Polymer Resources works closely with customers to understand their material needs and industry requirements. The company also ensures that the product is optimized for its specific application, ...

With a focus on increasing its sustainability efforts, Polymer Resources has added new flame-retardant resins to its portfolio of high-quality engineering resins containing recycled content. The ...

The compounder says its new materials feature a reduced carbon footprint. Power tools, components for small appliances and switch plates are examples of applications that could be made with Polymer ...

Polymer Resources’ updated Rochester, New York, facility features increased grinding and shredding capacity for recycling plastic waste to support circularity and sustainability. Photo Credit: Polymer ...

The rise of the resins continued in April as tight supplies of materials continued to be a challenge for processors across North America. Regional selling prices for polyethylene, PVC, polystyrene and ...

A future when tough polymer resins and composites such as those found in wind turbine blades could be made entirely from plant-based, recyclable components just got a little closer. Researchers led by ...

TOKYO—Bridgestone Corp. has developed a material it's describing as the world's first polymer that bonds rubbers and resins on the molecular level. Named Susym—a combination of the words "sustain," ...

Polymers are composed of very large molecules formed by a combination of different monomers (smaller and simpler molecules), which can be natural or synthetic. Polymers are the basis of many ...

In April, European standard thermoplastic prices rose sharply once again following a further hike in monomer costs. Polyethylene settled in line with the higher ethylene cost while polypropylene ...

Bridgestone Corp. (Tokyo) reports that it has successfully developed what it calls the world’s first polymer to bond rubber and resins at the molecular level. The new polymer boasts unprecedented ...