Styron introduces eight new products

Materials maker Styron pulled back the curtain on eight new products at K 2010, with officials describing the new offerings as “game-changing technologies and new grades.”

The new products included:

• a high heat/high flow PC/ABS blend, a high flow/high module PC/PET/ABS blend and a high flow transparent polycarbonate, all for the TV enclosure market.

• the Inspire-brand at-press TPO system for auto parts.

• a next-generation environmental stress crack resistant grade of high-impact polystyrne for refrigerator liners.

• a customizable grade of Calibre-brand PC for LED lighting.

• a branched Calibre grade for clear sheet.

• CO2RE foaming technology for PS packaging.

“To do innovation well, you have to be attached to the market, so you can match it up with your technical ability,” President and CEO Chris Pappas said in an interview at K 2010. “It’s only through intimate relationships that you can drive technology quickly.”

Styron was formed earlier this year when Dow Chemical Co. sold its styrenics business to private equity firm Bain Capital for $1.6 billion. Styron had sales of $3.7 billion in 2009, with $2.2 billion coming from plastics.

The firm ranks as the world’s largest PS maker with a 14 percent market share, and is in the process of establishing a world headquarters in Berwyn, Pa.

Source: plasticsnews.com

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What should I do when using plastics?

Plastic is a part of our lives and will not be leaving anytime soon. Professor Fredrick S. vom Saal, a professor of biology at the University of Missouri, recommends using plastic items made with number 2 (high-density polyethylene) or 5 (polypropylene). When using the other plastics, follow these guidelines:

Recycle, do not reuse: Use the product only for what it was intended for. Do not reuse bottles or microwave trays if they were not made to be reused.

Keep the heat away from BPA: Do not warm bottles made with BPA in the stove or microwave, don\'t put boiling water in them, and do not place them in the dishwasher.

The key to using plastic safely is to use it as it is recommended

Source : Medicine Net

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Nuga: CentriCut granulators for plastics and rubber

NUGA AG plastic granulators, Balgach / Switzerland, ® its completely revamped product line of low-wear CentriCut cutting mills for grinding plastics and rubber, which are available as stand-alone as well as in-line systems. The wide range of plastics recycling plants start at the type 33r for small-and medium-sized parts, sprues and hollow body with a maximum throughput of 500 kg / h and ranges up to type 44slr kg with a maximum throughput of 2.500 / h.

One focal point at NUGA AG plastic granulators, the wear protection. To improve this, the company has taken its own wear-test facility in operation. The reaction to the findings in the production was possible for the life of the typical parts of CentriCut ® cutting machines could now be increased and the machines would also set the industry standard in this regard, the company announced. Users could benefit from a very low maintenance, long uptimes and a reduction in costs for the plastics and rubber recycling.

The new of NUGA AG plastic granulators developed machines for shredding rubber have successfully completed their trial period. They have the structural advantage of requiring no coolant, which enables significant cost savings in rubber recycling.

The Nuga AG plastic granulators has been building for over 20 years, granulators and accessories for the shredding of plastics that are used worldwide as a central mills, for secondary in two-stage crushing plants for all types of plastics and for specialized applications such as fine crushing of fibers and rubber. The company employs approximately 40 employees.

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