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Today we've listed 33 new grades for sale through The Plastics Marketplace™ including several prime, virgin, regrind and scrap plastics. If you have materials that you'd like to sell, visit this page for more information.

In this issue:

- The IDES Team


How to Squeeze Every Second of Production Out of Your Mold

Slide Products

There's a routine you can change to help squeeze more production time out of your mold. Change your rust preventive. A dry rust preventive allows for fast, clean startups when the mold is put into production.

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Webinars Becoming a Good Alternative to Travel

Webinars

Because traveling is time consuming and becoming more expensive, webinars are catching on as a cost-effective way to learn new things from the comfort of your office.

Most educational webinars are complimentary and last between 30-60 minutes. Attending is easy - all you need is your phone and a computer connected to the Internet.

For a complete list of upcoming webinars you might like to attend, we invite you to visit our webinars page.


Best Polymer Books 2008

Best Polymer Books 2008

We've compiled a list of the most popular polymer books purchased during 2008 through The Plastics Store™. Again, the Pocket Specs books rounded out as many of the top favorites.

The most popular item was the Troubleshooting FlipChart for Injection Molding.

The list also features 20 top free articles covering topics about designing and processing with plastic materials.

Here are the best polymer books of 2008.


The Plastics Marketplace™

Todays listings in the Marketplace include:

Family Description Form lbs $/lb
ABS Clean 1/2" ABS fr regrind - continuing supply - 2 izod Regrind 40000 0.43
ABS Clean 1/2" ABS regrind - continuing supply - 2 + izod Regrind 40000 0.43
ABS prime Dow 9020, 50% Long Glass Fiber pellets prime 20000 0.35
Acetal Celcon M25 Regrind 38000 0.42
Nylon 6 Sabic LNP Thermocomp PF008QS, 40%GF, HS, orig boxes prime 36000 0.75
Nylon 6 pellets, unfilled, reprocessed repro 44000 0.82
PBT PBT 20%GF Regrind 40000 0.25
PBT PBT 20%GF Repro 40000 0.47
PC+ABS regrind, Cycoloy MC8002, 12mi/12izod regrind 42000 0.41
PE,HDPE Washed Clean Regrind HMWPE from Drum Fractional Melt 0.4 to 0.8 Regrind 120000 0.35
PE,HDPE regrind,6mi/.960 density, crate regrind, injection grade regrind 32000 0.31
PE,HDPE regrind, 4mi/.950 density, injection pallet regrind regrind 42000 0.29
PE,HDPE scrap, HMW film and purge scrap, no print, loose loaded, 1tl scrap 33000 0.19
PE,HDPE Dow DMDA 6200, .38mi/.953, blow mold grade, orig. bags prime 41998 0.39
PE,HDPE Ineos B530-35H-011, .35mi/.955, blow mold grade, orig bags prime 32628 0.39
PE,LDPE 2mi/.920 density film grade virgin 25000 0.39
PE,LLDPE Exxon Exceed 1018CA,barefoot, 1mi, orig bags, Metallocene prime 31755 0.39
PE,LLDPE Exxon Exceed 1018FA, slip/antiblock,1mi, orig bags prime 31500 0.39
PE,LLDPE Exxon Enable 2010CH,barefoot, 1mi, orig bags, Metallocene prime 31500 0.39
PEI Ultem 2310  Virgin 1400 2.50
PEI Ultem 2310  Virgin 1000 2.00
PET PET Flakes 80% PET Scrap 440924 0.07
PP Wide Spec, 80-84 Melt Virgin 40000 0.39
PP homo, rafia grade, Ineos H03W-00, 3.5mi, 25kg bags prime 52500 0.36
PS,GPPS injection grade from cases mixed color Regrind 40000 0.25
PS,HIPS Clean 1/2" HIPS fr regrind - continuing supply Regrind 120000 0.43
PS,HIPS Clean 1/2" HIPS  regrind - continuing supply Regrind 40000 0.43
PVC flexible 3M sheet on rolls, 75A durometer scrap 44000 0.25
PVC flexible regrind, 65 Shore A  regrind 21000 0.35
PVC rigid Geon L8230, transparent yellow tint, extrusion grade, orig boxes prime 25000 0.35
PVC rigid window profile, extrusion grade, regrind regrind 41000 0.35
TPO Basell Hifax CA387, 18mi, 21izod, orig boxes prime 14000 0.35
Various grades segregated pellets and regrind, PE,PS,ABS,Nylon,Noryl,PET,PP prime 80000 0.15
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