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Article: Rising resin prices and "green" initiatives boost interest in microcellular foam.(NORTH AMERICA)
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- Plastics Engineering
- Article date:
- August 1, 2007
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Suppliers of plastics packaging are facing the "double whammy" of rising material costs and efforts by customers to promote environmentally friendly goods. As a result, many companies are redesigning consumer packaging with an eye toward reduced material use to lower resin costs and meet source-reduction mandates from product manufacturers and retailers.
Among the techniques attracting attention is foam molding, which is being used to make lightweight packages with little, if any, loss of structural integrity. While there is nothing new about the use of foam in molding--and extrusion--to reduce weight and improve some product properties, designers are testing the ...
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