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17 Compounders: maintaining a competitive edge Few compounders today can afford to sacrifice plant efficiency or uptime. Peter Mapleston learns about some new tools designed to help maintain compounding equipment and passes on some practical maintenance tips.
31 The charge to conductive plastics New potential end markets such as electric vehicles and the growing penetration of electronics into everyday products and devices are opening opportunities for electrically conductive plastics, writes Jennifer Markarian.
39 Compatibilisers recycle the mix Returning recovered post-consumer waste plastics back into high value applications requires technologies capable of handling immiscible resin mixtures. Peter Mapleston looks at the latest additive introductions.
53 Purging compounds clean up Commonly used across the thermoplastics processing industry, purging compound manufacturers are now turning their attention to the compounding sector. Mark Holmes reports.
63 Recycling the best ideas Pressure is increasing on all in the plastics supply chain to improve recycling rates and add value to reclaimed materials, key topics to be addressed at the first Plastics Recycling Technology conference.
67 Polyamides lead innovation in ETPs Polyamides are at the focus of ETP developments at present with material producers offering tougher, higher temperature resistant and more easily processed options. Peter Mapleston finds out more.
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