Plastics Caps + Closures: A Global Online Event is a must-attend virtual event for any company involved in the production of plastic caps, closures and rigid plastic packaging.

The conference, organized by Plastics News and Sustainable Plastics and held Sept. 18, 2024, will bring together industry leaders for penetrating discussions on key trends, issues, opportunities and other critical areas of engagement. 

In today's manufacturing landscape, we are often tasked with doing more with less. We rely on a combination of factors to mold smaller parts with greater precision to satisfy growing demands and higher production levels – all within a smaller space.

In this context polycarbonate has become a popular material for modern products and injection molding applications. Manufacturers and designers increasingly select polycarbonate for its high impact resistance, stiffness, optical clarity, light weight, and dimensional stability.

Because polycarbonate is an engineering resin, it requires more care and attention in processing than commodity resins. How are leading manufacturers leveraging polycarbonate and skill base to meet their production and business objectives?

Join our webinar to learn:

• The properties that make polycarbonate an attractive choice for material selection
• Considerations for part design
• Best practices for processing equipment and functionality, from pellet to final part
• How to troubleshoot defects
• Case studies and examples of success using polycarbonate

Discover how using INVISTA’s Mobius™ Advanced Polymer feedstock resins and copolymer blends can boost fire-resistant, electrical, thermal and mechanical properties to meet increasing demands in automotive and electrical applications.

After introducing the nylon polymer business of INVISTA, the first part of this webinar will introduce INVISTA’s Mobius™ CT Series of PA 66/6T copolymer resins and demonstrate how these resins can enable compounding partners to achieve a combination of UL 94 V-0, CTI ≥ 600 V and GWIT > 775°C with lower flame-retardant loadings. The second part of the webinar will demonstrate how further reductions in flame-retardant loadings can be achieved, alongside mechanical and heat ageing benefits, when INVISTA’s PA 66/6T resins are combined with the commercially available amorphous semi-aromatic polyamide, PA 6I/6T.

The UN plastics treaty talks are coming to a close, and the agreement seems certain to have big long-term impacts on the global plastics industry, especially resin production, single-use plastics makers and recyclers. In this PN Live, we’ll talk about the players, their positions, what’s likely to happen and on what timeline.

Some say the ambitious treaty could mirror global climate talks and kick off a 20-year-plus global debate on plastic pollution and chemical health. Can the agreement hit ambitious targets some want, and how can companies prepare?

Kate Bailey Chief Policy Officer The Association of Plastic Recyclers (APR)	Stewart Harris Managing Director, Global Affairs American Chemistry Council	Patrick Krieger Vice President, Sustainability Plastics Industry Association	Steve Toloken Assistant Managing Editor (Moderator) Plastics News