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Lab System Targets Large Part, Process Development for Combo Injection

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“We anticipate that post-consumer carpet will be one of several waste product types that we will ultimately use as raw material for our processes. Our processes are robust and enable use of a wide range of plastic waste materials.”

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“This is a problematic material for our landfills since it is heavy and bulky, and is currently designed primarily for durability, not recycling,” he says. “Polyester is a growing fraction of the waste carpet stream, but end markets for the material primarily center around nylon.”

While the major correction in PP prices was finally underway, generally stable pricing was anticipated for the other four commodity resins.

“The world needs a solution to the plastic waste problem, and we are confident we can be part of the solution. Our long history of technical expertise in chemical processes and polymer science positions us to provide innovative solutions to some of the world’s most complex problems, including the growing challenges of waste plastic in our environment,” he says. “We are also committed to working across the value chain to create real and actionable solutions towards a true circular economy. We believe that sustainable solutions to plastic waste are in reach and we are determined to play our part in the world’s collective response.”

Second quarter started with price hikes in PE and the four volume engineering resins, but relatively stable pricing was largely expected by the quarter’s end.