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Many of the companies showcased in this issue's newsletter will be at NPE in Chicago next week. If you plan to attend the event, you can pre-register here as our guest.

We'll be in the West Hall, Booth #128031 so stop by and say 'hello!'

See you in Chicago!

- The IDES Team


New & Improved Dyna-Purge® X
Designed for Purging Profile, Sheet, Cast Film & Compounding Machines

Dyna-Purge, the leading supplier of commercial purging compounds, will be unveiling its New & Improved Dyna-Purge® X at the upcoming NPE 2009 show. New Dyna-Purge® X has an advanced formulation that offers dual action scrubbing for cleaning the toughest areas. In addition to purging profile and sheet extrusion, Dyna-Purge® X can be used for cast film and compounding.

If you're attending NPE, make sure to stop by their booth, South Hall #S17110, or to learn more online about New Dyna-Purge® X, click one of the following links:

New & Improved Dyna-Purge® X


Premium Melting Specialty Metals

Do you specify metal alloys for applications requiring improved fatigue resistance and fracture toughness? If so, download this primer on premium melting from an experienced alloy developer and manufacturer. Carpenter Technology Corporation recently completed a two-year, $100+ million expansion of its premium melting facilities.

Download your copy today!

If tooling is your game, Carpenter Powder Products manufactures tool and die steels from wrought and powder metallurgy alloys. Visit booth #S1017 at NPE in Chicago.

Research hundreds of alloys and articles on Carpenter’s free, searchable technical information database.

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Maximize Toolroom Efficiency: Cost-Saving Mold Cleaning Strategies
Moldmaking Expo (Session 22) Thursday, June 25 at 9:45am

How much time and money did you spend cleaning your molds last year versus important bench-related repair activities like tooling replacement, fitting, reworking, polishing and other corrective action tasks? In most cases, the time required just to clean molds makes up anywhere from 50 to 75 percent of the time a mold spends in the shop. Does your mold maintenance program support your organization's lean manufacturing processes?

This seminar will cover what you need to know about improving efficiencies in mold cleaning to minimize labor, down time, tooling damage, and resultant scrap. In addition, it will focus on best practices of these environmentally-responsible methods for cleaning molds and components as well as data analysis that can save your shop thousands-and quite possibly hundreds of thousands-of dollars in labor, scrap, and rework costs.

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Visit Cold Jet at NPE, Booth #W98020

Maximize Toolroom Efficiency: Cost-Saving Mold Cleaning Strategies


Webinar: Vistamaxx™ Specialty Elastomers
Thursday, June 18, 2009 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM EDT

This webinar presented by ExxonMobil Chemical will discuss using Vistamaxx™ specialty elastomers for a new range of possibilities in polymer modification and compounding by expanding the polyolefin performance window.

Vistamaxx™ specialty elastomers are playing an important role in offering compounders and OEMs the ability to add value by providing improved durability, aesthetics, flexibility, and versatility as a blend partner with polypropylene (PP) and other polymers.

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Vistamaxx™ Specialty Elastomers


NPE Seminar: Optimizing Your Website for Google & Your Visitors
Tuesday, June 23 at 10:30 am

As more information becomes available on the Web and usage rates soar, the Internet is quickly becoming an important vehicle to market your company’s products and services to the quickly growing audience of Internet users in the Plastics Industry. It is also becoming increasingly difficult to break through the clutter and reach the top of the heap.

In this session, Nathan Potter will talk about how you and your organization can use search engine optimization techniques to improve your site’s organic/natural placement within Google™, Yahoo® and Microsoft®, how to run an effective keyword pay per click advertising campaign, and how to turn those clicks into high quality leads.

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Optimizing Your Website for Google & Your Visitors


Extrusion at NPE 2009
Tuesday, July 7, 2009 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM EDT

A review of what's new in extrusion at the National Plastics Exhibition in Chicago presented by Allan L. Griff, Consulting Engineer.

The first half of this talk will cover topics common to all extrusion including drive systems, screws and barrels, heating and cooling, and auxiliaries such as screeners, mixers and gear pumps.

The second half will cover developments for specific end products such as dies and downstream equipment.  Allan will share pictures taken at the show and will focus on things that are practical and useful to today's industry.

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The Plastics Marketplace™ Updates

Did you know that you can receive an email that will alert you to the latest additions to the marketplace? It takes just seconds to sign up and best of all, it’s free! Sign up for the alerts.

You can also list materials that you have available. These resins can be prime, reprocessed, regrind, widespec or scrap. We have a number of suppliers and compounders of prime material that have had success in moving their inventory. It is fast, easy and also free of charge. Learn how to submit your materials.

Recent listings in the Marketplace include:

Item # Family Description Form lbs $/lb
125-305 ABS   REPRO
132,276
$0.49
117-1891 ABS 3.5 Izod medium gloss from remote control hsg REGRIND
40,000
$0.39
7-1897 ABS Inj.Grd. Hi Gloss - Segregated Yellow & Purple REGRIND
50,000
$0.45
39-1900 ABS high impact injection grade - sample available REGRIND
40,000
$0.52
117-1893 Acetal (POM) Homopolymer Delrin 100T REGRIND
40,000
$0.43
117-1894 Nylon 6 zytel 73G30 HSL bk716 mixed regrind  REGRIND
40,000
$0.45
7-1895 Nylon 6 Chemlon 253 NT001 PRIME
2,149
$1.04
117-1892 Nylon 6 Toray CM 1026 mixed regrind Nylon 6 unfilled REGRIND
40,000
$0.45
39-1902 PBT 30%GF FR - 94-VO injection grade Celanex 3310-2 REGRIND
6,500
$0.70
7-1898 PC Naxell 110MH PRIME
1,632
$1.35
7-1896 PC Naxell PC110 20G 20%GF PRIME
1,624
$1.35
39-1901 PS (HIPS) Injection grade REGRIND
40,000
$0.40
7-1899 PVC, Rigid G.Gulf 9175J Clear38 PRIME
3,600
$0.61
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Plastics Webinars & Training

Topic Date (EDT) / GMT -4 Presented by
Vistamaxx™ Specialty Elastomers for Polymer Modification and Compounding June 18 2:00 pm ExxonMobil Chemical
Introduction to Prospector June 19 11:00 am Ann Redgate, IDES
Introduction to Prospector June 19 3:30 pm Ann Redgate, IDES
Introduction to Prospector June 26 11:00 am Ann Redgate, IDES
Extrusion at NPE 2009 July 7 11:00 am Allan Griff
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