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July 31, 2014 6:00 am ETAlso, we visit Nicolet Plastics which is using a unique employee structure, and Washington D.C. bans polystyrene.
Also, we visit Nicolet Plastics which is using a unique employee structure, and Washington D.C. bans polystyrene.
Also this week, a study takes a look plastic at the ocean surface and comes away with a surprise finding, and new materials capacity announced.
Michigan replacing steel with carbon fiber to reinforce concrete on a bridge and we talk economics with Bill Wood.
Plus, changes in PET bottle resin price, PolyOne closing facilities and CCP Composites gets bought.
3-D printers might just be coming to your local hardware store, OYO Sportstoys brings production of its plastic sports figures to the United States and the new Airbus is getting an aerodynamic lift from composite plastic.
This week, we head inside the world's largest purchaser and end-user of scrap polystyrene, break down the change in the ownership mix of Mexican materials firm Polioles and more materials capacity in Belgium and Argentina.
We also chat with an analyst who says that the pouch market is on the rise and Wal-Mart searches for American-built products.
Solid polystyrene prices fall and a liquid colorants producer looks to expand in Tennessee, all this week on Material Insights.
A Dutch automaker introduces a new plastic sports car, a celebrity chef joins the Plastics Makes It Possible campaign and a university breaks ground on an innovation center.
Both in the United States and abroad, firms announced expansions in the specialty plastics market. Plus, a bittersweet sale in the bioplastics industry.
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