Articles

• Gloucester to 'WOW' with NPE sneak preview
  Speaking last month at the Chinaplas show in Guangzhou, Mark VanBuskirk, vice chairman at film extrusion unit manufacturer Gloucester Engineering (Booth S32000), told us about a new technology his company intends to debut at NPE2009 dubbed the WOW (With-or-Without) Winder.


• You can’t keep a good compounder down
  In tough times when many processors are putting equipment investments on ice until the light at the end of the tunnel appears, specialty vinyl compounder Dugdale (Sowerby Bridge, U.K.) has decided to buck the trend.


• NPEs past and present
  Almost every history professor will tell you that changes come in cycles, whether it’s war, industrial development, or the economic climate. Since the first NPE was held in 1946, there have been massive changes in the technology on display and the interests of the attendees, but through good times and harder times, the show has continued to be a venue for education and innovation.


• PolyOne to promote sustainable solutions
  At NPE 2009, PolyOne (Cleveland, OH; Booth 113021) plans to highlight how its compounds are making a significant impact in applications for alternative energy, telecommunications, consumer, toys, transportation, wood-plastic composites and other key industries.


• Mixing and blending your way out of this tight economy
  As it watched economic conditions deteriorating last year, especially within the plastics processing sectors, auxiliary equipment maker TSM Control Systems (Alpharetta, GA; Booth N85027) focused its development work on reducing its customers’ costs to help them maintain the stability they need to get through these tough times.


• 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 June 2, 2009. Rates are from June 21-26. Our source is travelocity.com.