Supplier Relationships: Get Beyond Loathing Negotiation
I often teach the principals of negotiation to those working in the supply chain, primarily early stage purchasing pros that attend for some basic...
Leo Baekeland’s Plastic Reshaped The Modern World
Leo Baekeland is the most important inventor you never heard of. It is still used widely in everything from electronics to aerospace and led...
Energy Idea for Mars Yields a Clue for Powering Data Centers
SUNNYVALE, Calif. — As a scientist working for NASA in the 1990s, K. R. Sridhar developed a contraption that could use energy from the...
Which Gets You Further At Work: Effort Or Talent?
Most of us have no trouble admitting that some people are more talented than others, yet we believe everyone can work hard. Not quite,...
Americas: The week ahead in petrochemicals, w/c Dec 4
Houston (Platts)--4 Dec 2017 440 pm EST/2140 GMT
US toluene values looked to remain strong this week as demand remained firm from the chemical segment.
US...
Proposal would ban homeowners from using plywood on abandoned houses
The proposal wouldn't change plywood that's already up, but it would ban plywood for future use in boarding up doors or windows. Instead, the legislation...
United States Acetal (POM) Copolymer Market 2017- Basf, Celanese, DuPont, Blackwell Plastics, Ensinger, McNeal...
Diverse factors of the Acetal (POM) Copolymer industry like the supply chain scenario, industry standards, import/export details are also mentioned in this report. Analysis...
“The Fourth Kingdom” Bakelite Plastic Phenolic Resinoids
1937 Bakelite Corporation film Narrated by Lowell Thomas tells the story of the development of Bakelite materials and rapid expansion of its uses for...
Army Investigates New, Tougher Materials for Helmets
A new method for testing the durability of polymers—courtesy of researchers at the Army Research Lab and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology—has revealed that some...
MATERIALS: Low-Emission Polyacetal for Gear Applications
The thermal properties and high-temperature tensile creep of this grade are comparable with the state-of-the-art product, and when it comes to low-emission- and molding...
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