Articles from Plastics Technology (September 1, 2008)

Title	Author	Type	Words
A Schulman to boost concentrate capacity.			168
All-electric presses with rotary tables.			102
Auto parts output will resume uptrend in '09.	Wood, Bill		604
Barrier-coated PET for wine & beer.			117
Better ways to buy, use, and maintain auxiliaries.			74
Brazil's Romi acquires Sandretto.			52
Collision sensors protect robots, molds & parts.			92
Colorants for medical-grade polyolefins.			122
Corrosion-resistant SMC for wastewater components.			78
Datebook.		Calendar	351
Don't wind wrinkles into your film.	Roisum, David		1424
Dyeing systems colors sheet or film.			232
Foam retrofit for lightweighting profiles.			241
Glow-in-the-dark colors for outdoor use.			132
Heated gate cutters trim more cleanly.			95
Heavy-duty flatbed screen printer.			92
High-end take-out robots gets an upgrade.			82
High-heat epoxy for filament winding.			63
How IML 'cuts the mustard' in Germany.	Knights, Mikell		536
Husky to de-emphasize large-tonnage machines.			121
Industrial CT scanning speeds mold qualification.	Legacy, Kevin		1712
Investing in planet-friendly packaging: Clear Lam Packaging Inc. is a mid-sized, family-owned packaging company with an enviable growth rate of over 20%/yr, unusual at a time when many mid-sized packaging companies are being bought out and disappearing. The secret, Clear Lam believes, has been its aggressive investment in R&D.	Schut, Jan H.	Company overview	468
Lab mixer modified for nano additives.			108
Lenses are focus for new all-electrics.			185
Looking for another way to compete?	Naitove, Matt		398
Low-heat-release PC for aircraft.			135
Mold release for vinyl ester parts.			45
Multi-function sleever for small containers.			87
New foam molding process in development.			270
New life for compounding immiscible polymer blends.			167
New light on how to optimize properties of microcellular foams.	Naitove, Matthew H.		993
New LSRs boast softness, antimicrobial protection.			161
New TPO sheet is stiff & ductile.			114
NIR spot-checks thickness of super-thin films.			179
Part/runner separator is quickly convertible.			105
Plastic pallets gain ground in an eco-conscious world.	Grande, Joseph A.	Cover story	3618
PPO/nylon 'closes gap' for auto body panels.			106
Retrofit controller for Demag HT machines.			67
Servo-driven mixhead uses ceramic valves.			224
Solvay adds PEEK capacity.			46
Some air goes out of high-flying resin prices.	Sherman, Lilli Manolis; Schut, Jan H.; Block, Debbie Galante		2372
Sprue picker lets you program it your way.			151
Stiff, tough, clear PPs shine in oriented bottles.			132
Thermally conductive compounds for electronics.			103
Tighter tolerances for big bubbles.			236
TPEs replace thermosets in medical stoppers.			148
Ultrasonic unit offers fast weld operation.			136
Upgraded color-match software.			124
UV absorber concentrate adds less yellow to PET.			62
What toolroom maintenance supervisors need to know.	Johnson, Steve		1498
Why plastic flows better in aluminum molds.			253