North American Plastics Industry Study 2018

March 15, 2018

In 2017, we highlighted that NAFTA negotiations, a strong dollar, and continuing interest rate increases required attention by business leaders. Despite this, North American plastics processors demonstrated overall strong operating results bolstered by several factors, including increased worker productivity and effective management of labor costs. This year, we are concerned that the industry is seeing a flattening of sales growth, asset utilization, and productivity.

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Monitoring chemical recycling

whitePaper | April 13, 2022

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Methods, and Solutions for Chemical Treatment of Industrial Water and Wastewater

whitePaper | March 2, 2023

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Considerations for Designing Supercritical CarbonDioxide Cycles and Turbomachinery

whitePaper | January 10, 2023

There are numerous benefits of supercritical carbon dioxide power generation systems, including reduced size and cost. Highly non-linear fluid properties enable the development of unique cycles targeted at specific applications.

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A Novel Approach to Design High Resistive PolymerElectrolytes Based on PVC

whitePaper | May 12, 2022

In this work, a novel hypothesis is presented which reveals the possibility of using the concept of polymer electrolyte to design high resistive solid electrolytes.

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Determining recycled content with the ‘mass balance approach’

whitePaper | February 2, 2021

If the label on the bottle in your hand said it was made from recycled plastic, would you believe it? Depending on the method behind the claim, the bottle might contain little to no recycled content at all.

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ADVANCED DEMAND FLEXIBILITY MANAGEMENT

whitePaper | June 22, 2022

California’s electricity system is undergoing rapid transformation on the pathway to 100% renewable power, with the expected high penetration of renewables, electrification of buildings and transportation, and deployment of behind-the-meter (BTM) distributed energy resources (DERs).

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Sterilex

Sterilex is a recognized leader in developing antimicrobial, anti-biofilm, and decontamination products for infection control, biofilm removal, bio-decontamination, and chemical decontamination. Sterilex specialty biofilm-control biocides, disinfectants, and decontamination products are used in a variety of applications including animal health, food processing, water care, industrial processing, and environmental remediation.

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