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Thermoforming & Sustainability

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IfBB Hannover – The Institute for Bioplastics and Biocomposites – has set up a new web-based platform to present a wide range of current data, facts and figures pertaining to the bioplastics market.

Minimizing Color Processing Costs

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“As I hurtled through space, one thought kept crossing my mind – every part of this rocket was supplied by the lowest bidder.”

~John Glenn

If this was the case, why were the results sufficient to guarantee a successful mission?

Barrier Breakthrough

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With upwards of 18 patents to his name, Bob Tsai has pedigree, not least because he was one of the key scientists at American Can in the 1980s who pioneered the PP/EVOH container for shelf-stable food packaging.

Quarterly Mag 2014: 2nd Quarter

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Thermoforming Quarterly ® A JOURNAL OF THE THERMOFORMING DIVISION OF THE SOCIETY OF PLASTICS ENGINEERS SECOND QUARTER 2014 VOLUME 33 NUMBER 2 n n &Style Substance INSIDE … Workforce Development: A Massachusetts Success Story pages 11-13 European Thermoforming Conference Review pages 16-19 Automotive Body and Commercial Vehicle Applications pages 22-24 WWW.THERMOFORMINGDIVISION.COM CUSTOM EXTRUSION. LAMINATED … Continued

Quarterly Mags 2014: 1st Quarter

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Thermoforming Quarterly ® A JOURNAL OF THE THERMOFORMING DIVISION OF THE SOCIETY OF PLASTICS ENGINEERS FIRST QUARTER 2014 VOLUME 33 NUMBER 1 n n Quality Matters INSIDE … Plug-Assisted Thermoforming for Medical Packaging pages 8-10 Composite Material Properties in Laminations pages 14-18 Global Dispatches: Thermoforming at ANTEC Dubai pages 22-23 WWW.THERMOFORMINGDIVISION.COM HVTSETM Demo-line available….2,000+ … Continued

Quarterly Mags: 2013 2nd Quarter

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Thermoforming ® Quarterly ® A JOURNAL OF THE THERMOFORMING DIVISION OF THE SOCIETY OF PLASTIC ENGINEERS SECOND QUARTER 2013 VOLUME 32 NUMBER 2 n n Protect and Serve INSIDE … Enhanced Gas Barriers in Thermoformed Trays pages 8-10 University News: Wonders of Plastic pages 15 Sustainability of Sustainability: Getting to ROI pages 20-21 Thermoforming QUArTerLY … Continued

Quarterly Mags: 2013 1st

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Thermoforming ® Quarterly ®   A JOURNAL OF THE THERMOFORMING DIVISION OF THE SOCIETY OF PLASTIC ENGINEERS FIRST QUARTER 2013 VOLUME 32 NUMBER 1 I I MANAGE WHAT YOU MEASURE INSIDE … Revisiting Labor-Based Costing pages 8-11 Sustainability: Strengthening the Message pages 20-25 SPE Council Review pages 28-29   WWW.THERMOFORMINGDIVISION.COM Thermoforming FIRST QUARTER 2013 Thermoforming … Continued

Quarterly Mags: 2012 Third

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Thermoforming ®   Quarterly ® THIRDQUARTER2012nVOLUME31nNUMBER3 A JOURNAL OF THE THERMOFORMING DIVISION OF THE SOCIETY OF PLASTIC ENGINEERS Conference Edition Made IN MICHIGAN Thermoformer of the Year page 7 I NSIDE… Market Outlook page 10 Influencing Thermoforming Properties of PP Films with Additives page 14 Scholarship Winners page 24 Thermoforming QUArTerLY 1 WWW.THERMOFORMINGDIVISION.COM 2 Thermoforming … Continued

SPE Thin Gauge Guide 4

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This guide is provided to assist in determining the cause of the most common Thermoforming Troubleshooting Guide problems during the thermoforming process. It does not take into account problems that may occur as a result of defective or hard to form materials and it For Thin Gauge Thermoplastic (Roll-Fed) assumes that the equipment being used … Continued

SPE Heavy Gauge Guide 4

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This guide is provided to assist in determining the cause of the most common Thermoforming Troubleshooting Guide problems during the thermoforming process. It does not take into account problems that may occur as a result of defective or hard to form materials and it For Heavy Gauge Thermoplastic (Sheet-Fed) assumes that the equipment being used … Continued