Modern Plastics Worldwide - July/August 2009 - dae uptlax

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PC window glazing technologies continue
moving forward
I f slow and steady
wins the race, then
we can start waving
the checkered flag
now under the presumption
that polycarbonate
window
glazing—after many
years of development
still a ‘next great
thing’—is starting to
limber up and hit its
commercial stride.
Rapid prototyping slows for some,
gathers speed elsewhere
Globally, the use of additive manufacturing
(rapid prototyping and rapid manufacturing)
grew well through 2008 in many
countries, but there were some surprising
downturns including very slow
growth in the U.S. and a dramatic drop
in new installations in Japan.
Thanks to our plasticstoday.com sponsors:
Q/A equipment for
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Processing of micro-sized
applications has grown
by leaps and bounds
in the past decade and
seems certain to continue
doing so. One German
manufacturer claims to
have developed the first
Q/A system for proofing
precision micro-sized
machine tooling.
Blaige & Company report:
Plastics M&A shows little sign of slowing
Blaige & Company recorded 244 plastics-industry M&A deals
worldwide in the first six months of 2009, off only 2% from the
same period in 2008. Not bad, all things considered, though more
deals lately are for distressed companies.
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