Products:

 

	GE's Lexan* Resin & LNP* Stat-Kon* Compound Help Deviver Productivity to Entgres Stream™  Line of Advanced Carrier Tapes (geplastics.com)
	Blow molding machinery features tandem blow process
	RTP Introduces NEW High Flow Conductive Compounds
	Prostst PRS 801 and PRS 812 Software Upgrades

 

Comparative Performance of Various ESD Plastic Products
Property	Product Type
	Coated Sheet	Antistatic	Carbon Filled	Inherently Disspative Alloy (IDP)
Physical Durability	A	BA	AA	AA
Cleanliness	A	BA	A	AA
Off Gassing / Out Gassing	BA	AA	BA	BA
Ionic NVR Generation	A	A	BA	BA
Injection Moldable	N	Y	Y	Y
Thermoform	Y	Y	Y	Y

Legend : BA : Below Average;      A : Average;         AA : Above Average          Y : Yes;          N : No

 

News:

	High Performance Resins and Compounds from GE Advanced Materials Help Entgres Enhance Semiconductor Yields (geplastics.com)
	Thermoforming Flexibility Drives Growth (PMA)
	How  P&G Buys Plastic (Modern Plastics)
	Pricing Update- Jan 2005
	Building Code Revised for Fire Sprinklers (Dec 2004)

 

  Companies:

	Gel-Pak Becomes Part of Delphon Industries (gelpak.com)
	Victrex strengthens its corporate and product branding

 

 

Events:

 

April 21 2005 ESDiscovery 2005

 

Jan 10-12 PLASTEC WEST-USA plastics and rubber exhbition...Website: CLICK HERE Canon Communications LLC Tel: +1 (310) 445 4200 Fax: +1 (310) 445 4299

 

Feb 1-3 Polyethylene 2005 Global Technology & Business Forum Zurich, Switzerland

 

Feb 2-4 MOLDING 2005 Conference New Orleans, USA

 

February 23-25 Global Plastics Environmental Conference Atlanta, USA

 

February 23-25 EXTRUMA International Trade Fair for the Extrusion Industry Frankfurt, Germany