Articles

• Design Competition: One-on-one with a tall, grimacing, rotomolded competitor
  Fast-breaking its way towards the International Plastics Design Competition at next month’s NPE is a new rotomolded product that, if all goes well, could help the next generation of basketball aficionados make it to the big leagues.


• An all-new barrier resin debuts
  Kureha America (Booth W119051) has chosen NPE to introduce its Kuredux polyglycolic acid (PGA) to the packaging market. A high- strength polyester, it provides carbon dioxide, oxygen and aroma barrier protection, and also offers controllable hydrolysis, resulting in its certification as a biodegradable/compostable plastic in the U.S., Europe, and Japan.


• Properties increase as layers do, but material required stays the same
  Extrusion Dies Industries LLC (Booth N85007) is promising NPE2009 visitors an innovation in flat extrusion-die systems that makes it possible to multiply key functional layers in cast film and sheet to improve properties without increasing overall thickness or raw material content.


• New equipment makes bottle, preform Q/A a snap
  For this year’s NPE, Agr International Inc. (Booth S16154), a supplier of process and quality management equipment for the plastic container industry, will unveil what it is calling a new line of vision-based products for both PET and polyolefin bottle processors.


• NPE offers ample opportunity to get your Q/A department up to snuff
  Sometimes overlooked on a processor’s roadmap to success is the importance of purchasing the right testing and measuring equipment, and training employees to use it.


• NPE2009 accommodations just got a little cheaper: Book by May 14
  Six days before the deadline for hotel reservations, the Society of the Plastics Industry (SPI; Washington, DC) secured lower rates from 39 of NPE2009’s 66 show hotels.


• Learning opportunities abound at Autodesk Moldflow’s NPE booth
  In addition to the hundreds of learning sessions at NPE2009, such as Antec and the Business of Plastics seminar, Autodesk Moldflow (Booth S10025) believes that you just can’t be too smart or too well-informed.


• Price of flight to Chicago: Advance purchase windows close soon
  If you're even thinking about attending NPE2009, a good start is to get to Chicago. We're keeping tabs on airfares for you. This list shows the cost (U.S. dollars) of a round-trip ticket from several major cities to Chicago's O'Hare International airport, as of May 12, 2009. Rates are from June 21-26. Our source is travelocity.com.