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CaCO3
Addition Fares Well on
Molder's Bottom Line
By
Matt Defosse -
Published: April 24th, 2009,
Plastics Today
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closure molder Blackhawk Molding’s (Addison, IL)
decision to switch from 100% low density polyethylene to
a compound containing calcium carbonate (CaCO3) proved a
solid one, as the change has helped the processor lower
its costs and raise its productivity as it better
markets its environmental credentials. Dale Berg,
general manager at
Blackhawk
Molding, says the transition to compounds containing
a calcium carbonate additive called PolyMax from
Heritage
Plastics (Picayune, MS) has proven so successful
that the company already has begun using the material in
all three of its U.S. facilities and this year will
introduce closures molded from the compounds to its
European customers, served from its processing facility
in England. Click here for
the
full article.
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Often processors speak
of additives as an added cost to their recipes, but
including CaCO3 in its formulation helped Blackhawk
Molding cut costs and serve up a better product.
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See us at
NPE
June 22-26, 2009
McCormick Place
Chicago, IL
Booth # W-107022
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Holly Hansen,
Vice President Technical Services, will be a featured
speaker at the SPI’s Business of Plastics Conference during
NPE on Tuesday, June 23, 2009 and will present this important topic;
Using Calcium Carbonate for Film Production to Reduce
Costs and Energy to Make Environmentally Friendly Bag.
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