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In this issue:

1. Birth of The Plastics Graveyard
2. X5's Keyword Search Survives Massive Surgery
3. Six Processors & Their Innovative Ways to Meet You
4. The Secret to Prospector's Data Sheet Growth

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Thermoplastics News
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Plastics Events Directory
Seminars, Tradeshows, Webinars

The Plastics Graveyard, a new report born April 13, 2006 (2:43 pm Mountain Time), offers a way to help you track down companies and products that have changed names. It also tracks companies and products that have, well - died (may they rest in peace).

And! We've been in the secret IDES operating room performing massive surgery on Prospector X5's Keyword Search. The surgery was an overwhelming success, even though we had to pull out a defibrillator twice to revive it. Login for a spin

Warmest wishes,
The IDES Prospector X5 Team

1. Birth of The Plastics Graveyard

The Plastics Graveyard is a report of company and product name changes, including extinct manufacturers/products
(may they rest in peace).

Visit The Plastics Graveyard

The Plastics Graveyard

2. X5's Keyword Search Survives Massive Surgery

The Keyword Search in X5 has become a popular way to search for plastics by keyword, but sometimes it was pretty picky about spelling and syntax. So, Keyword Search went under the knife and our surgeons are happy to report that they were able to make it much smarter for you.

Now try searching any portion of the material you're looking for (like grade number, product name, grade and product name) and Prospector will be able to find it for you:

Plastics Keyword Search in Prospector X5
(Screen Shot of New Keyword Search in Prospector X5)

Also, you'll notice that the search box is available on the home page of X5. By default, it searches Prospector X5 for data sheets, but now you can also search The Plastics Web®, our new website and vertical search engine that includes only plastics related content.

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3. Six Processors & Their Innovative Ways to Meet You

Last month we welcomed six companies that process plastics to our Processor Portal. Each of them provides unique and innovative ways to help you get to know them better:

Plastics Processor And Their Innovative Marketing
Hi-Tech Plastics A cool new website
Plastic Components Inc. Terry Bradshaw interviews PCI
Polymer Technology Corporation Video gallery of products/services
The Protomold Company Ask Professor Plastic
RLR Industries Lights up the Web with new website
Thermold Corporation 15 employees with 25+ years of experience

4. The Secret to Prospector's Data Sheet Growth

During the 1st Quarter of 2006, the data content team grew Prospector's list of data sheets to 61,591 grades. Quarter after quarter, they amaze us with the astounding rate of growth. How do they do it? Red Bull Energy Drink

This round, information was completely updated for Advanced Elastomer Systems (AES), DuPont Engineering Polymers, GE Plastics (North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific), RTP Company and Ticona Engineering Polymers. You Can View the Full Report Here

Note: IDES updates our materials database every two weeks, however if you are unable to locate a specific datasheet or plastics property value using Prospector, let us know and we'll track it down for you - often within 2 hours!

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