The medical sector is the fourth largest consumer of plastics after packaging, construction, and automotive sectors. It has a relatively high growth rate (8% per year). The growth is in part due to our long life expectancy but also because of new...

Transparent plastics are certainly not new to packaging applications, and their use has continued to grow, as designers take advantage of clarity as yet another tool to differentiate their packaged goods. At the same time, use of clarified...

The Electrical/Electronics (E/E) end-use market is the world's 3rd largest plastics sector behind packaging and building/construction. Apart from mechanical properties, the electrical behavior of plastics is a vital factor when using these materials...

This article describes the effect of pro-degradant additives on degradation behavior of PP films. The effect of natural exposure and heating of PP films in the presence or absence of additives were investigated. The apparent density value of PP film...

Hyperbranched polyethers were blended with LDPE and flexible PVC to improve their flame retardant properties. The flame retardancy of blends at different dose levels of the hyperbranched polyether with those of linear polymers was...

To reduce the moisture absorption of wood-fiber-reinforced PP (WFR-PP), a coupling agent (KH550), methyl methacrylate (MMA), and maleic anhydride (MA) were used to modify the wood fibers. The surface-treated wood fibers were mixed with recycled PP...