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5 News Aurora Plastics buys Elastocon TPE Technologies, EU “legacy” use of DEHP upheld, Eastman investing in chemical recycling, UBE Corporation buys stake in Spain’s Repol, oxo-degradable lobby hits out at EU Single Use Packaging directive.
17 Compatibilisers: Making the mix work Whether reprocessing mixed waste or creating tailored high performance alloys, compatibilisers could be the enabling technology. Peter Mapleston reports.
29 Compounding operations get smarter New data acquisition and management tools – and the principles of Industry 4.0 – are leading to smarter production systems, writes Peter Mapleston.
43 Cables: Wired for performance Application-specific formulations and the need to achieve higher production volumes without losing flexibility are key challenges for cable compounders. Mark Holmes finds out more.
55 Looking ahead to Chinaplas 2019 The Chinaplas exhibition returns to Guangzhou this year and is expected to draw in some 180,000 visitors. We look at some of the innovations for compounders.
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65 Getting heavy with plastics Plastics are typically light but there are applications where more weight can be desirable. Mark Holmes looks at developments in high density compounds.
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