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In this issue:
Below you'll find two upcoming informational webinars that you won't want to miss! Also be sure to visit Cold Jet to see their new precision mold cleaning and product finishing system at NPE. In partnership with RTi, we're pleased to provide you with a free article about creating a resin buying plan. Read on to learn more! - The IDES Team Webinar: Inter-Material Bonding with TPEs
Webinar: Long Fiber Reinforced Thermoplastic Composites
Cold Jet to Introduce Precision Mold Cleaning & Product Finishing System at NPE 2009
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Does Your Business Have a Resin Plan?
With all of this market volatility it has never been more important to know that you’re paying the right price for resin every day. For most North American processors resin represents 50% or more of material costs. There isn’t a single money-saving move you can make that will have a greater impact on your company’s profitability. Does your business have a resin plan? Is it ongoing? Or, do you prepare a plan once a year and walk away? If you’ve been reluctant to create a consistent resin buying strategy -- it’s time to start. |
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Maximizing Profits in Injection Moulding Industry
Authoritative new book addresses budgeting and costing. The most authoritative book published to date on this subject, Budgeting, Costing, and Estimating for the Injection Moulding Industry addresses these topics head on and explains in detail all the stages involved from budgeting to final estimate. Read an excerpt here. As the key theme is maximizing profits through the control of costs, significant emphasis is placed on understanding costing and estimating models. This work, published by iSmithers Rapra Publishing, will be of considerable value to production and financial managers in the plastics industry. |
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3rd Bioplastics Market
21-22 May, 2009 - Guangzhou, China
CMT’s Bioplastics Conference has grown in size over the last 2 years to be one of the most authoritative bioplastics conference in Asia. In 2008, CMT has garnered 150 delegates of which 70% were from Asia, 15% from North/Latin America and 15% from Europe/ Middle East. Contact Ms. Reema Patnaik at +65 6346 9144. |
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The Plastics Marketplace™ Updates
This month, we we'd like to provide you with a quick update on our Marketplace. We continue to make progress on many fronts:
- There are more than 175 sellers that contribute plastic materials to the marketplace. We attract a half dozen new sellers in any given week, and we're seeing more molders using the site to move their regrind, etc.
- The marketplace sees between 1,000 and 2,000 visitors on any given day. Traffic continues to increase steadily.
- A few times per week we send an email alert to 3,000 recipients. These alerts are free of charge and contain the newest listings in the marketplace. You can signup for the email alerts here.
- We recently integrated marketplace listings into Prospector. Now, when you view any datasheet in Prospector, similar listings from the marketplace are shown.
- If you are interested in becoming a seller on the marketplace, click here for details.
You can also view recent listings here.
| Topic | Date | (EDT) / GMT -4 | Presented by |
| Feeding the Hopper: Materials for Extrusion | May 14 | 11:00 am | Allan Griff |
| Long Fiber Reinforced Thermoplastic Composites | May 20 | 2:00 pm | Karl Hoppe, RTP |
| Inter-Material Bonding with TPEs | May 28 | 2:00 pm | ExxonMobil |
| Extrusion at NPE 2009 | July 7 | 11:00 am | Allan Griff |
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