PVC, aka vinyl or polyvinyl chloride, is a versatile component found in many of the products we use every day — from siding and pipes to medical supplies to car upholstery and record albums. Along ...

Finished S-PVC vinyl resins are kept in storage silos before being packaged or shipped. In a PVC production facility, S-PVC is the final product. The end user requires a method to closely track the ...

The Environmental Protection Agency's tentative decision in mid-January not to regulate PVC as a hazardous substance has prompted a spirited back-and-forth over whether it was the right move. Many ...

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 ...

Semon eventually succeeded in discovering how to synthesize rubber in 1939, just in time for World War II. Goodrich shared Semon's invention with its competitors, the Goodyear and Firestone tire and ...

Plastic is one of the world’s most ubiquitous materials, essential to daily life as we know it. Production is growing at a rate of 3.4 percent—three times faster than our global population growth.

Researchers have developed a way to make one type of plastic material more durable and less likely to shed dangerous microplastics. Researchers have developed a way to make one type of plastic ...

In the plastics industry, twin screws are at the very heart of the extrusion process that transforms raw materials into rigid PVC pipe or profile. These highly engineered components are integral to ...