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Make Every Pellet Count: Color concentrates or masterbatch? No easy answer.

Modern Plastics
August 01, 2008 - Wolf Kohler, managing director of compounder and distributor Ter Hell Plastic (Hamburg, Germany), says Europe has the highest demand for precise colored products, including engineering plastics. For the medical industry, avoidance of risk has kept a high share of color in precolored resins,” Sirois says. Ter Hell Plastic’s Köhler points to optimized processes such as screw design of the compounding extruder to achieve more efficient pigment dispersion. ...
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Plastic Bags Blow, City Too Slow

Santa Barbara Independent
July 31, 2008 - But then, a substantially larger percentage of plastic bags go there. And of course paper bags, unlike plastic ones, are also compostable. By contrast, a few plastic bags will contaminate a composting system and thus force the abandonment of the entire compost pile. ...
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Don't inhale that new car smell

CNN
July 31, 2008 - But the new car smell comes from toxic gases. AOL Autos: Best new small cars Who says so? We are not speaking of plastic doodads here. ...
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Fraser Papers Announces Second Quarter Financial Results

Marketwire Canada
July 31, 2008 - The Company has operations in New Brunswick, Maine, New Hampshire and Quebec. The term of the amended credit facility was extended to April 2011. In addition, the Company had utilized $43.3 million of the facility in support of letters of credit. ...
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Home Front: Dorm Room Decor, Displaying Diplomas and "Man Rooms"

Washington Post
July 31, 2008 - They're about 3 inches tall, with various designs. Help!?! Her new bedding (PB Mallory) has pink, yellow, green, and white. I wouldn't base the color choice on trends. ...
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Home Front: Dorm Room Decor, Displaying Diplomas and "Man Rooms"

Masters Energy Inc. Reports Second Quarter 2008 Interim Results

Marketwire Canada
July 29, 2008 - Management monitors purchaser credit positions to mitigate any potential credit losses. Management monitors purchaser credit positions to mitigate any potential credit losses. The bank revolving term credit facility is available until April 30, 2009. ...
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Bottled water in demand despite economy, critics

Arkansas Democrat Gazette
July 27, 2008 - Clear Mountain sells some smaller plastic bottles, aswell. According to GoIndustry-DoveBid, the company that conducted the auction, the BIOTA facilities in Ouray, Colo., include a bottling facility on 3 acres. His company has switched to using 25 percent recycled plastic for its nonglass bottles. ...
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TINT not squint FILM ON THE WINDOWS WILL HELP CUT THE SUN'S GLARE

Albuquerque Journal
July 26, 2008 - The film immediately cut down on glare and solar gain, and reduced UV rays by about 99 percent, he says. The Beatons chose a slate-colored tint. Low-E, or lowemittance glass, is among the newest generation of energyefficient windows. These films come with floral, aquatic, cloudscape, or geometric designs, or they can mimic frosted, etched or stained glass. ...
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