Custom vinyl compounds supplier Sylvin Technologies Inc. (Denver, PA) cites the growing demand for phthalate-free polyvinyl chloride (PVC) as reason for the introduction of its 2910 vinyl compound ...

Polyvinyl chloride, better known as PVC, is a versatile material that’s used in a wide variety of piping applications. It can be as thin and flexible as a wall covering or as rigid as an industrial ...

Materials maker Teknor Apex Co. has added a warehouse and distribution center in Japan for PVC compounds sold into the automotive market. The warehouse in Kyoto will stock Apex-brand flexible PVC and ...

Data from three studies suggest that using trimellitates can reduce the amount of plasticizer that may migrate from PVC devices. Richard C. Adams The use of plasticized polyvinyl chloride (PVC) for ...

The idea of scrapping the use of polyvinylchloride (PVC) materials containing di(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate (DEHP) plasticizers is not new. However, despite such endeavors, both PVC and DEHP plasticizer ...

Cleveland — PVC compounders are tackling opportunities and challenges as the midway point of the 2020s approaches. Executives in that market took part in a panel Nov. 13 at AMI Plastics World Expos in ...

Pentaerythritol-zinc (called Penzinc), which is a novel thermal stabilizer for PVC, was synthesized, and its performance was characterized during the thermal processing of PVC. The stabilization ...

Torque rheometers with laboratory mixers and extruders are down-scaled production devices. They enable the replication of production processes in a laboratory setting. This type of measurement allows ...