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Prospector Resin Blend
June 4, 2008
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We're pleased to announce two complimentary web seminars introducing a new long glass fiber polyacetal and an event that will quickly bring you up to speed on the state of the plastic resin market. Also, Protomold® has a set of design tips. These complimentary articles can easily be downloaded as a bundle to help with your design applications. You might also like to read an excerpt on negotiating resin prices by Mike Kmetz, President of IDES.

In this issue:

- The IDES Team

Ticona Unveils Next Gen Impact Modified POM
Introducing New Hostaform® POM With 50% More Impact Resistance, 100% More Weldline Strength

Ticona Hostaform®

Florence, KY, May 30, 2008 - Ticona Engineering Polymers unveiled a next generation Hostaform® acetal copolymer (POM) at Chinaplas 2008 that significantly improves impact resistance and weldline strength - without sacrificing other key properties - when compared with conventional POM copolymers.

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Download PDF to learn more about the New Hostaform® POM

Complimentary Webinar! New Long Glass Fiber Polyacetal

Ticona - New Long Glass Fiber Polyacetal

Attend this complimentary WebSeminar to learn more about New LFT POM Performance Attributes and Potential Applications. Presented by Vinicius Mardegan, who holds degrees in Chemicals and Materials Engineering from Mackenzie University in Brazil and an MBA in Marketing Administration from FAAP in Brazil. He has more than eight years experience working with product and application development in the engineering thermoplastics market.

Thursday, June 19 at 11 am EST

Space is limited - Reserve your seat today!

Protomold® Design Tips - Compilation Volumes for Easy Use

Protomold Design Tips

Since its 2003 launch, Protomold's Design Tips monthly email newsletters have been a popular and useful resource for customers. Now, 48 issues are available in four handy, downloadable volumes. Each compilation volume features useful tips, advice, and guidelines on everything from selecting materials to designing injection molded parts efficiently and cost-effectively. Visit Protomold.com and catch up by downloading all four complimentary volumes today!

Protomold. Nobody’s Faster in the Short Run.®
www.protomold.com

Complimentary Webinar! Current State of the Plastic Resin Market
Thursday, July 17 at 11 am EST

State of the Plastic Resin Market

Jerry Fordyce, editor of Townsend’s Plastic Market Monthly (PMM), will present a Webinar on Thursday, July 17, at 11 a.m. US Eastern Time to discuss the current state of the plastic resin market.

The Webinar will focus on current price levels, recap events and pricing trends from the previous quarter, and provide a general outlook for the upcoming quarter. The PMM is the industry’s most trusted and stable pricing service, deriving pricing benchmarks from real transactions made by plastic processors.  The PMM provides detailed pricing on PE, PP, PS, PVC and PET resins each month as well as inventory levels among resin processors, short-term demand, feedstock pricing and more.  

The presentation will draw information from the most recent issue of the PMM and be followed by a Q&A session.

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Negotiating Resin Prices

One of the biggest challenges facing our industry is the ever increasing price of resin. As we all know, the lion’s share of plastics are derived from feedstocks based on oil and natural gas. These commodities continue to set price records and there is no end in sight. The trouble for the resin buyer is the lack of price transparency for most resin families. There is no public market with the exception of a few commoditiy plastics listed with the London Metals Exchange.

Over the years, I have taken hundreds of calls from our customers asking us to track resin price as part of our database. We have looked at this challenge from every angle and have not come up with a solution. Recently, a colleague passed along a short tidbit on a pricing situation for metals. It made me think that we could possibly put something similar together for plastics where we might empower the resin buyer with useful information for negotiating resin contracts. Have a look at the article and let us know what you think. We’d love to hear more on this topic.

- Mike Kmetz, IDES President

Plastics Marketplace Update!

Featured New Listings!
This is just a sample of the new listings. View the full listings here.

Item Family Description Form Package Color Certs lbs $/lb City State
60-001 TPU  TPU polyether & Polyester extrusion & injection Regrind Original Boxes Mixed yes 19000 0.75 Montreal Québec
61-001 PP Homo Wide spec, 12 Melt Homopolymer.  Packaged in 1,500lb super sacks.   Wide Spec Super Sacks Natural No 30000 0.74 Houston TX
62-002 ABS CYCOLAC MG38-BK Virgin Original Boxes Black Yes 1,100 $1.42 ARLINGTON TX
62-003 ABS CYCOLAC MG38-NAT. Virgin Original Boxes Natural Yes 1,100 $1.42 ARLINGTON TX
62-004 ABS CYCOLAC MG47-BK Virgin Original Boxes Black Yes 1,100 $1.42 ARLINGTON TX
62-005 ABS CYCOLAC MG47-NAT. Virgin Original Bags Natural Yes 1,100 $1.42 ARLINGTON TX
62-006 ABS CYCOLAC X37-1000 Virgin Original Boxes Natural Yes 1,100 $1.90 ARLINGTON TX
62-007 ABS CYCOLAC Z48-1000 Virgin Original Boxes Natural Yes 935 $1.90 ARLINGTON TX
62-008 PC LEXAN 500R-739 Virgin Original Boxes Black Yes 2,200 $2.51 ARLINGTON TX
62-009 ABS+PC BAYBLEND FR110-0000 Virgin Original Boxes Natural Yes 8,270 $2.09 ARLINGTON TX
62-010 PC LEXAN 920A-116 Virgin Original Bags Clear Yes 2,095 $2.39 ARLINGTON TX
63-001 PBT PBT 20%GF Regrind Plain Packaging Mixed No 40000 0.25 Mount Vernon OH
63-002 TPE Hytrel 8238 Virgin Original Bags Natural No 1800 1.35 No. Smithfield RI
63-003 PPA Amodel ET1000HS Virgin Original Bags Natural No 1900 1.25 No. Smithfield RI
63-004 PP Borealis BE50F4 FR Extrusion Grade Virgin Original Boxes Gray No 6600 0.43 No. Smithfield RI
63-005 ABS Cycolac GPM 4700 Virgin Original Boxes Natural No 1100 0.88 No. Smithfield RI
63-006 PP Borealis RA130E Extrusion Grade Virgin Original Bags White No 2600 0.42 No. Smithfield RI
63-007 PUR-Est/Eth Plastic, Estane 58810, Natural Virgin Original Bags Natural Yes 14627 2.5 Houston TX

Prospector Training

Topic Date Time (EST) Presented by
Introduction to Prospector Jun. 6 11 am Ann Redgate, IDES
Advanced User Training for Prospector Jun. 6 3:30 pm Melissa Jones, IDES
Introduction to Prospector Jun. 13 3:30 pm Ann Redgate, IDES
Introduction to Prospector Jun. 20 11 am Ann Redgate, IDES
Advanced User Training for Prospector Jun. 20 3:30 pm Melissa Jones, IDES

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