PP growth set to continue: but short-term overcapacity must be tackled....

Chemical Week;  October 28, 1992 ;     700+ words ...What distinguishes polypropylene (PP) from the other major thermoplastics is growth. PP is the youngest bulk polymer, having been developed...global economy, the double-digit growth enjoyed by PP producers in the late' 80s has slowed to relatively...

Polypropylene (PP) still insufficient in near future

China Chemical Reporter;  March 10, 1994 ;     354 words ......rising of petrochemical industry the polypropylene (PP) in China is developing at a fast speed. China now has about 40 PP producers and most of them are large enterprises. In 1992 the output of PP reached 720 000 tons, a peak record in history, and...

Dramatically new PP alloys, copolymers. (polypropylene)

Plastics Technology;  September 1, 1991 ;     682 words ...Dramatically New PP Alloys, Copolymers When Himont R&D research...none of the warping often associated with PP. The reason Wilmington, Del.-based Himont...Montecatini/Montedison group in Italy, kept its new PP alloys under a bushel was that several joint...

PT Pembangunan Perumahan (PP) issues bonds valued at Rp 250...

Indonesian Commercial Newsletter;  July 27, 2004 ;     700+ words ......housing construction company PT Pembangunan Perumahan (PP) has issued bond called Obligasi II PP, 2004 valued at Rp 250 billion. The bond will be...state and 49% by its workers' cooperative. (KKPS PP). PP has two subsidiaries namely PT PP Taisei Construction...

PP engineering compounds will grow from BASF takeover

High Performance Plastics;  April 1, 1994 ;     693 words ...BASF is likely to give top priority to boosting technical polypropylene (PP) compounds, after completing the takeover of propathene (PP polymer) and Procom (PP compounds) plants and businesses at Wilton, UK, and Rozenburg, The Netherlands...

On Track Software: Grade 1 Math (ages 5-6), ISBN 0-88743-932-2; Grade 3...

Teaching Children Mathematics;  January 1, 2002 ;     261 words ...On Track Software: Grade 1 Math (ages 5-6), ISBN 0-88743-932-2; Grade 3 Math (ages 7-8), ISBN 0-88743-934-9, 2001. Includes CD + workbook, $19.99. Requirements: 32 MB of RAM, 4x CD-ROM drive; Macintosh: System 7.6.1. or higher; Windows: 95, 98, or...

ISBN's would help some readers.(Correspondence)(Letter to the editor)

The Gay & Lesbian Review Worldwide;  March 1, 2006 ;     140 words ......authors having similar names, without an ISBN I am often adrift in a sea of book titles. I'm frequently asked for the ISBN, which of course I do not possess. What...for your suggestion. My thought was that ISBN numbers were rarely used these days, but...

Global PP end-markets, application trends. (Polypropylene).

Chemical Week;  September 11, 2002 ;     700+ words ...PP has continued its inroads into applications where engineering...several applications (table 1). The major global markets for PP are flexible and rigid packaging (together 37%), followed by...dominated by a few major players. With close to 10% of global PP demand, BOPP annual growth is about 7.5%. BOPP ...

Experts say claims of big ISBN costs are exaggerated.

Australasian Business Intelligence;  February 13, 2003 ;     167 words ......The International Standard Book Number (ISBN) code needs to be extended. It has been...to increase the number of digits in the ISBN from 10 to 13 because of the possibility...of numbers to assign to new books. The ISBN is used in 160 countries. Some critics...

Mechanical properties and structural characteristics of dynamically...

Polymer Engineering and Science;  November 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ...INTRODUCTION Polypropylene (PP) as a thermoplastic is widely used in many...especially at low temperatures. Therefore, PP is usually modified with elastomers such...researchers have studied dynamic vulcanization of PP/EPDM blends by peroxide or phenolic systems...

Flash Action Software--Addition/Subtraction (ages 6-up), ISBN...

Teaching Children Mathematics;  January 1, 2002 ;     228 words ...Flash Action Software--Addition/Subtraction (ages 6-up), ISBN 0-88743-632-3; Multiplication/Division (ages 8-up), ISBN 0-88743-633-1. CD-ROM, $19.99 ea. Requirements: 24 MB of RAM, 4x CD-ROM drive; Macintosh: System 7.5.5 or higher; Windows: 95, 98...

ISBN

The Oxford American College Dictionary;      28 words ...ISBN • abbr. international standard book number, a ten-digit number assigned to every book before publication, recording such details as language, provenance, and publisher.

Numbers game - ISBN and ISSN explained.(Brief Article)

Australasian Business Intelligence;  March 14, 2005 ;     151 words ......customers. They are incorporating the International Standard Book Number (ISBN) or International Standard Serial Number (ISSN) on their work if it will prove useful to clients. ISBN is a 10-digit product number, used by publishers and others for ordering...

Polypropylene-(ethylene-propylene) heterophasic copolymer [PP-EP]/EVA...

Polymer Engineering and Science;  June 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ...INTRODUCTION Poly(propylene) (PP) and poly(ethylene vinylacetate) (EVA) are...last few years, it has been argued that PP and EVA are immiscible in each other (1...morphology and mechanical properties of PP/EVA mixtures, two distinct regions and one...

China leads in PP consumption and capacity.(ANALYSIS)

High Performance Plastics;  September 1, 2005 ;     504 words ...The total global market for PP was nearly 40 Mt in 2004, with a growth of...China has surpassed the USA as the largest PP-consuming country: five years ago, the country consumed only 68% as much PP resin as the USA, but that ratio has since...