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PTT Poly Canada Announces PTT Polymer Price Increase.


MONTREAL -- PTT (1) (Postal, Telegraph & Telephone) The governmental agency responsible for combined postal, telegraph and telephone services in many European countries.

(2) See push-to-talk.

PTT - Post, Telephone and Telegraph administration
 Poly Canada announces that it is raising the price of PTT polymer (polytrimethylene terephthalate) by 6 cents/pound in North America effective August 1. The increase is due to continued escalation in the cost of raw materials, energy, and transportation.

PTT polymer is marketed globally under the trade name CORTERRA(R) Polymers and is typically used in carpet, textile and engineering 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.  applications.

Editor's note: PTT Poly Canada is a 50/50 joint venture between Shell Chemicals Canada Ltd and Societe generale de financement du Quebec (SGF SGF Svenska Golfförbundet (Swedish Golf Federation)
SGF Société Générale de Financement (Quebec, Canada)
SGF Smart Game Format
SGF Simulated Gastric Fluid
) and is the world's first commercial-scale manufacturer of polytrimethylene terephthalate (PTT), marketed around the world as CORTERRA(R) Polymers. The plant is located in the industrial zone of Montreal and has a production capacity of 95,000 metric tonnes (300 TPD TPD Tons Per Day
TPD Therapeutic Products Directorate
TPD Total and Permanent Disablement (insurance)
TPD Temperature Programmed Desorption
TPD Temporary Partial Disability (insurance) 
) of polymer.
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