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In this issue, Ben Howe of IDES helps us get 'Back to the Basics' of plastic test standards. The article links to helpful ASTM, ISO & IEC property descriptions.
Also, we're including Spot Market pricing from The Plastics Exchange and Futures Market pricing from the London Metal Exchange.
Warmest wishes,
The IDES Prospector X5 Team
1. Plastic Test Standards - Back to Basics by Ben Howe, IDES.com
The most common test standards you’re most likely to encounter are ASTM, ISO, IEC, and UL standards. There are, of course, other organizations such as DIN, BS, NF, and JIS. A wide variety of other test standards dot the datasheet landscape. With so many different test standards appearing on datasheets it’s easy to get confused. If you find yourself in this situation, it’s time to step back for a moment and get back to basics.
Read the full article on Plastic Test Standards.
2. Plastics Search on IDES.com
Last week we released an updated version of our Vertical Plastics Search Engine. Now you can quickly search the plastics universe from any page on IDES.com and get the most relevant search results!
3. Resin Pricing Report (street, spot & futures)
A special thank you to all of our members who have been actively involved with submitting the price you've paid for resin. This ongoing effort is extremely important so that you can review a current report of actual prices paid for plastic material from the resin buyers' perspective.
In partnership with The Plastics Exchange and the London Metal Exchange, we're pleased to also provide you with:
4. Vote! What's missing from X5's data sheets?
Throughout February, we're collecting your suggestions on how we can improve Prosepector X5's data sheets. What things are missing that you'd like to see available from every data sheet in X5?
Take the 10-second questionnaire!
5. Complimentary Plastics Webinars
Yes... more IDES virtual seminars with Prospector Pro, and you won't want to miss out on these:
6. Thermoplastics Weekly Summary
Jim Best, a 30-year plastics industry veteran, works every day to collect news issues related to Thermoplastics and wraps it up into a useful and succinct weekly report.
Some of this week's Thermoplastics Weekly Summary topics include:
- Cycle time and energy usage are cut
- Much thermoplastics processing could be forced out of Europe
- Improved Tyvek®
- New high barrier polymer will be announced by year end or soon into 2007
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