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June 12, 2008
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Our team has been busy working on improvements to Prospector - some of these are hightlighted below in this issue. Two improvements worth noting - you can compare up to 5 materials side by side in the datasheet view and you can create PDF datasheets on the fly without having to send them to yourself. Learn more.

If you have suggestions on how we can make Prospector better for you, now's the time to let us know your thoughts.

In this issue:

- The IDES Team

Introducing Custom Prospector

Custom Prospector

Did you know that you can customize Prospector? IDES has developed a series of custom modules that allow you to combine the power of Prospector’s search and datasheets with your company-specific data to reach your business goals.

Whether you are an OEM, Molder, Supplier or Distributor, our custom modules will help you share business-critical information to reduce cost, find the right material faster, and serve your customers better.

To learn more about Prospector’s Custom Modules contact Melissa or Josh at 800-788-4668 or 307-742-9227:

Quick Search Gets a Boost, IDES.com Results See Improvements

Prospector Quick Search

Quick Search Gets a Boost
A new feature has been added to the Quick Search toolbar in Prospector that is designed to make your searches even more efficient and effective. Now when you search for materials that are not directly found within our database, a list of suggestions will be provided to prevent you from getting stuck at a dead end.

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IDES.com Results See Improvements
Did you know that we provide a search engine like Google, but we only include plastics-related websites?

It can be an exceptionally handy research tool and recently we added related links that quickly connect you with datasheets, articles, marketplace listings, descriptions and more.

Try our 'Nylon' search today!

PS - Here's how to list your company in our search engine.

 Nylon Results

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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Plastics Marketplace Update!

The Plastics Marketplace™ now has more than 5 million pounds of plastic available for purchase.

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
65-001 PSU Solvay Udel P-1700 NT-11 Repro Plain Packaging Natural no 5000 4.25 Cincinnati OH
65-002 PSU Solvay Udel P-1700 NT-11 Regrind Plain Boxes Natural no 5000 2.5 Cincinnati OH
65-003 PBT Valox 310SEO Virgin Plain Boxes Gray no 2500 0.85 Cincinnati OH
65-004 PBT Celanex 4300 - 30%GF IM Prime Original Bags Black no 3700 1.5 Chicago IL
65-005 PBT Celanex 6500 30%GF/MF Prime Original Gaylords Black no 3400 0.75 Chicago IL
65-006 PBT Celanex 6407 30%GF/MF Prime Original Gaylords Gray no 5000 0.6 Chicago IL
65-011 PEI Ultem 2400 - 40%GF Regrind Plain Boxes Black no 2000 0.9 Vernon CA
65-012 PEI Ultem 2300 - 30%GF Regrind Plain Boxes Natural no 5700 1.35 Vernon CA
67-66378905 PPS Ryton R-10-110  Virgin Original Gaylords Black No 50000 2 El Paso TX
68-003 ABS 5 melt 3 izod Repro Plain Boxes Black no 20000 0.65 Marietta GA
69-01145100 PP RTP150 S-30915 FR Virgin Original Bags Sand No 958 5.46 Mountain WI
69-02095300 Concentrate AB82709612 Concentrate for Nylon Virgin Original Gaylords Maple No 984 4 Mountain WI

Plastics Webinars & Training

Topic Date Time (EST) Presented by
BASF Plastic Material Options June 19 2 pm Inga Balke, BASF
Advanced User Training for Prospector June 20 3:30 pm Melissa Jones, IDES
Advanced User Training for Prospector June 27 11 am Melissa Jones, IDES
State of the Plastic Resin Market - 2nd Quarter July 17 11 am Townsend Polymer Services & Information

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