distribution Co., OH (D) RTP Co., MN Seegott Inc., OH (D) Shell Chemical Co., TX POLYCARBONATE A category of plastic materials used to make a myriad of products, including CDs and CD-ROMs. ACLO Compounders, Inc., ON Adell Plastics Inc., MD Advanced Compounding, Div. of Blessings Corp., CT Aetna Plastics Corp., OH AIN Plastics, Inc., A subsidiary of Thyssen N.A., NY (D) Albis Plastics, ON (D) Albis Plastics, TX (D) Allied Plastics Supply Corp., NY Amco Plastic Materials Inc., NY American Polymers Inc., MA (D) Ametek, Inc., Chemical Products Div., PA * Ashley Polymers Inc., NY * Ashley Polymers Inc., NJ Avangard Industries Ltd., TX (D) * Bayer Corp., PA Brady Bra·dy , James Buchanan Known as "Diamond Jim." 1856-1917. American financier and philanthropist who gained his nickname because of his attraction to diamonds and his extravagant lifestyle. Noun 1. Corp., Coated Products Div., WI Brenntag Canada Inc., ON Cadillac Plastics, CA (D) Chase Plastic Services, Inc., MI (D) Chisso America, Inc., NY (D) Chori America Inc., Chemical Dept., NY(D) Chroma Corp., IL Civiera & Silver International Inc., MA(D) * Clariant Performance Plastics, MD Commercial Plastics & Supply Corp., FL Comtec Polymers, Inc., TN Cresset Powers, Ltd., CA (D) CYRO Industries, NJ Debco Plastics, Inc., NY * Delta Polymers Co., MI (D) * Dow Chemical Co., MI DSM Engineering Plastic Products, Inc., Sheffield Sheffield, city, England Sheffield, city (1991 pop. 470,685), N England, at the confluence of the Don River and four tributaries. Sheffield was one of the leading industrial cities of England. It has been a center of cutlery manufacture since the 14th cent. Plastics, MA * DSM Engineering Plastics, IN E&T Plastic Manufacturing Co., NY (D) Engineered Polymers, MA Ensinger-Hyde, PA * Entec Engineered Resins, FL (D) Exotic Automation & Supply, MI * Federal Plastics Corp., NJ (D) * Ferro Corp., Filled & Reinforced Plastics Div., IN Ferro Corp., Plastic Colorants Div., OH Gardiner Plastics, Inc., NY (D) * GE Plastics, MA * GE Polymerland, Inc., NC (D) Gehr Plastics Inc., PA General Polymers Div., Ashland Distribution Co., OH (D) GHA Plastics, Inc., TX Global Polymers Solutions, Inc., FL (D) Guaranteed Plastics, Inc., NJ (D) GVR Complast, Ltd. Co., TX HiTech Polymers, Inc., OH HiTech Polymers, Inc., KY Howard Industries, Inc., OH JLM Marketing Inc., JLM Engineered Resins, FL Kings Specialty Co., Div. of Kings Film & Sheet, Inc., NY * LG Chemical America Inc., NJ Lanier Color Co., GA LarSan Chemical Co., OH (D) LATI USA, Inc., Mt. Pleasant Business Ctr., Ste. 8, SC * LNP Engineering Plastics Inc., PA M.A. Industries, Inc., Polymers Div., GA Marco Color Laboratory, Inc., CA Maxi-Blast Inc., IN (D) * Mitsubishi Engineering Plastics, NY Mitsubishi International Corp., Plastics & Additives Dept., NY Mitsui Plastics, Inc., NY (D) Modern Dispersions, Inc., MA Mozel Inc., Polymers Div., MO (D) MPH Enterprises, CA (D) * MRC Polymers, Inc., IL H. Muehlstein & Co., Inc., CT (D) Network Polymers, Inc., OH * Nova Polymers, Inc., IN (D) Nytef Plastics, Ltd., IL Petro Extrusion Technologies, Inc., NJ Plastic Compounders, Inc., OH Plastic Materials for Industry, Inc., GA Plastics Color & Compounding, CT Plastics Group, RI Plastics Service Inc., Poly Sales International Inc., CT (D) * Plastx World Inc., NJ * Polifil, RI Polychem Products Ltd., PQ * Polymer Resources, Ltd., CT Polymer Technology & Services LLC, TN (D) Polymers By Design Div., Engineered Plastic Composites, Inc., IL PolyOne Corp., IL PolyOne Corp., GA PolyReps Inc., NC Prime Alliance Inc., IA Read Plastics, Inc., Div. of Piedmont Inc., MD (D) RJM International, Inc., CA Rondy & Co., Inc., OH Rowland Technologies, Inc., CT RTP Co., MN H. Sattler Plastics Co., Inc., IL * A. Schulman, Inc., OH Sheffield Plastics Inc., MA * Shuman Plastics, Inc., NY (D) Spartech Plastics/Evanston, IL * Spartech Polycom, MO Technical Polymers, LLC, GA * Ticona Celstran Inc., MN * TP Composites, Inc., PA Westlake Plastics Co., PA POLYCARBONATE/ABS ALLOYS ACLO Compounders, Inc., ON Albis Plastics, ON (D) Albis Plastics, TX (D) Allied Plastics Supply Corp., NY Amco Plastic Materials Inc., NY Ametek, Inc., Chemical Products Div., PA Ashley Polymers Inc., NY Ashley Polymers Inc., NJ Avangard Industries Ltd., TX (D) BASF Corp., Plastic Materials, NJ * Bayer Corp., PA Chase Plastic Services, Inc., MI (D) Chroma Corp., IL Clariant Performance Plastics, MD Cresset Powers, Ltd., CA (D) Debco Plastics, Inc., NY Delta Polymers Co., MI (D) * Diamond Polymers, OH * Dow Chemical Co., MI Engineered Polymers, MA Ensinger-Hyde, PA * Entec Engineered Resins, FL (D) Foster Corp., CT Gardiner Plastics, Inc., NY (D) * GE Plastics, MA GE Polymerland, Inc., NC (D) General Polymers Div., Ashland Distribution Co., OH (D) Guaranteed Plastics, Inc., NJ (D) GVR Complast, Ltd. Co., TX Howard Industries, Inc., OH * LG Chemical America Inc., NJ LATI USA, Inc., Mt. Pleasant Business Ctr., Ste. 8, SC Lanier Color Co., GA LNP Engineering Plastics Inc., PA M.A. Industries, Inc., Polymers Div., GA Master Molded Products Corp., IL Mozel Inc., Polymers Div., MO (D) * Multibase, Inc., OH Nova Polymers, Inc., IN (D) Nypla Industrial Co., Ltd. (USA), CA Osterman & Co. Inc., Prime Polymers Div., CT (D) Petro Extrusion Technologies, Inc., NJ Plastic Compounders, Inc., OH Plastic Materials for Industry, Inc., GA Plastics Color & Compounding, CT * Plastx World Inc., NJ * Polymer Resources, Ltd., CT Polymer Technology & Services LLC, TN (D) Polymers By Design Div., Engineered Plastic Composites, Inc., IL PolyOne Corp., IL Prime Alliance Inc., IA RJM International, Inc., CA RTP Co., MN H. Sattler Plastics Co., Inc., IL Shuman Plastics, Inc., NY (D) * Spartech Polycom, MO Technical Polymers, LLC, GA * Ticona Celstran Inc., MN TP Composites, Inc., PA POLYCARBONATE/POLYESTER ALLOY ACLO Compounders, Inc., ON Albis Plastics, ON (D) Albis Plastics, TX (D) Amco Plastic Materials Inc., NY Ametek, Inc., Chemical Products Div., PA Ashley Polymers Inc., NY Ashley Polymers Inc., NJ * Bayer Corp., PA Bixby International Corp., MA Chase Plastic Services, Inc., MI (D) Comtec Polymers, Inc., TN Delta Polymers Co., MI (D) * Dow Chemical Co., MI * Eastman Chemical Co., TN Engineered Polymers, MA Ensinger-Hyde, PA Entec Engineered Resins, FL (D) Ferro Corp., Filled & Reinforced Plastics Div., IN * GE Plastics, MA * GE Polymerland, Inc., NC (D) General Polymers Div., Ashland Distribution Co., OH (D) JLM Marketing Inc., JLM Engineered Resins, FL Lanier Color Co., GA LATI USA, Inc., Mt. Pleasant Business Ctr., Ste. 8, SC * LNP Engineering Plastics Inc., PA M.A. Industries, Inc., Polymers Div., GA * MRC Polymers, Inc., IL Plastic Materials for Industry, Inc., GA Polymer Resources, Ltd., CT Polymer Technology & Services LLC, TN (D) Polymers By Design Div., Engineered Plastic Composites, Inc., IL PolyOne Corp., IL Prime Alliance Inc., IA RTP Co., MN H. Sattler Plastics Co., Inc., IL * Spartech Polycom, MO Technical Polymers, LLC, GA POLYESTER polyester, synthetic fiber, produced by the polymerization of the product formed when an alcohol and organic acid react. The outstanding characteristic of polyesters is their ability to resist wrinkling and to spring back into shape when creased. (THERMOPLASTIC) PBT PBT Provider Backbone Transport (networking technology adding determinism to ethernet) PBT Polybutylene Terephthalate PBT Profit Before Tax PBT Paper Based Test (education) Type Able Plastics, GA * Adell Plastics Inc., MD Advanced Compounding, Div. of Blessings Corp., CT Advanced Web Products, Inc., NY (D) Albis Plastics, TX (D) * Albis Plastics, ON (D) Allied Plastics Supply Corp., NY Amco Plastic Materials Inc., NY Ametek, Inc., Chemical Products Div., PA * Ashley Polymers Inc., NY * Ashley Polymers Inc., NJ Claude Bamberger Molding Compounds Corp., NJ * BASF Corp., Plastic Materials, NJ Bixby International Corp., MA CCC Plastics, Ltd., ON (D) Chase Plastic Services, Inc., MI (D) * Chem Polymer, Div. of B.I.P. Ltd., FL Chroma Corp., IL Civiera & Silver International Inc., MA (D) * Clariant Performance Plastics, MD Cresset Powers, Ltd., CA (D) Custom Chemicals Corp., NJ Michael Day Enterprises, OH Degussa Corp., High Performance Polymers, NJ * Delta Polymers Co., MI (D) * DuPont Engineering Polymers, DE Engineered Polymers, MA Ensinger-Hyde, PA * Entec Engineered Resins, FL (D) * Ferro Corp., Filled & Reinforced Plastics Div., IN * GE Plastics, MA * GE Polymerland, Inc., NC (D) General Polymers Div., Ashland Distribution Co., OH (D) GHA Plastics, Inc., TX Global Polymers Solutions, Inc., FL (D) Guaranteed Plastics, Inc., NJ (D) GVR Complast, Ltd. Co., TX JLM Marketing Inc., JLM Engineered Resins, FL * LG Chemical America Inc., NJ LATI USA, Inc., Mt. Pleasant Business Ctr., Ste. 8, SC Lanier Color Co., GA * LNP Engineering Plastics Inc., PA Mitsubishi International Corp., Plastics & Additives Dept., NY Modern Dispersions, Inc., MA Nytef Plastics, Ltd., IL Penn Fibre, Div. of The Specialty Group, Inc., PA (D) Plastic Materials for Industry, Inc., Plastics Color & Compounding, CT * Polymer Resources, Ltd., CT Polymer Technology & Services LLC, TN (D) Polymers By Design Div., Engineered Plastic Composites, Inc., IL * PolyOne Corp., GA PolyOne Corp., IL PolyReps Inc., NC Prime Alliance Inc., IA RJM International, Inc., CA RTP Co., MN Safas Corp., NJ H. Sattler Plastics Co., Inc., IL * A. Schulman, Inc., OH Shuman Plastics, Inc., NY (D) * Spartech Polycom, MO Technical Polymers, LLC, GA * Ticona, NJ * Ticona Celstran Inc., MN Toray Marketing & Sales (America) Inc., Film & Plastics, NY (D) * TP Composites, Inc., PA Wellman, Inc., Plastics Div., SC Westlake Plastics Co., PA POLYESTER (THERMOPLASTIC) PCT (Private Communications Technology) A protocol from Microsoft that provides secure transactions over the Web. See security protocol. Type Chase Plastic Services, Inc., MI (D) * Eastman Chemical Co., TN * GE Plastics, MA POLYESTER (THERMOPLASTIC) PCTA PCTA see percutaneous transluminal angioplasty. PCTA Percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty, see there Type * Eastman Chemical Co., TN POLYESTER (THERMOPLASTIC) PCTG PCTG Prostate Cancer Treatment Guide Type * Eastman Chemical Co., TN Polymers By Design Div., Engineered Plastic Composites, Inc., IL Spartech Plastics/Evanston, IL POLYESTER (THERMOPLASTIC) PET Type Able Plastics, GA ACLO Compounders, Inc., ON * Adell Plastics Inc., MD Advanced Compounding, Div. of Blessings Corp., CT Aetna Plastics Corp., OH AIN Plastics, Inc., A subsidiary of Thyssen NA., NY (D) Albis Plastics, ON (D) Albis Plastics, TX (D) Allied Plastics Supply Corp., NY Alpha Tech Extrusion, WI Amco Plastic Materials Inc., NY Arnetek, Inc., Chemical Products Div., PA Avangard Industries Ltd., TX (D) Brady Corp., Coated Products Div., WI CCC Plastics, Ltd., ON (D) Chase Plastic Services, Inc., MI (D) Chori America Inc., Chemical Dept., NY (D) Chroma Corp., IL Cresset Powers, Ltd., CA (D) Custom Chemicals Corp., NJ DAK n. 1. Post; mail; also, the mail or postal arrangements; - spelt also dawk sp>, and dauk sp>. Dak boat a mail boat. Dak bungalow a traveler's rest-house at the end of a dak stage. - Percy Smith. Americas, NC Michael Day Enterprises, OH * Delta Polymers Co., MI (D) Dow Chemical Co., MI DSM Engineering Plastics, IN DuPont Co., Packaging & Industrial Polymers, DE * DuPont Engineering Polymers, DE * Eastman Chemical Co., TN Engineered Polymers, MA Ensinger-Hyde, PA Entec Engineered Resins, FL (D) Ferro Corp., Plastic Colorants Div., OH * GE Plastics, MA GE Polymerland, Inc., NC (D) General Polymers Div., Ashland Distribution Co., OH (D) Global Polymers Solutions, Inc., FL (D) GVR Complast, Ltd. Co., TX Hafner Hafner is a surname, and may refer to:
Industries, Inc., CT HiTech Polymers, Inc., OH HiTech Polymers, Inc., KY * Honeywell Plastics, NJ ICC Chemical Corp., NY (D) ICI (language) ICI - An extensible, interpretated language by Tim Long with syntax similar to C. ICI adds high-level garbage-collected associative data structures, exception handling, sets, regular expressions, and dynamic arrays. Chemicals & Polymers, Concord Concord, cities, United States Concord (kŏng`kərd, kŏn`kôrd'). 1 city (1990 pop. 111,348), Contra Costa co., W central Calif.; settled c.1852, inc. 1906. Plaza For the hotel in New York City, see . Plaza (IPA /'plaθa/ or /'plasa/ , DE Kama Corp., PA * Kaneka Texas Corp., TX Kings Specialty Co., Div. of Kings Film & Sheet, Inc., NY Klockner Pentaplast of America, Inc., VA Lanier Color Co., GA LATI USA, Inc., Mt. Pleasant Business Ctr., Ste. 8, SC * LNP Engineering Plastics Inc., PA * M & G Polymers USA, LLC, TX * M.A. Industries, Inc., Polymers Div., GA Martin Color-Fi, Inc., SC Mitsubishi International Corp., Plastics & Additives Dept., NY Mitsubishi Polyester Film, SC Modern Dispersions, Inc., MA * MRC Polymers, Inc., IL H. Muehistein & Co., Inc., CT (D) Nan Ya Plastics Corp. of America, SC Ocean Development America, Inc., CA Ontario Recycling, Inc., NY Penn Fibre, Div. of The Specialty Group, Inc., PA (D) Plastic Compounders, Inc., OH Plastic Suppliers, Inc., OH (D) * Plastics Engineering Co., WI Plastics Service Inc., Poly Sales International Inc., CT (D) Polymers By Design Div., Engineered Plastic Composites, Inc., IL PolyOne Corp., IL PolyOne Corp., GA PolyReps Inc., NC Prime Alliance Inc., IA Rondy & Co., Inc., OH RTP Co., MN Safas Corp., NJ * A. Schulman, Inc., OH Shell Chemical Co., TX Shuman Plastics, Inc., NY (D) Spartech Polycom, MO * Ticona, NJ Ticona Celstran Inc., MN TP Composites, Inc., PA Transilwrap Co., Inc., IL (D) Ube America Inc., NY Vinmar International, TX (D) * Voridian Co., Div. of Eastman Chemical Co., TN Wellman, Inc., Plastics Div., SC POLYESTER (THERMOPLASTIC) PETG PETG Polyethylene Terephthalate Glycol PETG Performance Evaluation Task Group Type Able Plastics, GA AIN Plastics, Inc., A subsidiary of Thyssen N.A., NY (D) Albis Plastics, TX (D) Allied Plastics Supply Corp., NY Bamberger Polymers, Inc., NY Cadillac Plastics, CA (D) CCC Plastics, Ltd., ON (D) Chroma Corp., IL Commercial Plastics & Supply Corp., FL Debco Plastics, Inc., NY Decorative Surfaces International, IL DSM Engineering Plastic Products, Inc., Sheffield Plastics, MA E&T Plastic Manufacturing Co., NY (D) * Eastman Chemical Co., TN Engineered Polymers, MA Ensinger-Hyde, PA Ferro Corp., Plastic Colorants Div., OH Global Polymers Solutions, Inc., FL (D) GVR Complast, Ltd. Co., TX Kings Specialty Co., Div. of Kings Film & Sheet, Inc., NY Kiockner Pentaplast of America, Inc., VA Lanier Color Co., GA Modern Dispersions, Inc., MA * Noveon Static Control Polymers, OH Polymer Marketing, Inc., GA (D) Polymers By Design Div., Engineered Plastic Composites, Inc., IL PolyOne Corp., IL Rondy & Co., Inc., OH Rowland Technologies, Inc., CT RTP Co., MN Safas Corp., NJ Sheffield Plastics Inc., MA Shuman Plastics, Inc., NY (D) Spartech Plastics/Evanston, IL Transilwrap Co., Inc., IL (D) POLYESTER (THERMOPLASTIC) Other Polyester Types Bostik For the Finnish trance producer, see Bostik (musician). Bostik (formerly Bostik-Findley) is a world-wide operating adhesive company, a subsidiary of French mineral oil company Total S.A., head-quartered at Paris. , MA Entec Engineered Resins, FL (D) General Polymers Div., Ashland Distribution Co., OH (D) Hastings Plastics Co., CA (D) Klockner Pentaplast of America, Inc., VA LG Chemical America Inc., NJ Plastic Materials for Industry, Inc., GA RTP Co., MN POLYESTERCARBONATE Albis Plastics, ON (D) Divinycell International, Inc., Product of DIAB Group, TX Dow Chemical Co., MI * GE Plastics, MA General Polymers Div., Ashland Distribution Co., OH (D) POLYETHERETHERKETONE (PEEK PEEK - The command in most microcomputer BASICs for reading memory contents (a byte) at an absolute address. POKE is the corresponding command to write a value to an absolute address. This is often extended to mean the corresponding constructs in any High Level Language. ), POLYETHERKETONE (PEK PEK Polyetherketone PEK Beijing, China - Peking Capital Airport (Airport Code) PEK Punctate Epithelial Keratopathy ) AND OTHER POLYKETONES Aetna Plastics Corp., OH Coorstek, CA Ensinger-Hyde, PA Fluortek Compounding, Inc., PA Gehr Plastics Inc., PA GHA Plastics, Inc., TX JLM Marketing Inc., JLM Engineered Resins, FL LATI USA, Inc., Mt. Pleasant Business Ctr., Ste. 8, SC * LNP Engineering Plastics Inc., PA Nytef Plastics, Ltd., IL Plastic Materials for Industry, Inc., GA PolyReps Inc., NC RTP Co., MN * Solvay Advanced Polymers LLC, GA * Victrex USA Inc., SC Westlake Plastics Co., PA POLYETHERIMIDE Polyetherimide ( PEI ) is an amorphous, amber transparent, high-performance thermoplastic with the characteristics similar to PEEK. Relative to PEEK, it is less temperature-resistant, less expensive, and lower in impact strength. Commercial Plastics & Supply Corp., FL Ensinger-Hyde, PA * GE Plastics, MA GE Polymerland, Inc., NC (D) Gehr Plastics Inc., PA GHA Plastics, Inc., TX LATI USA, Inc., Mt. Pleasant Business Ctr., Ste. 8, SC * LNP Engineering Plastics Inc., PA Nytef Plastics, Ltd., IL Polymer Resources, Ltd., CT Rowland Technologies, Inc., CT RTP Co., MN Spartech Polycom, MO TP Composites, Inc., PA Westlake Plastics Co., PA POLYETHERSULFONE Aetna Plastics Corp., OH AIN Plastics, Inc., A subsidiary of Thyssen N.A., NY (D) Albis Plastics, TX (D) Amco Plastic Materials Inc., NY * BASF Corp., Plastic Materials, NJ Chroma Corp., IL Ensinger-Hyde, PA Gardiner Plastics, Inc., NY (D) GHA Plastics, Inc., TX * Gharda Chemicals Ltd. JLM Marketing Inc., JLM Engineered Resins, FL LATI USA, Inc., Mt. Pleasant Business Ctr., Ste. 8, SC * LNP Engineering Plastics Inc., PA Nytef Plastics, Ltd., IL Plastic Materials for Industry, Inc., GA PolyReps Inc., NC RJM International, Inc., CA RTP Co., MN * Solvay Advanced Polymers LLC, GA Spartech Polycom, MO TP Composites, Inc., PA Westlake Plastics Co., PA POLYETHYLENE LDPE LDPE abbr. low-density polyethylene Able Plastics, GA ACLO Compounders, Inc., ON Adell Plastics Inc., MD Advanced Compounding, Div. of Blessings Corp., CT Aetna Plastics Corp., OH AIN Plastics, Inc., A subsidiary of Thyssen N.A., NY (D) Albis Plastics, ON (D) Allied Plastics Supply Corp., NY Amco Plastic Materials Inc., NY American Polymers Inc., MA (D) Ametek, Inc., Chemical Products Div., PA AT Plastics Inc., AT Polymers, ON Avangard Industries Ltd., TX (D) B&F Plastics Inc., IN * Bamberger Polymers, Inc., NY Benton Benton, city (1990 pop. 18,177), seat of Saline co., central Ark.; founded 1836. Once a significant aluminum producer, the city manufactures fabricated-metal and wood products. Corp., IL Bixby international Corp., MA Bolcof Plastic Materials, CA (D) Brenntag Canada Inc., ON CCC Plastics, Ltd., ON (D) * Chevron Phillips Chemical Co. LP, PE Div., TX Chroma Corp., IL Commercial Plastics & Supply Corp., FL Conex, GA (D) Custom Chemicals Corp., NJ Debco Plastics, Inc., NY * Delta Polymers Co., MI (D) Discas Inc., CT (D) Dow Chemical Co., MI Engineered Polymers, MA EniChem Americas, Inc., TX * Equistar Chemicals, LP, TX * ExxonMobil Chemical Co., Polymers Group, TX ExxonMobil Chemical Co., Automotive & Transportation Industry Sector, MI * Federal Plastics Corp., NJ (D) Ferro Corp., Filled & Reinforced Plastics Div., IN Ferro Corp., Plastic Colorants Div., OH Flex-O-Glass, Inc., Film Div., IL Formosa Plastics Formosa Plastics Corporation (Traditional Chinese: 台灣塑膠公司; lit. "Taiwan Plastic Company") is a Taiwanese company based in Taiwan that primarily produces polyvinyl chloride (PVC) resins and USA, NJ Foster Corp., CT Gardiner Plastics, Inc., NY (D) GE Polymerland, Inc., NC (D) * General Polymers Div., Ashland Distribution Co., OH (D) Guaranteed Plastics, Inc., NJ (D) GVR Complast, Ltd. Co., TX Hafner Industries, Inc., CT Howard Industries, Inc., OH Howarth Howarth is a surname, and may refer to:
* Huntsman Polymers Corp., TX International Polymers Corp., PA Interstate in·ter·state adj. Involving, existing between, or connecting two or more states. n. One of a system of highways extending between the major cities of the 48 contiguous United States. Noun 1. Plastics, WA Jerico Plastic Industries, Inc., OH Lanier Color Co., GA LATI USA, Inc., Mt. Pleasant Business Ctr., Ste. 8, SC Lyondell Polymers Corp., TX M.A. Industries, Inc., Polymers Div., GA Marco Color Laboratory, Inc., CA Ronald Mark Associates, NJ (D) Marval Industries, Inc., NY (D) Modern Dispersions, Inc., MA MPH Enterprises, CA (D) H. Muehistein & Co., Inc., CT (D) Network Polymers, Inc., OH New England Urethane, Inc., CT * Nova-Borealis Compounds LLC, NJ Nova Chemicals Inc., Ltd., PA * Nova Chemicals Ltd., AB Osterman & Co. Inc., Prime Polymers Div., CT (D) Penn Fibre, Div. of The Specialty Group, Inc., PA (D) Petro Extrusion Technologies, Inc., NJ Plastic Compounders, Inc., OH Plastic Manufacturers Inc., PA Plastic Materials for Industry, Inc., GA Plastic Suppliers, Inc., OH (D) Plastics Color & Compounding, CT Plastics Group, RI Plastics Service Inc., Poly Sales International Inc., CT (D) Plastiflex Co. Inc., CA Poly-Hi Solidur, Sub, of Menasha Corp., IN Polychem Products Ltd., Ltd., PQ Polymart Inc., DE Polymers By Design Div., Engineered Plastic Composites, Inc., IL PolyOne Corp., IL * PolyOne Corp., GA PolyReps Inc., NC Prime Alliance Inc., IA Regal Plastic Supply Co., TX (D) Rhe-Tech, Inc., MI Rondy & Co., Inc., OH Rototron Corp., NY Royalite Thermoplastics Div., Uniroyal Technology Corp., IN RTP Co., MN H. Sattler Plastics Co., Inc., IL A. Schulman, Inc., OH Sealed Air Sealed Air Corporation(NYSE: SEE) is a company that makes a variety of packaging materials, systems and equipment. Its brands include Bubble Wrap, Cryovac, Instapak, Shanklin and Jiffy Mailer. They have recently moved headquarters to Elmwood Park, New Jersey. Corp., NJ Southern Film Extruders, Inc., NC Spartech Polycom, MO Toter, Inc., NC (D) Trademark Plastics Corp., NJ (D) Ube America Inc., NY Vinmar International, TX (D) * Voridian Co., Div. of Eastman Chemical Co., TN * Washington Washington, town, England Washington, town (1991 pop. 48,856), Sunderland metropolitan district, NE England. Washington was designated one of the new towns in 1964 to alleviate overpopulation in the Tyneside-Wearside area. Penn Plastic Co., Inc., PA Westlake Plastics Co., PA * Westlake Polymer Corp., TX YFS Thermoplastic Powder Coatings, TX POLYETHYLENE LLDPE LLDPE Linear Low Density Polyethylene Avangard Industries Ltd., TX (D) B&F Plastics Inc., IN Basell North America Inc., DE Breuntag Canada Inc., ON * Chevron Phillips Chemical Co. LP, PE Div., TX Delta Polymers Co., MI (D) * Dow Chemical Co., MI * Equistar Chemicals, LP, TX Evanco Environmental Technologies, ON (D) * ExxonMobil Chemical Co., Polymers Group, TX Formosa Plastics USA, NJ Foster Corp., CT GE Polymerland, Inc., NC (D) General Polymers Div., Ashland Distribution Co., OH (D) Howarth Plastics Inc., CA * Huntsman Polymers Corp., TX * ICC Chemical Corp., NY (D) Jerico Plastic Industries, Inc., OH Lanier Color Co,, GA LATI USA, Inc., Mt. Pleasant Business Ctr., Ste. 8, SC Ronald Mark Associates, NJ (D) Mitsui Plastics, Inc., NY (D) H. Muehlstein & Co., Inc., CT (D) Network Polymers, Inc., OH * Nova-Borealis Compounds LLC, NJ * Nova Chemicals Ltd., AB Osterman & Co. Inc., Prime Polymers Div., CT (D) Plastic Materials for Industry, Inc., GA Plastics Group, RI Plastics Service Inc., Poly Sales International Inc., CT (D) Plastiflex Co. Inc., CA * PolyOne Corp., GA PolyOne Corp., IL PolyReps Inc., NC RBW RBW Resolution Bandwidth RBW Reverse Band Working RBW Range Bin Width RBW Right Brain Works RBW Ruby Web File Technologies, Inc., PA RTP Co., MN A. Schulman, Inc., OH Sealed Air Corp., NJ Southern Film Extruders, Inc., NC Spartech Polycom, MO Trademark Plastics Corp., NJ (D) Vinmar International, TX (D) * Voridian Co., Div. of Eastman Chemical Co., TN * Westlake Polymer Corp., TX POLYETHYLENE HDPE HDPE abbr. high-density polyethylene Able Plastics, GA ACLO Compounders, Inc., ON * Adell Plastics Inc., MD Advanced Compounding, Div. of Blessings Corp., CT Aetna Plastics Corp., OH AIN Plastics, Inc., A subsidiary of Thyssen NA., NY (D) Allied Plastics Supply Corp., NY Amco Plastic Materials Inc., NY American Polymers Inc., MA (D) AT Plastics Inc., AT Polymers, ON * AtoFina Petrochemicals Inc., TX Avangard Industries Ltd., TX (D) B&F Plastics Inc., IN * Bamberger Polymers, Inc., NY Basell North America Inc., DE BASF Carp., Plastic Materials, NJ Benton Corp., IL Bixby International Corp., MA Bolcof Plastic Materials, CA (D) * BP Solvay Polyethylene North America, TX Brenntag Canada Inc., ON CCC Plastics, Ltd., ON (D) * Chevron Phillips Chemical Co. LP, PE Div., TX Chisso America, Inc., NY (D) Chroma Corp., IL Commercial Plastics & Supply Corp., FL Conex, GA (D) Coon coon: see raccoon. Manufacturing, MO Custom Chemicals Corp., NJ Decorative Surfaces International, IL * Delta Polymers Co., MI (D) Discas Inc., CT (D) * Dow Chemical Co., MI Eastman Chemical Co., TN Engineered Polymers, MA EniChem Americas, Inc., TX * Equistar Chemicals, LP, TX Evanco Environmental Technologies, ON (D) * ExxonMobil Chemical Co., Polymers Group, TX ExxonMobil Chemical Co., Automotive & Transportation Industry Sector, MI * Federal Plastics Corp., NJ (D) * Ferro Corp., Filled & Reinforced Plastics Div., IN Ferro Corp., Plastic Colorants Div., OH Formosa Plastics USA, NJ Foster Corp., CT Gardiner Plastics, Inc., NY (D) GE Polymerland, Inc., NC (D) Gehr Plastics Inc., PA Gemini Inc., MN * General Polymers Div., Ashland Distribution Co., OH (D) Guaranteed Plastics, Inc., NJ (D) GVR Complast, Ltd. Co., TX Hafner Industries, Inc., CT Howard Industries, Inc., OH Howarth Plastics Inc., CA ICC Chemical Corp., NY (D) International Polymers Corp., PA Interstate Plastics, WA Jerico Plastic Industries, Inc., OH Kama Corp., PA Laminations, Inc., PA LATI USA, Inc., Mt. Pleasant Business Ctr., Ste. 8, SC * LNP Engineering Plastics Inc., PA * Lyondell Polymers Corp., TX * M.A. Industries, Inc., Polymers Div., GA Marco Color Laboratory Inc., CA Ronald Mark Associates, NJ (D) Marval Industries, Inc., NY (D) Modern Dispersions, Inc., MA Mozel Inc., Polymers Div., MO (D) MPH Enterprises, CA (D) H. Muehlstein & Co., Inc., CT (D) Network Polymers, Inc., OH New England Urethane, Inc., CT North Wood Plastics, Inc., WI * Nova-Borealis Compounds LLC, NJ Nova Chemicals Inc., Ltd., PA * Nova Chemicals Ltd., AB * Omni Plastics LLC, IN Ontario Recycling, Inc., NY Osterman & Co. Inc., Prime Polymers Div., CT (D) Penn Fibre, Div. of The Specialty Group, Inc., PA (D) Petro Extrusion Technologies, Inc., NJ Plastic Compounders, Inc., OH Plastic Materials for Industry, Inc., GA Plastics Color & Compounding, CT Plastics Group, RI Plastics Service Inc., Poly Sales International Inc., CT (D) Plastiflex Co. Inc., CA Poly-Hi Solidur, Sub. of Menasha Corp., IN Polymers By Design Div., Engineered Plastic Composites, Inc., IL PolyOne Corp., IL * PolyOne Corp., GA PolyReps Inc., NC Prime Alliance Inc., IA RBW Technologies, Inc., PA Read Plastics, Inc., Div. of Piedmont Inc., MD (D) Regal Plastic Supply Co., TX (D) Rhe-Tech, Inc., MI Rondy & Co., Inc., OH Rototron Corp., NY Rowland Technologies, Inc., CT Royalite Thermoplastics Div., Uniroyal Technology Corp., IN RTP Co., MN Safas Corp., NJ H. Sattler Plastics Co., Inc., IL * A. Schulman, Inc., OH * Shuman Plastics, Inc., NY (D) Spartech Polycom, MO Ticona Celstran Inc., MN * Toter, Inc., NC (D) TP Composites, Inc., PA Trademark Plastics Corp., NJ (D) * United Composites, Inc., TX Vinmar International, TX (D) * Washington Penn Plastic Co., Inc., PA Westlake Plastics Co., PA * Westlake Polymer Corp., TX POLYETHYLENE ULDPE/VLDPE * Dow Chemical Co., MI Vinmar International, TX (D) POLYETHYLENE UHMW UHMW Ultra High Molecular Weight PE Aetna Plastics Corp., OH AIN Plastics, Inc., A subsidiary of Thyssen N.A., NY (D) Allied Plastics Supply Corp., NY Avangard Industries Ltd., TX (D) B&F Plastics Inc., IN Bolcof Plastic Materials, CA (D) Cadillac Plastics, CA (D) Chroma Corp., IL Commercial Plastics & Supply Corp., FL Coorstek, CA Dualite Plastics, Inc., LA Formosa Plastics USA, NJ Gardiner Plastics, Inc., NY (D) * Garland Garland, city (1990 pop. 180,650), Dallas co., N Tex., a suburb of Dallas; inc. 1891. Since World War II, Garland has grown from an agricultural community into an important center for electronics research and for the production of electronic equipment. Manufacturing Co., ME General Polymers Div., Ashland Distribution Co., OH (D) Honeywell Plastics, NJ Koronis Parts Inc., MN LATI USA, Inc., Mt. Pleasant Business Ctr., Ste. 8, SC Mitsui Petrochemicals (America), Ltd., TX (D) Mitsui Plastics, Inc., NY (D) Nova-Borealis Compounds LLC, NJ Penn Fibre, Div. of The Specialty Group, Inc., PA (D) Poly-Hi Solidur, Sub. of Menasha Corp., IN Polychem Products Ltd., PQ PolyReps Inc., NC Read Plastics, Inc., Div. of Piedmont Inc., MD (D) Regal Plastic Supply Co., TX (D) Rondy & Co., Inc., OH RTP Co., MN H. Sattler Plastics Co., Inc., IL Siempelkamp Corp., GA * Ticona, NJ Trademark Plastics Corp., NJ (D) Vinmar International, TX (D) Westlake Plastics Co., PA POLYIMIDE Pronounced "poly-ih-mid." A type of plastic (a synthetic polymeric resin) originally developed by DuPont that is very durable, easy to machine and can handle very high temperatures. Polyimide is also highly insulative and does not contaminate its surroundings (does not outgas). (THERMOPLASTIC) Advanced Web Products, Inc., RI (D) Advanced Web Products, Inc., NY (D) American Durafilm Co. Inc., MA Chroma Corp., IL Commercial Plastics & Supply Corp., FL Coorstek, CA DuPont Co., Composites Div., DE DuPont Engineering Polymers, DE Ensinger-Hyde, PA Foster Corp., CT * Mitsui Chemicals America, Inc., NY National Starch starch, white, odorless, tasteless, carbohydrate powder. It plays a vital role in the biochemistry of both plants and animals and has important commercial uses. & Chemical Co., NJ Penn Fibre, Div. of The Specialty Group, Inc., PA (D) Plastic Materials for Industry, Inc., GA PolyReps Inc., NC RTP Co., MN Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics, RI 3M, Product Information Center, MN Toray Marketing & Sales (America) Inc., Film & Plastics, NY (D) Ube America Inc., NY Vantico Inc., Polymer Specialties Div., NY West lake Plastics Co., PA POLYLACTIDE (PLA (Programmable Logic Array) A type of programmable logic chip (PLD) that contained arrays of programmable AND and OR gates. PLAs are no longer used. See PLD. (language, music) Pla - A high-level music programming language, written in SAIL. ) POLYMERS Cargill Cargill, Incorporated is a privately held, multinational corporation, and is based in the state of Minnesota in the United States. It was founded in 1865, and has grown into the world's second largest privately held corporation (in terms of revenue). Dow LLC, MN POLYMETHYLPENTENE Polymethylpentene is a thermoplastic polymer of methylpentene monomer units. It is better known as TPX® from Mitsui Chemicals, Inc. which is a 4-methyl-1-pentene based linear isotactic polyolefin and is made by Ziegler-Natta type catalysis. Allied Plastics Supply Corp., NY Chase Plastic Services, Inc., MI (D) Chroma Corp., IL Foster Corp., CT JLM Marketing Inc., JLM Engineered Resins, FL Marval Industries, Inc., NY (D) Mitsui Petrochemicals (America), Ltd., TX (D) * Mitsui Plastics, Inc., NY (D) PolyOne Corp., IL RTP Co., MN Westlake Plastics Co., PA PPE/NYLON ALLOYS LNP Engineering Plastics Inc., PA RTP Co., MN Technical Polymers, LLC, GA PPE/PP ALLOYS LNP Engineering Plastics Inc., PA RTP Co., MN PPE/PS ALLOYS AIN Plastics, Inc., A subsidiary of Thyssen N.A., NY (D) Allied Plastics Supply Corp., NY * Ashley Polymers Inc., NY * Ashley Polymers Inc., NJ BASF Corp., Plastic Materials, NJ Chase Plastic Services, Inc., MI (D) Chisso America, Inc., NY (D) Civiera & Silver International Inc., MA (D) Delta Polymers Co., MI (D) Entec Engineered Resins, FL (D) Gardiner Plastics, Inc., NY (D) * GE Plastics, MA GE Polymerland, Inc., NC (D) Gehr Plastics Inc., PA General Polymers Div., Ashland Distribution Co., OH (D) GHA Plastics, Inc., TX Honeywell Plastics, NJ LATI USA, Inc., Mt. Pleasant Business Ctr., Ste. 8, SC LNP Engineering Plastics Inc., PA * Mitsubishi Engineering Plastics, NY Mitsui Plastics, Inc., NY (D) Mozel Inc., Polymers Div., MO (D) Petro Extrusion Technologies, Inc., NJ Plastic Materials for Industry, Inc., GA Plastics Color & Compounding, CT * Polymer Resources, Ltd., CT Polymer Service Corp., MI Polymer Technology & Services LLC, TN (D) Polymers By Design Div., Engineered Plastic Composites, Inc., IL PolyReps Inc., NC RJM International, Inc., CA Royalite Thermoplastics Div., Uniroyal Technology Corp., IN RTP Co., MN H. Sattler Plastics Co., Inc., IL A. Schulman, Inc., OH * Shuman Plastics, Inc., NY (D) * Spartech Polycom, MO Technical Polymers, LLC, GA Westlake Plastics Co., PA POLYPHENYLENE SULFIDE sulfide, chemical compound containing sulfur and one other element or sulfur and a radical. Sulfides may be salts or esters of hydrogen sulfide, H2S, or may be formed directly, e.g., by heating a metal with sulfur. (PPS (Packets Per Second) The measurement of activity in a local area network (LAN). In LANs such as Ethernet, Token Ring and FDDI, as well as the Internet, data is broken up and transmitted in packets (frames), each with a source and destination address. ) Advanced Web Products, Inc., RI (D) Aetna Plastics Corp., OH Albis Plastics, TX (D) Allied Plastics Supply Corp., NY Ametek, Inc., Chemical Products Div., PA * Chevron Phillips Chemical Co. LP, Ryton Ryton could be
Michael Day Enterprises, OH * DIC Trading (USA) Inc., NJ Ensinger-Hyde, PA Entec Engineered Resins, FL (D) Ferro Corp., Plastic Colorants Div., OH Foster Corp., CT Gardiner Plastics, Inc., NY (D) * GE Plastics, MA GE Polymerland, Inc., NC (D) General Polymers Div., Ashland Distribution Co., OH (D) GHA Plastics, Inc., TX LATI USA, Inc., Mt. Pleasant Business Ctr., Ste. 8, SC * LNP Engineering Plastics Inc., PA Nytef Plastics, Ltd., IL Plastic Materials for Industry, Inc., GA Polymers By Design Div., Engineered Plastic Composites, Inc., IL PolyReps Inc., NC RTP Co., MN * A. Schulman, Inc., OH Spartech Polycom, MO Technical Polymers, LLC, GA * Ticona, NJ * Ticona Celstran Inc., MN Toray Marketing & Sales (America) Inc., Film & Plastics, NY (D) TP Composites, Inc., PA POLYPHENYLSULFONE Foster Corp., CT JLM Marketing Inc., JLM Engineered Resins, FL LATI USA, Inc., Mt. Pleasant Business Ctr., Ste. 8, SC LNP Engineering Plastics Inc., PA Plastic Materials for Industry, Inc., GA Rowland Technologies, Inc., CT RTP Co., MN * Solvay Advanced Polymers LLC, GA Spartech Polycom, MO Westlake Plastics Co., PA POLYPHTHALAMIDE Polyphthalamide (aka. PPA, High Performance Polyamide) is a thermoplastic synthetic resin of the nylon family that is used to replace metals in high temperature automotive applications, as the housing for high temperature electrical connectors and multiple other uses. * LNP Engineering Plastics Inc., PA RTP Co., MN * Solvay Advanced Polymers LLC, GA Spartech Polycom, MO Technical Polymers, LLC, GA TP Composites, Inc., PA POLYPROPYLENE (INCLUDING COPOLYMERS) ACLO Compounders, Inc., ON * Adell Plastics Inc., MD Advanced Compounding, Div. of Blessings Corp., CT Aetna Plastics Corp., OH AIN Plastics, Inc., A subsidiary of Thyssen N.A., NY (D) Albis Plastics, ON (D) * Albis Plastics, TX (D) Allied Plastics Supply Corp., NY Amco Plastic Materials Inc., NY * American Polymers Inc., MA (D) American Renolit Corp., NJ Ametek, Inc., Chemical Products Div. PA * Asahi Thermofil, Inc., MI Asahi/America, Inc., MA * AtoFina Petrochemicals Inc., TX Avangard Industries Ltd., TX (D) B&F Plastics Inc., IN * Bamberger Polymers, Inc., NY * Basell Canada Inc., ON (D) * Basell North America Inc., DE * Basell USA Inc., Advanced Materials, MI Bixby International Corp., MA Bolcof Plastic Materials, CA (D) * BP Amoco Chemical Co., IL Brenntag Canada Inc., ON CCC Plastics, Ltd., ON (D) Chevron Phillips Chemical Co. LP, PE Div., TX * Chisso America, Inc., NY (D) Chroma Corp., IL Civiera & Silver International Inc., MA (D) Color & Composite Technologies, Inc., OH Conex, GA (D) Crowley Crowley (krou`lē), city (1990 pop. 13,983), seat of Acadia parish, SW La.; inc. 1888. It is a shipping, milling, and storage center for a large rice-growing area and has a rice experiment station. Oil and natural gas wells are located nearby. Chemical Co., Inc., NY Custom Chemicals Corp., NJ Michael Day Enterprises, OH Debco Plastics, Inc., NY Delta Polymers Co., MI (D) Discas Inc., CT (D) * Dow Chemical Co., MI * DSM Engineering Plastics, IN Engineered Polymers, MA Ensinger-Hyde, PA Entec Engineered Resins, FL (D) * Equistar Chemicals, LP, TX Exide Not to be confused with Exide Industries Ltd. Exide Technologies is the world's second-largest producer of automotive lead acid batteries for automotive and industrial applications. Exide bought out the dry battery business of a company called Brittania Battteries Ltd. Technology, Plastics Div., PA Exotic Automation & Supply, MI * ExxonMobil Chemical Co., Polymers Group, TX ExxonMobil Chemical Co., Films Div., NY * Federal Plastics Corp., NJ (D) * Ferro Corp., Filled & Reinforced Plastics Div., IN Ferro Corp., Plastic Colorants Div., OH Formosa Plastics USA, NJ Gardiner Plastics, Inc., NY (D) GE Plastics, MA GE Polymerland, Inc., NC (D) Gehr Plastics Inc., PA * General Polymers Div., Ashland Distribution Co., OH (D) GHA Plastics, Inc., TX Guaranteed Plastics, Inc., NJ (D) GVR Complast, Ltd. Co., TX Howard Industries, Inc., OH * Huntsman Polymers Corp., TX ICC Chemical Corp., NY (D) I.G.I. Baychem, Inc., Div. of International Group, Inc., TX International Polymers Corp., PA Jerico Plastic Industries, Inc., OH JLM Plastics Corp., IL Kama Corp., PA Klockner Pentaplast of America, Inc., VA * LG Chemical America Inc., NJ Lanier Color Co., GA * LNP Engineering Plastics Inc., PA Lyondell Polymers Corp., TX * M.A. Industries, Inc., Polymers Div., GA Marco Color Laboratory, Inc., CA Ronald Mark Associates, NJ (D) Marval Industries, Inc., NY (D) Mitsubishi International Corp., Plastics & Additives Dept., NY Mitsui Plastics, Inc., NY (D) Mozel Inc., Polymers Div., MO (D) MPH Enterprises, CA (D) H. Muehlstein & Co., Inc., CT (D) * Multibase, Inc., OH Network Polymers, Inc., OH North Wood Plastics, Inc., WI Nova Polymers, Inc., IN (D) * Noveon Static Control Polymers, OH Nypla Industrial Co., Ltd. (USA), CA * Omni Plastics LLC, IN Ontario Recycling, Inc., NY Osterman & Co. Inc., Prime Polymers Div., CT (D) Penn Fibre, Div. of The Specialty Group, Inc., PA (D) Petro Extrusion Technologies, Inc., NJ * Phillips Phil·lips A trademark used for a screw with a head having two intersecting perpendicular slots and for a screwdriver with a tip shaped to fit into these slots. Sumika Polypropylene Co., TX Plastic Compounders, Inc., OH Plastic Materials for Industry, Inc., GA Plastic Suppliers, Inc., OH (D) Plasticolour, PQ Plastics Color & Compounding, CT Plastics Group, RI Plastics Service Inc., Poly Sales International Inc., CT (D) * Polifil, RI Poly-Hi Solidur, Sub. of Menasha Corp., IN Polychem Products Ltd., PQ Polymers By Design Div., Engineered Plastic Composites, Inc., IL * PolyOne Corp., IL * PolyOne Corp., GA PolyReps Inc., NC PolyVisions, Inc., PA Prime Alliance Inc., IA QST QST Quebec Sales Tax QST Quiet System Technology (Intel chipset feature) QST Queens of the Stone Age (band) QST Quick Start Tutorial (filetype) Inc., VT RBW Technologies, Inc., PA Regal Plastic Supply Co., TX (D) Resource Plastics, MN Rhe-Tech, Inc., MI Rondy & Co., Inc., OH * Rototron Corp., NY Royalite Thermoplastics Div., Uniroyal Technology Corp., IN RTP Co., MN Safas Corp., NJ H. Sattler Plastics Co., Inc., IL * A. Schulman, Inc., OH * Shuman Plastics, Inc., NY (D) * Spartech Polycom, MO * Sumitomo Plastics America, Inc., CA * Sunoco Chemicals, PA * Ticona Celstran Inc., MN * Tokuyama Soda soda: see sodium carbonate. SODA - Symbolic Optimum DEUCE Assembly Program Toray Plastics America, TREA TREA The Retired Enlisted Association TREA Tax Relief Extension Act of 1999 TREA Texas Rural Education Association TREA Technical Report on Environmental Aspects Div., RI * TP Composites, Inc., PA Transilwrap Co., Inc., IL (D) Ube America Inc., NY * United Composites, Inc., TX * UVTEC, Inc., One Galleria Tower, Ste. 1455, TX Vinmar International, TX (D) * Washington Penn Plastic Co., Inc., PA Westlake Plastics Co., PA Wilt Plastics, Inc., OH YFS Thermoplastic Powder Coatings, TX POLYSTYRENE polystyrene (pŏl'ēstī`rēn), widely used plastic; it is a polymer of styrene. Polystyrene is a colorless, transparent thermoplastic that softens slightly above 100°C; (212°F;) and becomes a viscous liquid at around 185°C; AND STYRENE sty·rene n. A colorless oily liquid from which polystyrenes, plastics, and synthetic rubber are produced. Also called vinylbenzene. COPOLYMERS EPS (Encapsulated PostScript) A PostScript file format used to transfer a graphic image between applications and platforms. EPS files contain PostScript code as well as an optional preview image in TIFF, WMF, PICT or EPSI, the latter being an ASCII-only format. Bead (including Copolymers) Allied Plastics Supply Corp., NY Claude Bamberger Molding Compounds Corp., NJ BASF Corp., Polystyrene Div., NJ Brenntag Canada Inc., ON Dow Chemical Co., MI General Polymers Div., Ashland Distribution Co., OH (D) Guaranteed Plastics, Inc., NJ (D) Howard Industries, Inc., OH Huntsman Chemical Corp., VA Huntsman Chemical Co. of Canada, Inc., PQ International Polymers Corp., PA LATI USA, Inc., Mt. Pleasant Business Ctr., Ste. 8, SC Lyondell Chemical Co., TX H. Muehlstein & Co., Inc., CT (D) Osterman & Co. Inc., Prime Polymers Div., CT (D) RJM International, Inc., CA StyroChem International, Inc., TX Trademark Plastics Corp., NJ (D) Vinmar International, TX (D) POLYSTYRENE AND STYRENE COPOLYMERS Polystyrene Able Plastics, GA ACLO Compounders, Inc., ON Advanced Compounding, Div. of Blessings Corp., CT Aetna Plastics Corp., OH AIN Plastics, Inc., A subsidiary of Thyssen N.A., NY (D) Albis Plastics, ON (D) Albis Plastics, TX (D) Allied Plastics Supply Corp., NY Amco Plastic Materials Inc., NY * American Polymers Inc., MA (D) American Sheet Extrusion Corp., IN * AtoFina Petrochemicals Inc., TX Avangard Industries Ltd., TX (D) Claude Bamberger Molding Compounds Corp., NJ Bamberger Polymers, Inc., NY * BASF Corp., Plastic Materials, NJ * BASF Corp., Polystyrene Div., NJ Bolcof Plastic Materials, CA (D) Brady Corp., Coated Products Div., WI Brenntag Canada Inc., ON * Chevron Phillips Chemical Co. LP, PE Div., TX Chroma Corp., IL Color & Composite Technologies, Inc., OH Commercial Plastics & Supply Corp., FL Cresset Powers, Ltd., CA (D) * Dart dart see blow dart. dart gun see blow dart. Polymers, Inc., KY Debco Plastics, Inc., NY * Delta Polymers Co., MI (D) Denki Corp., NY * Dow Chemical Co., MI Engineered Polymers, MA * Federal Plastics Corp., NJ (D) * Ferro Corp., Filled & Reinforced Plastics Div., IN Ferro Corp., Plastic Colorants Div., OH Gardiner Plastics, Inc., NY (D) GE Polymerland, Inc., NC (D) * General Polymers Div., Ashland Distribution Co., OH (D) Guaranteed Plastics, Inc., NJ (D) GVR Complast, Ltd. Co., TX Howard Industries, Inc., OH * Huntsman Chemical Corp., VA ICC Chemical Corp., NY (D) International Polymers Corp., PA Jerico Plastic Industries, Inc., OH JLM Plastics Corp., IL Kama Corp., PA Kings Specialty Co., Div. of Kings Film & Sheet, Inc., NY Klockner Pentaplast of America, Inc., VA * LG Chemical America Inc., NJ Lanier Color Co., GA LATI USA, Inc., Mt. Pleasant Business Ctr., Ste. 8, SC * LNP Engineering Plastics Inc., PA * Lyondell Chemical Co., TX M.A. Industries, Inc., Polymers Div., GA Marco Color Laboratory, Inc., CA Ronald Mark Associates, NJ (D) Marval Industries, Inc., NY (D) Maxi-Blast Inc., IN (D) Mitsubishi International Corp., Plastics & Additives Dept., NY Modern Dispersions, Inc., MA Mozel Inc., Polymers Div., MO (D) MPH Enterprises, CA (D) H. Muehlstein & Co., Inc., CT (D) * Multibase, Inc., OH Network Polymers, Inc., OH * Nova Chemicals Inc., Ltd., PA Nova Chemicals Ltd., AB * Noveon Static Control Polymers, OH Ocean Development America, Inc., CA Ontario Recycling, Inc., NY Osterman & Co. Inc., Prime Polymers Div., CT (D) Pace Industries, Inc., WI Packaging Corp. of America, CA Petro Plastics Co. Inc., NJ Plaskolite, Inc., OH Plastic Compounders, Inc., OH Plastic Suppliers, Inc., OH (D) Plasticolour, PQ Plastics Color & Compounding, CT Plastics Group, RI Plastics Service Inc., Poly Sales International Inc., CT (D) * Plastx World Inc., NJ Polychem Products Ltd., PQ Polymers By Design Div., Engineered Plastic Composites, Inc., IL PolyOne Corp., IL PolyOne Corp., GA PolyReps Inc., NC Prime Alliance Inc., IA Regal Plastic Supply Co., TX (D) RJM International, Inc., CA Rondy & Co., Inc., OH Rowland Technologies, Inc., CT Royalite Thermoplastics Div., Uniroyal Technology Corp., IN RTP Co., MN Safas Corp., NJ H. Sattler Plastics Co., Inc., IL * A. Schulman, Inc., OH Seegott Inc., OH (D) * Shuman Plastics, Inc., NY (D) * Spartech Polycom, MO StyroChem International, Inc., TX Trademark Plastics Corp., NJ (D) Transilwrap Co., Inc., IL (D) The Union Group, MA United Composites, Inc., TX Vinmar International, TX (D) Westlake Plastics Co., PA Witt Witt , Katerina Born 1965. German figure skater who won gold medals at the 1984 and 1988 Olympic games. She won world championships in 1985, 1987, and 1988. Plastics, Inc., OH POLYSTYRENE AND STYRENE COPOLYMERS Butadiene butadiene (by  t'ədī`ēn), colorless, gaseous hydrocarbon. There are two structural isomers of butadiene; they differ in the location of the two carbon-carbon double bonds in the Styrene Copolymers (not including Elastomers) Alternative Rubber & Plastics Inc., NY (D) Amco Plastic Materials Inc., NY * AtoFina Petrochemicals Inc., TX Claude Bamberger Molding Compounds Corp., NJ BASF Corp., Polystyrene Div., NJ Brenntag Canada Inc., ON * Chevron Phillips Chemical Co. LP, K-Resin Div., TX Dow Chemical Co., MI Engineered Polymers, MA * Firestone Polymers, LLC, OH LATI USA, Inc., Mt. Pleasant Business Ctr., Ste. 8, SC Modern Dispersions, Inc., MA Network Polymers, Inc., OH Plastic Materials for Industry, Inc., GA Ricon Resins Inc., CO Royalite Thermoplastics Div., Uniroyal Technology Corp., IN RTP Co., MN A. Schulman, Inc., OH Trademark Plastics Corp., NJ (D) POLYSTYRENE AND STYRENE COPOLYMERS SAN ACLO Compounders, Inc., ON Adell Plastics Inc., MD Albis Plastics, TX (D) Allied Plastics Supply Corp., NY Alternative Rubber & Plastics Inc., NY (D) Amco Plastic Materials Inc., NY * American Polymers Inc., MA (D) Ametek, Inc., Chemical Products Div., PA * BASF Corp., Plastic Materials, NJ * Bayer Corp., PA Brenntag Canada Inc., ON Chase Plastic Services, Inc., MI (D) Chroma Corp., IL Delta Polymers Co., MI (D) * Dow Chemical Co., MI Engineered Polymers, MA * EniChem Americas, Inc., TX Entec Engineered Resins, FL (D) * Federal Plastics Corp., NJ (D) * Ferro Corp., Filled & Reinforced Plastics Div., IN Ferro Corp., Plastic Colorants Div., OH Gardiner Plastics, Inc., NY (D) GE Polymerland, Inc., NC (D) General Polymers Div., Ashland Distribution Co., OH (D) Global Polymers Solutions, Inc., FL (D) * LG Chemical America Inc., NJ Lanier Color Co., GA LATI USA, Inc., Mt. Pleasant Business Ctr., Ste. 8, SC * LNP Engineering Plastics Inc., PA Marval Industries, Inc., NY (D) Modern Dispersions, Inc., MA Mozel Inc., Polymers Div., MO (D) H. Muehlstein & Co., Inc., CT (D) * Multibase, Inc., OH * Network Polymers, Inc., OH Plastic Compounders, Inc., OH Plastic Materials for Industry, Inc., GA Plastics Color & Compounding, CT Plastics Service Inc., Poly Sales International Inc., CT (D) * Plastx World Inc., NJ Polymer Technology & Services LLC, TN (D) Polymers By Design Div., Engineered Plastic Composites, Inc., IL PolyOne Corp., IL PolyOne Corp., GA PolyReps Inc., NC Prime Alliance Inc., IA RJM International, Inc., CA Rondy & Co., Inc., OH Royalite Thermoplastics Div., Uniroyal Technology Corp., IN RTP Co., MN H. Sattler Plastics Co., Inc., IL * A. Schulman, Inc., OH Shuman Plastics, Inc., NY (D) * Spartech Polycom, MO TP Composites, Inc., PA Trademark Plastics Corp., NJ (D) Vinmar International, TX (D) POLYSTYRENE AND STYRENE COPOLYMERS Styrene Maleic Anhydride Maleic anhydride (cis-butenedioic anhydride, toxilic anhydride, dihydro-2,5-dioxofuran) is an organic compound with the formula C4H2O3 (C=OCH=CHC=O2). In its pure state it is a colourless or white solid with an acrid odour. (SMA (1) See SMA connector. (2) (Shared Memory Architecture) See shared video memory. (3) (Software Maintenance Association) A membership organization that began in 1985 and ended in 1996. ) Ametek, Inc., Chemical Products Div., PA Chase Plastic Services, Inc., MI (D) Engineered Polymers, MA General Polymers Div., Ashland Distribution Co., OH (D) LATI USA, Inc., Mt. Pleasant Business Ctr., Ste. 8, SC * Nova Chemicals Inc., Ltd., PA Plastic Materials for Industry, Inc., GA Prime Alliance Inc., IA * A. Schulman, Inc., OH POLYSTYRENE AND STYRENE COPOLYMERS Other Styrene Copolymers Aetna Plastics Corp., OH * AlphaGary Corp., NC Alternative Rubber & Plastics Inc., NY (D) Amco Plastic Materials Inc., NY Asahi Thermofil, Inc., MI Claude Bamberger Molding Compounds Corp., NJ BASF Corp., Polystyrene Div., NJ Chroma Corp., IL * Denki Corp., NY Dexco Polymers, A Dow/Exxon Partnership, TX Dow Chemical Co., MI EniChem Americas, Inc., TX Firestone Polymers, LLC, OH LATI USA, Inc., Mt. Pleasant Business Ctr., Ste. 8, SC * LNP Engineering Plastics Inc., PA Lyondell Chemical Co., TX Marval Industries, Inc., NY (D) H. Muehlstein & Co., Inc., CT (D) National Starch & Chemical Co., NJ * Network Polymers, Inc., OH Penn Fibre, Div. of The Specialty Group, Inc., PA (D) PolyOne Corp., IL Prime Alliance Inc., IA Rohm and Haas Co., Adhesives & Sealants, IL (D) RTP Co., MN A. Schulman, Inc., OH Shuman Plastics, Inc., NY (D) Trademark Plastics Corp., NJ (D) Transilwrap Co., Inc., IL (D) * United Composites, Inc., TX POLYSULFONE Polysulfone, or PSU, is a polymer thermoplastic material. It is tough, rigid, high-strength, and transparent, retaining its properties between −100 °C and +150 °C. Aetna Plastics Corp., OH AIN Plastics, Inc., A subsidiary of Thyssen N.A., NY (D) Albis Plastics, TX (D) Allied Plastics Supply Corp., NY * BASF Corp., Plastic Materials, NJ Chroma Corp., IL Commercial Plastics & Supply Corp., FL Ensinger-Hyde, PA Entec Engineered Resins, FL (D) Gehr Plastics Inc., PA GHA Plastics, Inc., TX JLM Marketing Inc., JLM Engineered Resins, FL LATI USA, Inc., Mt. Pleasant Business Ctr., Ste. 8, SC * LNP Engineering Plastics Inc., PA H. Muehlstein & Co., Inc., CT (D) Nytef Plastics, Ltd., IL Plastic Materials for Industry, Inc., GA Plastics Color & Compounding, CT Polymers By Design Div., Engineered Plastic Composites, Inc., IL PolyReps Inc., NC RJM International, Inc., CA Rowland Technologies, Inc., CT RTP Co., MN * A. Schulman, Inc., OH Shuman Plastics, Inc., NY (D) * Solvay Advanced Polymers LLC, GA Spartech Polycom, MO Westlake Plastics Co., PA PREPREGS (THERMOPLASTIC) Cytec Industries Cytec Industries is a specialty chemicals and materials technology company with pro-forma sales in 2004, including the Surface Specialties acquisition, of approximately $3.0 billion. Cytec is a result of its spin-off from American Cyanamid Company. Inc., NJ DuPont Co., Composites Div., DE H.B. Fuller Co., MN Hexcel Hexcel is a company based in Stamford, Connecticut that manufactures advanced structural materials. The company was founded in 1946 and its first product was supplying honeycomb for the construction of military bombers. Composites, CA Hollinee Glass Fibers, OH 3M, Product Information Center, MN Ticona Celstran Inc., MN PURGING Purging The use of vomiting, diuretics, or laxatives to clear the stomach and intestines after a binge. Mentioned in: Anorexia Nervosa purging (purj´ing), n COMPOUNDS Afco Products Inc., MA Alan A`lan´ n. 1. A wolfhound. Plastics Co., Inc., MA Ampacet Corp., NY Asaclean-Sun Plastech Inc., NJ Claude Bamberger Molding Compounds Corp., NJ Bellex International Corp., DE Blackbrook Chemical Ltd., ON Brenntag Canada Inc., ON Budget Molders Supply, Inc., OH CCC Plastics, Ltd., ON (D) Civiera & Silver International Inc., MA(D) Crus Aid Industries Inc., TX (D) Cylatec Inc., OH Delta Polymers Co., MI (D) DuPont Co., Packaging & Industrial Polymers, DE EPI EPI exocrine pancreatic insufficiency. Environmental Plastics Inc., TX Equistar Chemicals, LP, TX Ferro Corp., Liquid Coatings & Dispersions Div., IN Ferro Corp., Liquid Coatings & Dispersions Div., NJ Ferro Corp., Plastic Colorants Div., OH Gardiner Plastics, Inc., NY (D) General Polymers Div., Ashland Distribution Co., OH (D) HiTech Polymers, Inc., OH HiTech Polymers, Inc., KY IMS (1) See IP Multimedia Subsystem. (2) (Information Management System) An early IBM hierarchical DBMS for IBM mainframes. IMS was widely implemented throughout the 1970s under MVS and continues to be used under z/OS. Co., OH (D) JLM Marketing Inc., JLM Engineered Resins, FL JLM Plastics Corp., IL Keysor-Century Corp., CA Lanier Color Co., GA LarSan Chemical Co., OH (D) Marco Color Laboratory, Inc., CA Marval Industries, Inc., NY (D) Mateson Chemical Corp., PA Neutrex, Inc., TX Nova-Borealis Compounds LLC, NJ Occidental oc·ci·den·tal or Oc·ci·den·tal adj. Of or relating to the countries of the Occident or their peoples or cultures; western. n. A native or inhabitant of an Occidental country; a westerner. Noun 1. Chemical Corp., Vinyls Div., TX Novachem, CT Plastic Materials for Industry, Inc., GA Plastic Process Equipment Inc., OH Plastic Services & Equipment, IN (D) PolyOne Corp., IL PolyOne Corp., GA PolyOne Corp., Distribution Group, GA PolyReps Inc., NC Purge-USA, Div. of PTY Pty Austral & S African Proprietary Enterprises, Inc., CA Pyro-matic Inc., WI (D) RapidPurge Corp., CT Rhetech Colors, OH Riverdale Riverdale, village (1990 pop. 13,671), Cook co., NE Ill., a suburb adjacent to Chicago; inc. 1892. Its large steel mill closed with the national decline of the industry. Color Mfg., Inc., NY A. Schulman, Inc., OH Shuman Plastics, Inc., NY (D) Synergistics Industries Inc., TX Trademark Plastics Corp., NJ (D) Unitemp, MI (D) PVC Suspension suspension, in vehicles suspension, in automobiles, system of springs used to suspend the frame, body, engine, and power train above the wheels. Its principal purpose is to lessen the jarring of the automobile that is caused by irregularities in the roads or Mass General-Purpose gen·er·al-pur·pose adj. Designed for or suitable to more than one use; broadly useful: a general-purpose loan. general-purpose Adjective Resins AllChem Industries Inc., FL (D) Asahi/America, Inc., MA Borden Bor·den , Gail 1801-1874. American surveyor and inventor who developed condensed milk (1853) and other food products. Borden, Lizzie Andrew 1860-1927. Chemicals & Plastics, LA Chemiplas, Inc., TX Chisso America, Inc., NY (D) Decorative Surfaces International, IL Formosa Plastics USA, NJ General Polymers Div., Ashland Distribution Co., OH (D) Keysor-Century Corp., CA Lucky America, Inc., NJ Ronald Mark Associates, NJ (D) Mitsui Plastics, Inc., NY (D) Occidental Chemical Corp., Vinyls Div., TX Osterman & Co. Inc., Prime Polymers Div., CT (D) Plastiflex Co. Inc., CA PolyOne Corp., Plastic Compounds & Colors, OH PWPipe, OR RBW Technologies, Inc., PA Shintech, Inc., TX Trademark Plastics Corp., NJ (D) Vinmar International, TX (D) PVC Copolymer Resins copolymer resin n. A synthetic resin produced by joint polymerization of two or more different monomers or polymers. Advanced Compounding, Div. of Blessings Corp., CT * AlphaGary Corp., NC Alternative Rubber & Plastics Inc., NY (D) Borden Chemicals & Plastics, LA * Colorite Polymers Div., Pure Tech International, NJ Decorative Surfaces International, IL * Denki Corp., NY General Polymers Div., Ashland Distribution Co., OH (D) Keysor-Century Corp., CA LG Chemical America Inc., NJ Lanier Color Co., GA Ronald Mark Associates, NJ (D) Mitsui Plastics, Inc., NY (D) Occidental Chemical Corp., Vinyls Div., TX Osterman & Co. Inc., Prime Polymers Div., CT (D) Polyone Corp., Plastic Compounds & Colors, OH PWPipe, OR * Rimtec Corp., Riken Vinyl Industries/ Mitsubishi Corp., NJ Royalite Thermoplastics Div., Uniroyal Technology Corp., IN * Teknor Apex Co., Vinyl Div., RI Trademark Plastics Corp., NJ (D) Vinmar International, TX (D) PVC Dispersion dispersion, in chemistry dispersion, in chemistry, mixture in which fine particles of one substance are scattered throughout another substance. A dispersion is classed as a suspension, colloid, or solution. and Blending blend v. blend·ed or blent , blend·ing, blends v.tr. 1. To combine or mix so that the constituent parts are indistinguishable from one another: Resins Borden Chemicals & Plastics, LA Formosa Plastics USA, NJ ICC Chemical Corp., NY (D) Lanier Color Co., GA Ronald Mark Associates, NJ (D) Mitsui Plastics, Inc., NY (D) Occidental Chemical Corp., Vinyls Div., TX Osterman & Co. Inc., Prime Polymers Div., CT (D) PolyOne Corp., Plastic Compounds & Colors, OH A. Schulman, Inc., OH Trademark Plastics Corp., NJ (D) Vinmar International, TX (D) PVC Solution Coating Resins Occidental Chemical Corp., Vinyls Div., TX PVC Chlorinated chlorinated /chlo·ri·nat·ed/ (klor´i-nat?ed) treated or charged with chlorine. chlorinated charged with chlorine. chlorinated acids some, e.g. PVC (CPVC CPVC Chlorinated Polyvinyl Chloride CPVC Cell Phone Voice Changer CPVC common pulmonary venous chamber ) Aetna Plastics Corp., OH Allied Plastics Supply Corp., NY Asahi/America, Inc., MA AtoFina Chemicals, Inc., PA Gehr Plastics Inc., PA General Polymers Div., Ashland Distribution Co., OH (D) * Georgia Gulf Chemicals & Vinyls LLC, Compound Div., GA Kaneka Texas Corp., TX Mitsui Plastics, Inc., NY (D) H. Muehistein & Co., Inc., CT (D) * Noveon, Inc., OH Petro Plastics Co. Inc., NJ Poly-Hi Solidur, Sub. of Menasha Corp., IN PVC Flexible Compounds Advanced Compounding, Div. of Blessings Corp., CT * Advanced Dynamics Corp., Specialty Compounds Div., TX AIN Plastics, Inc., A subsidiary of Thyssen NA., NY (D) Allied Plastics Supply Corp., NY * AlphaGary Corp., NC AlphaGary Corp., MA * Bayshore Bayshore may refer to: Communities:
Berliner Ber·lin·er , Emile 1851-1929. German-born American inventor who greatly improved the telephone and invented the gramophone (1887). Noun 1. Plastics Inc., NY (D) Breentag Canada Inc., ON CCC Plastics, Ltd., ON (D) CCG/Parma, ON Chase Plastic Services. Inc., MI (D) Chisso America, Inc., NY (D) * Colorite Polymers Div., Pure Tech International, NJ Conex, GA (D) Conex of Georgia, GA Custom Chemicals Corp., NJ Delta Polymers Co., MI (D) * Denki Corp., NY Discas Inc., CT (D) Federal Plastics Corp., NJ (D) Gardiner Plastics, Inc., NY (D) GE Polymerland, Inc., NC (D) General Polymers Div., Ashland Distribution Co., OH (D) * Georgia Gulf Chemicals & Vinyls LLC, Compound Div., GA The Gitto/Global Corp., MA Guaranteed Plastics, Inc., NJ (D) Hafner Industries, Inc., CT * International Wire, TX Kings Specialty Co., Div. of Kings Film & Sheet, Inc., NY Lanier Color Co., GA Lynn Plastics Corp., MA Marchem Dubion Inc., NJ Ronald Mark Associates, NJ (D) Mereco Products Div., Metachem Resins Corp., RI Mitsui Plastics, Inc., NY (D) MPH Enterprises, CA (D) H. Muehlstein & Co., Inc., CT (D) Novatec Plastics Corp., A PVC Container Co., NJ Osterman & Co. Inc., Prime Polymers Div., CT (D) O'Sullivan
O'Sullivan is an Irish surname, associated with the southwestern part of Ireland, especially the counties of Cork and Kerry, which due to emigration is also common in Australia, North America and The UK. Corp., VA Petro Plastics Co. Inc., NJ Plastic Manufacturers Inc., PA Plastic Suppliers, Inc., OH (D) PolyOne Corp., GA * PolyOne Corp., Plastic Compounds & Colors, OH PolyOne Corp., IL PolyReps Inc., NC PVC Compounders Inc., IN RCV RCV Receive RCV Ranked Choice Voting RCV Replacement Cost Value RCV Refuse Collection Vehicle RCV Revolve RCV Roll Call Vote RCV Red Cell Volume RCV Reference Change Value RCV Remotely Controlled Vehicle RCV Robotic Combat Vehicle RCV Recent Change and Verify Industries, CA * Rimtec Corp., Riken Vinyl Industries/ Mitsubishi Corp., NJ E.S. Robbins Rob·bins , Frederick Chapman 1916-2003. American microbiologist. He shared a 1954 Nobel Prize for work on the cultivation of the polio virus. Corp., AL Rondy & Co., Inc., OH Roscom, Inc., PA Rowland Technologies, Inc., CT Royalite Thermoplastics Div., Uniroyal Technology Corp., IN W.J. Ruscoe Co., Coatings Div., OH (D) A. Schulman, Inc., OH Shuman Plastics, Inc., NY (D) Sumitomo Plastics America, Inc., CA Sylvin Technologies Inc., PA Synergistics Industries Inc., TX * Teknor Apex Co., Vinyl Div., RI Vi-Chem Corp., MI VPI, LLC, WI PVC Rigid This article is about mathematics. For the materials sense, see Stiffness. In mathematics, suppose C is a collection of mathematical objects (for instance sets or functions). Compounds Able Plastics, GA Advanced Dynamics Corp., Specialty Compounds Div., TX AIN Plastics, Inc., A subsidiary of Thyssen N A., NY (D) Allied Plastics Supply Corp., NY * AlphaGary Corp., NC * AlphaGary Corp., MA Bayshore Vinyl Compounds, Inc., NJ Berliner Plastics Inc., NY (D) Brenntag Canada Inc., ON CCC Plastics, Ltd., ON (D) Chase Plastic Services, Inc., MI (D) Chisso America, Inc., NY (D) * Colorite Polymers Div., Pure Tech International, NJ Conex of Georgia, GA Custom Chemicals Corp., NJ Debco Plastics, Inc., NY Decorative Surfaces International, IL * Denki Corp., NY Exotic Automation & Supply, MI Ex-Tech Plastics, Inc., IL Federal Plastics Corp., NJ (D) Fiberlux, Inc., NY (D) Gardiner Plastics, Inc., NY (D) Gehr Plastics Inc., PA General Polymers Div., Ashland Distribution Co., OH (D) * Georgia Gulf Chemicals & Vinyls LLC, Compound Div., GA Hatner Industries, Inc., CT Howard industries, Inc., OH K-Bin Inc., Sub. of Shintech Inc., TX * Keysor-Century Corp., CA Kings Specialty Co., Div. of Kings Film & Sheet, Inc., NY Klockner Pentaplast of America, Inc., VA Lanier Color Co., GA Lynn Plastics Corp., MA Marchem Dublon Inc., NJ Ronald Mark Associates, NJ (D) Mereco Products Div., Metachem Resins Corp., RI Mitsui Plastics, Inc., NY (D) MPH Enterprises, CA (D) H. Muehistein & Co., Inc., CT (D) * Novatec Plastics Corp., A PVC Container Co., NJ Osterman & Co. Inc., Prime Polymers Div., CT (D) Petro Plastics Co. Inc., NJ * PolyOne Corp., Plastic Compounds & Colors, OH PolyOne Corp., IL PolyOne Corp., GA PolyReps Inc., NC * Rimtec Corp., Riken Vinyl Industries/ Mitsubishi Corp., NJ Rondy & Co., Inc., OH Roscom, Inc., PA Royalite Thermoplastics Div., Uniroyal Technology Corp., IN * A. Schulman, Inc., OH Shintech, Inc., TX Shuman Plastics, Inc., NY (D) Sumitomo Plastics America, Inc., CA Synergistics Industries Inc., TX Teknor Apex Co., Vinyl Div., RI VPI-Mirrex LLC, DE Vi-Chem Corp., MI PVC Plastisols, Organosols Abatron, Inc., WI Coating Systems, NH Coatings Resource Corp., CA (D) Custom Chemicals Corp., NJ Dennis Dennis is a male first name derived from the Greco-Roman name Dionysius meaning "servant of Dionysus", the Thracian god of wine, which is ultimately derived from the Greek Dios (Διος, "of Zeus") combined with Nysos or Nysa (Νυσα), where the Chemical Co., MO Exotic Automation & Supply, MI Gaska Tape Inc., IN W.R. Grace & Co., Dewey & Almy Chemical Div., MA Hafner Industries, Inc., CT Lakeside Plastics Inc., WI Loes Enterprises, Inc., MN MarChem Corp., Sub. of Dash Multi-Corp., MO Marchem Dublon Inc., NJ Mereco Products Div., Metachem Resins Corp., RI H. Muehlstein & Co., Inc., CT (D) PolyOne Corp., Plastic Compounds & Colors, OH PolyOne Corp., Formulator Group, WI RCV Industries, CA Renosol Corp., MI PVDC PVDC Poly-Vinylidene Dichloride Coating Grades Dow Chemical Co., MI Klockner Pentaplast of America, Inc., VA Rohm and Haas Co., Adhesives & Sealants, IL (D) PVDC Extrusion Molding Grades Dow Chemical Co., MI General Polymers Div., Ashland Distribution Co., OH (D) Boldface See boldface font. denotes display advertisers; bullet (*) indicates specifications in appropriate sections; 'D' = distributor; 'C' = compounder: 'S' = sheet; 'F' = film; 'R' = rod and tube. |
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