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Prospector Resin Blend
June 25, 2008
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Our team has been busy working on improvements to Prospector - some of these are hightlighted below in this issue.

How can we make Prospector better for you? Let us know your suggestions!

In this issue:

- The IDES Team


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

State of the Plastic Resin Market - 2nd Quarter

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.

Reserve your seat today!


Pocket Specs for Injection Molding

Pocket Specs for Injection Molding

Save big when you order Pocket Specs for Injection Molding today!

Pocket Specs for Injection Molding provides you with a compact guide for the injection molding of thermoplastic and thermoset materials. Data are provided for thousands of individual grades of molding materials from 260 manufacturers. The data provided in the tables are intended to give you the basic information for determining regrind levels, material drying temperatures and times, and initial machine settings for injection pressure, barrel heats, and mold temperature. Additional physical property data include specific gravity, shrink data, melt flow, and processing temperature ranges.

Order Today! (use this promotional code at checkout to save 20%: PS731)

Valid through July 31, 2008


Plastics Marketplace Updates!

The Plastics Marketplace is updated each week. Below you'll find a sample of some of the new featured listings.
View the full listings here.

Item Family Description Form Package Color Certs lbs $/lb City State
30-171 Nylon 6 33% Glass Filled Regrind Gaylords Mixed No 40000 0.62 Knox IN
70-002 Nylon 6 Nylon 6, cable ties, 6in long, orange Scrap Original Bags Orange yes 600 0.69 Austin TX
30-170 PC GEZLL12CP-400IR Virgin Gaylords Black No 20000 0.85 Knox IN
47-PC/ABS 001 PC/ABS PC/ABS Repro Black 9+ Izod, 2-3melt @ 230C - BULK ONLY Repro Other Black yes 80,000 $0.65 Mid-Michigan MI
30-169 PE-MDPE Blk, 2 melt, .938 Density Virgin Gaylords Black No 40000 0.52 Knox IN
70-001 PP Copoly PP Copoly PPL3, Plastic Tote 24x16x11, 8.6lbs ea, black Scrap Original Boxes Black yes 344000 0.69 Laredo TX

Plastics Webinars & Training

Topic Date Time (ET) Presented by
Green Electronics: Understanding EPEAT and the Potential Impact on Materials and Design Jun. 26 12 pm SABIC Innovative Plastics
Advanced User Training for Prospector Jun. 27 11 am Melissa Jones, IDES
Introduction to Prospector Jun. 27 3:30 pm Ann Redgate, IDES
Introduction to Prospector Jul. 11 3:30 pm Ann Redgate, IDES
State of the Plastic Resin Market - 2nd Quarter Jul. 17 11 am Townsend Polymer Services & Information
Introduction to Prospector Jul. 18 11 am Ann Redgate, IDES
Advanced User Training for Prospector Jul. 18 3:30 pm Melissa Jones, IDES

View full schedule

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