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NEWSMAKERS: * Ampacet * BASF * Clariant * ExcelPlas * Exxon Mobil * Formosa Polymers * Gabriel Chemie * PolyOne * Schulman
Exxon Mobil Works to Fortify Supply Chain Despite Corona Virus
http://cloud.excelplas.com/s/V7pLTGUo10z44vx#pdfviewer
COVID-19 Halts Canadian Polyethylene Plant Construction
http://cloud.excelplas.com/s/HL7afFa3CsMfQMS#pdfviewer
European Spot Polyethylene Rigid Plastic Trade Hit by COVID-19 Lockdowns
https://www.spglobal.com/platts/en/market-insights/latest-news/petrochemicals/040220-april-petrochemicals-prices-drop-as-covid-19-infection-rate-rises
Three COVID-19 Positive Workers at Texas Polyethylene Plant
https://www.plasticsnews.com/news/three-covid-19-cases-among-contract-workers-texas-formosa-plant
Clariant Said to Discuss $1.5 Billion Unit Sale With PolyOne
https://www.industryweek.com/leadership/article/22028343/clariant-said-to-discuss-15-billion-unit-sale-with-polyone
GABRIEL-CHEMIE ITALY RESUMES PRODUCTION DESPITE COVID-19
https://www.gabriel-chemie.com/en/GC_Italy_Update
Gabriel-Chemie Expands the Online Portal Masterofbatch.com with a Search Tool for Additive Masterbatches
https://www.gabriel-chemie.com/en/news/find-the-right-additive-masterbatch-easily-online-now
Innovative Plastics Additives can be Used to Transform Regular Plastics into “Super Plastics”
https://bioplasticsnews.com/2020/03/30/symphony-environmental-super-plastics/
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EXCELPLAS offers the following polymer testing services:
- Identification of plastics by FTIR
- Determination of the glass transition temperature by DSC
- Determination of the melting temperature by DSC
- Detection of solvents by GC-MS
- Detection of pigments and fillers by XRD
- Testing the effectiveness of stabilizers by LC-MS
- Testing the hardening properties of thermosets by DSC
- Determination of crystallinity by DSC
- Testing using the scanning electron microscope
- Tensile tests
- Pressure tests
- Bending tests
- Charpy impact strength and notched impact strength
- Shore A and shore D hardness testing
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