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PLASTICS PROCESSORS - Top
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Die
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OEMs - Top
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Jay Olson, Enterprise Technology Manager Plastics /
Composites,
Deere & Co.
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Jay Olson, Enterprise Technology Manager Plastics /
Composites,
Deere & Co.
RESIN MANUFACTURERS - Top
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Account Manager,
Channel Prime Alliance
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Corporate Marketing Communications Manager, Teknor Apex
Company
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Director of Marketing Services, Solvay Advanced Polymers
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eBusiness Manager, Advanced Elastomer Systems
RESIN DISTRIBUTORS - Top
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Director of Technical Service, Global Polymers Corporation
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- Bishop Beall, President, Ebbtide Polymers Corporation
PRESS - Top
"IDES is the Google for plastics." - Medical
Design Technology Magazine
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- Injection Molding Magazine
"I'm impressed - I now rely exclusively on IDES's Alternative Resin Search and find that I don't need
my plastics cross reference sheets anymore." -
Bob Hatch, Author & Molding Troubleshooter, On the
Road with Bob Hatch
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data management services." - EngineeringTalk.com
"(IDES is) an ePioneer for plastics data." - InfoWorld.com
"(The Plastics Web® is) an invaluable web-based tool that takes a log of the agony out of plastics selection." - Gary Weidner, Cleaner Times Magazine
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- Plastics Technology Magazine
"Each time we report on IDES the numbers get bigger
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plastics information." - British Plastics &
Rubber Magazine
"One click for cost savings." - Design News Magazine |
