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Webinars Archive List View

Household and Industrial Cleaners

  • Limitless Opportunities Using Organomodified Silicones in Cleaning Formulations
  • LavergyTM Pro 104 L: Enabling Sustainable Washing and Superior Performance
  • Using Solvent Replacement as an Opportunity for Cleaning Performance Enhancement
  • Simplifying Formulation in Hard Surface Cleaners
  • Overcoming Challenges of Replacing APEs Within Cleaning Formulations with Tomadol® 902
  • Formulating across Home Care and I&I- New Insights into Trilon M

Food, Beverage & Nutrition

  • Addressing the Need for Transparency in the Supplements Industry
  • Safe Quality Food

Paints & Coatings

  • UPCOMING WEBINAR: Leveraging Coatings Materials Knowledge to Reduce the Likelihood of Corrosion
  • UPCOMING WEBINAR: Formulating Highly Weatherable, Low VOC Liquid and Powder Coatings with FEVE Fluoropolymer Resin Technology
  • Keeping White Roofs White – Reflective White Roof Coatings with Asphaltic Bleed Resistant Technology
  • High Performance Architectural/Institutional gloss formulations without compromise
  • ADH Free Coatings: Preparing for Current and Future Legislation without Compromise
  • Are Your Colors Cool Enough? Infrared Reflective Pigments for Outdoor Applications
  • New Concepts in the Use of Silanes for the Modification of Polyurethane Coatings
  • NTP Yellow and RTZ Orange Pigments for High-Performance Coatings
  • Bridging the Development Gap with low VOC DTM Emulsions
  • FEVE Hybrid Fluoropolymer Technology – Still the New Face in High Performance Coatings
  • Achieve 100% Pure Color with Dynamix!
  • Advances in 2K ISO-Free Urethane Coating Technology

Personal Care

  • UPCOMING WEBINAR: From Sand to Silicones – An Overview of the Chemistry, Benefits and Regulatory Status Regarding Volatile Methyl Cyclic Siloxanes (D4 and D5)
  • Bio Actives from Around the World: Exotic and Sustainable
  • Back to Basics: Formulating with Multi-Faceted Retinoids
  • CONSERVACION DE COSMETICOS: TECNOLOGIA DE BARRERAS HA LLEGADO PARA QUEDARSE.
  • Scientific Trends for Performance Skin Care
  • Cellular Communication Behind a Young Complexion
  • InuMax® Advanced Retinol Cosmetic Active
  • Reform of the US Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA)
  • Explore the Latest Breakthroughs in Men’s Care and Sustainability
  • The Emotional Power of Consumer Buying Habits
  • Natural Ingredients in Personal Care
  • Understanding Cosmetic Stability Testing with Perry Romanowski
  • Color Care Formulation Guide

Plastics

  • How to Effectively Search by Plastic Material Properties with Prospector
  • Simplify Non-Hal Compliance with UL’s “Yellow Card”
  • Scientific Molding for Management: Principles, Benefits, and Implementation Strategies for Scientific Molding at Your Facility
  • Plastics Industry Permission Marketing
  • Increasing Mechanical Performance of Plastics
  • Introduction to Thermoplastics Elastomers
  • The Elimination of Waste Through Better Color Change
  • Technologies for Conductive Plastic Compounds

Design (Plastics)

  • How to Avoid Delays and Recalls Along the Road to Commercial Success for Your Drug Delivery Device
  • Color It Medical – Colored Thermoplastic Compounds for Medical Applications
  • Ultraviolet (UV) Resistance for Plastics
  • How to Design Efficient Parts for CNC Machining
  • Hueforia 2018 – Colour That Moves You
  • Improving Medical Device Development through Rapid Manufacturing
  • How to Reduce Small Appliance Noise Without Reducing Performance
  • Designing Parts with Moldability in Mind
  • Solving Part and Mold Manufacturing Design issues with SOLIDWORKS Plastics
  • Accelerating Automotive Innovation – How Rapid Manufacturing is Driving Product Development Through Speed and Lightweighting
  • Improving Manufacturability Through Part and Mold Design for Eastman Tritan™ Copolyester
  • Solving Part and Mold Manufacturing Design issues with SOLIDWORKS Plastics
  • Custom Prototyping for Lighting Applications
  • Analytical Investigations: Case Studies Involving Plastics & Polymers
  • Expert Plastic Material Selection Techniques
  • Deformulation Studies: Investigations Solved by Reverse Engineering
  • Material Solutions for In-Mold Decoration (IMD)
  • Light-Weighting with Engineered Plastic Compounds
  • Smart Ways to Speed Up Product Development and Manufacturing
  • How to Build a Successful Business Case to Purchase New Equipment
  • How to Replace Metal with Plastic in Gear Applications
  • CAE Simulation Tools for Injection Molding
  • Pre-K2010 – Take the Express Lane to Market Prominence
  • How to Successfully Manufacture Your Products Overseas
  • Transferring a Mold from a Hydraulic to an Electric Machine
  • Designing for Exposure to Aggressive Chemicals and Hot Environments? DuPont “Age-Defying” Nylon Excels in Long-Term Performance
  • Improve Your Bottom Line Through Process and Productivity Monitoring
  • Designing for Safety in Plastics
  • Improving Plastic Part Quality by Controlling the Injection Molding Process
  • Dry Ice Blasting Mold Cleaning
  • Designing for Productivity and Profitability: Optimizing Part Design for Hot Runner Systems
  • Scientific Troubleshooting of Common Injection Molding Defects

Language Specific (Plastics)

  • Medical Device Safety Starts with Stringent Material Compliance 医疗产品安全来自严格的材料法规管理
  • Color Science 101 (Asia Pacific)
  • 解决医疗产品注塑成型挑战的全面方案
  • Comment optimiser vos profits avec le compound de purge ASACLEAN?
  • 通过降低注塑成型过程中的变化性来最大限度排除生产损耗
  • 主题:饮料瓶盖生产过程中的可变性——您到底要为此花费多少?
  • 如何进行有效换色
  • Bauteilqualität durch optimierte Regelung im Spritzgiessprozess

Machinery (Plastics)

  • Discover Innovation. A Cost-Effective Solution for Processing PE Compounds for Wire and Cables
  • Spend 45 Minutes to Save Up To 80% on Your Resin Costs
  • Smart Ways to Speed Up Product Development and Manufacturing
  • Ultra G-PET Hot Runner
  • How to Replace Metal with Plastic in Gear Applications
  • Variability in Your Beverage Closures Manufacturing Operation
  • Eliminating Waste by Reducing Injection Molding Process Variability
  • Beware – The Hidden Costs of “Good Enough” – Making Smarter Investments in Your Injection Molding Facility
  • Improving Repeatability in Closure Manufacturing
  • The Elimination of Waste Through Better Color Change
  • Unlocking the Profit from Your Existing Injection Molding Systems
  • Process Traceability as a Critical Component of Medical Molding
  • New Stuff Webinar: November
  • Plate Actuated Hot Runner Technology
  • Reducing Costs with Pro-active Maintenance
  • Transferring a Mold from a Hydraulic to an Electric Machine
  • Increase Productivity and Save Resin by Direct Gating Small Plastic Parts
  • Maximizing Factory Efficiency – Lean Manufacturing for Injection Molding
  • Improve Your Bottom Line Through Process and Productivity Monitoring
  • Increasing Profitability Through Equipment Upgrades or Replacement
  • Environmentally Responsible Mold Cleaning with Dry Ice Blasting
  • Introduction to Melt Management of Thermally Sensitive Resins in Medical Molding
  • Improving Plastic Part Quality by Controlling the Injection Molding Process
  • Saving Time and Money by Choosing the Best Hot Runner for Your Application
  • Effective Color Change
  • Improving Plastic Part Quality by Controlling the Injection Molding Process

Materials (Plastics)

  • UPCOMING WEBINAR: How 3D Printing Is Revolutionizing the Manufacturing, Medical and Consumer Markets
  • Estane® TPU – High Performance Solutions for Surface Protection and Graphics
  • Opportunities for Process Optimizations with New Silicone Adhesives
  • New Dow Masterbatch for BOPP Film
  • Expand Your Possibilities: A Thoughtful Approach to Material Selection
  • Reducing the Risk of Non-Compliant Lighting Applications by Pre-Selecting Plastics
  • TrendWatch™: Materials Matter for Advanced Mobility
  • Restoring Mechanical Properties and Reducing Corrosivity in Flame-retardant PA Compounds
  • What’s the Difference?™: Nylon 6 vs. Nylon 66
  • Ultraviolet (UV) Resistance for Plastics
  • Protected: UPCOMING WEBINAR: Selecting Plastics for Compliance with Select North American Lighting Equipment Standards for Safety
  • Hueforia 2018 – Colour That Moves You
  • Estane® TPU – Pushing the Boundaries of High-Performance
  • Many Medical Hardware Housing Complaints. One New Technology Solution
  • Special Effects – Unique Ideas for Plastics
  • Improving Surface Properties on POM Compounds
  • How to Optimize PET Packaging for Food Content Protection
  • Improving Medical Device Development through Rapid Manufacturing
  • New silicone additives improve PA performance & processing
  • Color Science 101 – Coloring Plastics
  • Reducing coefficient of friction in form-fill-seal packaging
  • Polycarbonate Plastic: Safety & Regulatory Updates
  • Chemical resistance in fluid management systems
  • Plastic Technology that Resists Damage Caused by Hospital Disinfectants
  • High Performance Plastics for the Material Handling Industry
  • The Problem of Confounded Mechanisms in Accelerated Testing Protocols – Presented by Michael Sepe
  • Key Material Selection Factors for Outdoor Building Products in Dark Colors
  • 3D Printing Workshop – Presented by 3Dom USA and sponsored by Dyna-Purge
  • Custom Prototyping for Lighting Applications
  • Chemical Resistance to Disinfectants
  • 5 Myths You Probably Believe About Silicone-Based Additives for Plastics
  • Simplify RoHS Compliance with UL’s “Yellow Card”!
  • High Density Compounds – Processing Do’s and Don’ts
  • Material Selection for High Temperature Applications
  • Copolyester Processing Solutions
  • Analytical Investigations: Case Studies Involving Plastics & Polymers
  • California’s Prop 65: Navigating the Action on Styrene
  • Long Fiber Composites – High Performance Materials & Designs
  • Alternatives to PEI and PEI Compounds
  • An Engineer’s Guide to Specifying the Right Thermoplastics
  • Flame Retardance and the Regulatory Landscape
  • How Packaging Designed with Soft Touch can Jump Off the Shelf
  • Deformulation Studies: Investigations Solved by Reverse Engineering
  • Five Ways TPEs Can Help Pharmaceutical Device Manufacturers Meet the Impending Capacity Crunch
  • Skin Irritation and Wearable Electronic Devices – Root Causes and Remedies
  • Utilizing EMI Shielding Plastics to Reduce Weight and Improve Designs
  • Environmental Stress Cracking of Polymers
  • Prop 65 & DINP – Estimating Exposure from Consumer Products
  • High Performance Plastics for Pumps and Fluid Handling
  • Prop 65 and High Phthalates
  • Ultra Performance Solutions in Reinforced Thermoplastics
  • Phthalates: Softening Plastics and Making Vinyl Soft and Pliant
  • Light-Weighting with Engineered Plastic Compounds
  • Current Trends in Latin American Polyolefin Market
  • Material Identification and Failure Analysis Case Studies
  • Polycarbonate Safety in Medical Applications
  • Getting the Greatest Benefit from Available Plastics Data
  • Laser Welding and Laser Material and Additive Selection
  • How to Publish UL Yellow Cards on Your Website
  • Innovative Thermoplastic Elastomers with Functional Performance
  • 长纤复合材料
  • Beyond Aerospace: The Business Case for Composites
  • Eco-Friendly, Engineered Plastic Solutions
  • Controlling Light – Visible and Beyond
  • Density Modification Strategies in Thermoplastics
  • Design Principles for Structural Composites
  • High Performance “Ultra” Wear Resistant Compounds
  • Ethylene: riding the shale gas wave
  • Plastic Material Selection | Fuzzy Logic
  • Very Long Fiber Composites
  • Increasing Mechanical Performance of Plastics
  • Structural and Long Fiber Composites
  • Introduction to Thermoplastics Elastomers
  • Photovoltaic Materials
  • Engineered Bioplastic Compounds
  • Technologies for Conductive Plastic Compounds
  • Identification of Medical Plastics with Raman Spectroscopy
  • Effective Color and Material Changes
  • How to Successfully Manufacture Your Products Overseas
  • What’s Driving Engineering Resins Cost?
  • Testing of Thin-Walled Plastic Materials and the UL Thermoplastics Testing Center (TTC)
  • RTi Polypropylene Pricing Market Update
  • Ticona Molded-in MetaLX™ Engineering Resins for Appearance Applications
  • Polyolefins: State of the Markets
  • Specialized Long Term Thermal Aging (LTTA) of Plastics

Processing (Plastics)

  • UPCOMING WEBINAR: Hueforia 2019
  • Lowering Scrap Rates From The Processors Point of View
  • How to Effectively Move from 3D Printing to Injection Molding
  • The Critical Nature of the Injection Unit to Molding Profitability
  • How to use Prospector’s new Color Concentrate Search
  • In-Machine Mold Cleaning, Part Deflashing, Deburring and Surface Preparation Using Dry Ice
  • Technologies for Conductive Plastic Compounds
  • How to Successfully Manufacture Your Products Overseas
  • Transferring a Mold from a Hydraulic to an Electric Machine
  • Effective Color Change
  • Dry Ice Blasting Mold Cleaning
  • Scientific Troubleshooting of Common Injection Molding Defects

Purging (Plastics)

  • How to Select the Right Purging Compound for You
  • Ultra Purge Reduces Downtime and Scrap in Packaging Industry
  • Preventative Maintenance Approach Using Purging Compound to Achieve Better Efficiencies and Cost Savings
  • Ultra-X, a New Technology Designed to Purge Blow Molding and Injection Molding Machines
  • Improving the Efficiencies of Extrusion Processors Through the Effective Use of Commercial Purging Compounds
  • Ultra Purge Releases New Ultra-X Technology
  • How to Optimize Profit With Quality Purging Compounds
  • Maximize Profits in the Medical & Packaging Industry by Efficiently Purging Your Machine
  • Efficiently Purging Your Injection Molding Machine

Prospector

  • How to Effectively Search by Plastic Material Properties with Prospector
  • Connecting Performance, Procurement & Compliance Data
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