When manufacturing blow molded bottles intended for food and beverage, industrial chemical and personal care markets, issues managing pearlescence and haze can lead to costly delays and disruptions – including unwanted downtime, higher scrap rates and quality concerns.  

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When manufacturing blow molded bottles intended for food and beverage, industrial chemical and personal care markets, issues managing pearlescence and haze can lead to costly delays and disruptions – including unwanted downtime, higher scrap rates and quality concerns.  

When manufacturing blow molded bottles intended for food and beverage, industrial chemical and personal care markets, issues managing pearlescence and haze can lead to costly delays and disruptions – including unwanted downtime, higher scrap rates and quality concerns.  

Laser marking additives promote high-quality fine markings without the use of solvents These polymer solutions enable high-quality seams and adhesive-free assembly ofplastic parts through laser welding MEVOPUR™ Laser-Transmitting and Laser-Absorbing Pre-color Solution improved productivity and quality for healthcare device

It's a given that consumers expect fresh, high quality beverages every time they open the package. Solutions to reduce the weight of your water packaging and deliver the great taste quality consumers expect when buying your branded beverage. Solutions to reduce the weight of your water packaging and deliver the great taste quality consumers expect when buying your branded beverage.

This new facility allows us to serve more regional customers, and at the same time, provide local production of the highest quality and consistent materials required by our large multi-national customers,” said Robert M. Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those implied by these forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to: changes in the economy in India; our ability to realize anticipated savings and operational benefits from the realignment of assets, including the planned closure of certain manufacturing facilities; the timing of closings and shifts of production to new facilities related to asset realignments and any unforeseen disruptions of service or quality caused by such closings and/or production shifts; separation and severance amounts that differ from original estimates, amounts for non-cash charges related to asset write-offs and accelerated depreciation realignments of property, plant and equipment, that differ from original estimates; our ability to identify and evaluate acquisition targets and consummate acquisitions; the ability to successfully integrate acquired companies into our operations, retain the management teams of acquired companies and retain relationships with customers of acquired companies including without limitation Spartech Corporation; disruptions, uncertainty or volatility in the credit markets that could adversely impact the availability of credit already arranged and the availability and cost of credit in the future; the financial condition of our customers, including the ability of customers (especially those that may be highly leveraged and those with inadequate liquidity) to maintain their credit availability; the speed and extent of an economic recovery, including the recovery of the housing market; our ability to achieve new business gains; the effect on foreign operations of currency fluctuations, tariffs and other political, economic and regulatory risks; changes in polymer consumption growth rates where we conduct business; changes in global industry capacity or in the rate at which anticipated changes in industry capacity come online; fluctuations in raw material prices, quality and supply and in energy prices and supply; production outages or material costs associated with scheduled or unscheduled maintenance programs; unanticipated developments that could occur with respect to contingencies such as litigation and environmental matters; an inability to achieve or delays in achieving or achievement of less than the anticipated financial benefit from initiatives related to working capital reductions, cost reductions and employee productivity goals; an inability to raise or sustain prices for products or services; an inability to maintain appropriate relations with unions and employees; our ability to continue to pay cash dividends; the amount and timing of repurchases of our common shares, if any; and other factors affecting our business beyond our control, including, without limitation, changes in the general economy, changes in interest rates and changes in the rate of inflation.

Interior air quality: Developing thermoplastic elastomers that meet Vehicle Interior Air Quality (VIAQ) standards for HVAC components Comptek, SilCoTec, Gordon Composites and Polystrand, including whether such businesses will be accretive, retain the management teams of acquired businesses, and retain relationships with customers of acquired businesses; disruptions, uncertainty or volatility in the credit markets that could adversely impact the availability of credit already arranged and the availability and cost of credit in the future; our ability to achieve new business gains; the effect on foreign operations of currency fluctuations, tariffs and other political, economic and regulatory risks; changes in polymer consumption growth rates and laws and regulations regarding the disposal of plastic in jurisdictions where we conduct business; changes in global industry capacity or in the rate at which anticipated changes in industry capacity come online; fluctuations in raw material prices, quality and supply and in energy prices and supply; production outages or material costs associated with scheduled or unscheduled maintenance programs; unanticipated developments that could occur with respect to contingencies such as litigation and environmental matters; an inability to achieve or delays in achieving or achievement of less than the anticipated financial benefit from initiatives related to working capital reductions, cost reductions and employee productivity goals; an inability to raise or sustain prices for products or services; our ability to continue to pay cash dividends, including at the increasing rate, which will be subject to, among other factors, market conditions, our cash flow and cash requirements and restrictions contained in any of our debt agreements; and other factors affecting our business beyond our control, including, without limitation, changes in the general economy, changes in interest rates and changes in the rate of inflation.

Our color formulation skills are unparalleled, and our additive solutions can improve your process, or enhance the quality of your parts. A single formulation can make a huge difference in the quality of your products and also improve the efficiency of your manufacturing process. Seven SmartBatch (color + effect additive) solutions combined to improve vehicle interior air quality (VAIC)

Develop functional equipment that can deter contamination and degradation using high-quality polymer material solutions built to withstand demanding healthcare environments. Develop functional equipment that can deter contamination and degradation using high-quality polymer material solutions built to withstand demanding healthcare environments.