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Each edition of Compounding World will be kept on-line for at least 12 months, building into a valuable information resource. Click on the links below to view the relevant magazines free of charge.

September 2023

• Special features:
• Thermally conductive plastics
• Colour pigments
• Accelerated testing
• Stabilisers and AOs

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August 2023

• Special features:
• Wood plastic composites
• Plasticisers
• High temperature plastics
• Process control

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July 2023

• Special features:
• Antimicrobials
• Colour measurement
• Odour management
• Feeding and dosing

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June 2023

• Special features:
• Mineral fillers
• PVC additives
• Reinforcing fibres
• Melt fiters
• Compounding World Expo

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May 2023

• Special features:
• Wire & cable
• PEX-a compounds
• 3D print materials
• Compatibilisers
• Natural fibres

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April 2023

• Special features:
• Impact modifiers
• PA additives
• Small batch compounding
• Process aids

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March 2023

• Special features:
• Special effect pigments
• LFT compounds
• Twin screw extruders
• Clarifiers & nucleators

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February 2023

• Special features:
• Sustainable compounds
• Conductive additives
• EV compounds

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January 2023

• Special features:
• Pelletisers
• Pellet inspection
• Film additives
• Polymer testing
• Chemical Recycling

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December 2022

• Special features:
• Flame retardants
• Lab trial pointers
• Lab compounders
• Anti-counterfeiting
• K2022 review

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November 2022

• Special features:
• Black and white pigments
• Batch mixers
• High performance compounds
• Inline measurement

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October 2022

• Special features:
• Nanocomposites
• K2022 preview: Machinery
• Recycling additives
• Alternative compounders
• Compounding World Expo US

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September 2022

• Special features:
• Colour pigments
• K2022 Materials Preview
• Bioplastics
• AOs and stablilisers
• CWE conference preview

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August 2022

• Special features:
• Thermally conductive additives
• PVC plasticisers
• Process control
• Wood plastic composites
• K2022 visitor guide

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July 2022

• Special features:
• Antimicrobials
• Feeding/dosing
• Colour measurement
• Laser additives

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June 2022

• Special features:
• Mineral fillers
• Reinforcements
• Nucleators/clarifiers
• PVC additives

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May 2022

• Special features:
• Wire & cable
• Natural fibres/fillers
• Compatibilisers
• 3D printing

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April 2022

• Special features:
• EV compounds
• Processing aids
• Impact modifiers
• Small batch compounding

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March 2022

• Special features:
• Twin screw extruders
• LFT technology
• Special effect pigments
• Odour and emissions

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February 2022

• Special features:
• Electrically conductive plastics
• Surface modification
• PA additives
• IMDE conference preview

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January 2022

• Special features:
• Pelletisers
• Film additives
• Polymer testing
• Chemical recycling

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December 2021

• Special features:
• Flame retardants
• Lab compounders
• Accelerated testing

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November 2021

• Special features:
• Black and white pigments
• Inline monitoring
• Mixing systems
• Performance compounds

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October 2021

• Special features:
• Nanocomposites
• Alternative compounders
• Compounding World Expo USA
• Recycling additives
• Fakuma 2021 preview

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September 2021

• Special features:
• Bioplastics
• Pigments
• Purging and cleaning
• Stabilisers and antioxidants
• Compounding World Expo

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August 2021

• Special features:
• PVC plasticisers
• Process control
• Thermally conductive plastics
• Screws and barrels

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July 2021

• Special features:
• Antimicrobials
• Colour measurement
• Laser marking and welding
• Melt filters

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June 2021

• Special features:
• Mineral fillers
• Reinforcements
• PVC additives
• Clarifiers and nucleators

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May 2021

• Special features:
• Wire & Cable
• Natural fibres
• 3D print compounds

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April 2021

• Special features:
• Compounds for EVs
• Impact modifiers
• Small batch compounding
• Chinaplas preview
• Process aids

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March 2021

• Special features:
• Effect pigments
• Twin screw extruders
• Process simulation
• Odour and emissions

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February 2021

• Special features:
• Energy management
• Electrically conductive plastics
• Friction and wear
• PA additives

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January 2021

• Special features:
• Film additives
• Materials testing
• Pelletisers

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December 2020

• Special features:
• Flame retardants
• FRs and WEEE
• Lab compounders
• Anti-counterfeiting

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November 2020

• Special features:
• Carbon black
• In-line measurement
• Feeding solids
• Mixing equipment

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October 2020

• Special features:
• Recycling additives
• Alternative compounders
• Titanium dioxide
• Performance polymers

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September 2020

• Special features:
• Pigments
• Bioplastics
• Stabilisers
• Biocides for PVC
• Purging compounds

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August 2020

• Special features:
• PVC plasticisers
• Covid-19 market impact
• Conductive plastics
• Industry 4.0
• Screws and barrels

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July 2020

• Special features:
• Antimicrobials
• Colour measurement
• Melt filtration
• Feeding liquids

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June 2020

• Special features:
• PVC stabilisers
• Functional fillers
• Nucleators and clarifiers
• Wood-plastic composites

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May 2020

• Special features:
• Natural fibres
• 3D printing
• Wire and cable
• Engineering plastics

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April 2020

• Special features:
• EV compounds
• Small batch compounding
• Processing aids
• Impact modification

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March 2020

• Special features:
• Simulation
• Twin screw extruders
• LFT developments
• Artifical intelligence
• Odour and emissions

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February 2020

• Special features:
• Surface modification
• Energy management
• Conductive plastics
• PA additives

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January 2020

• Special features:
• Film additives
• Pelletisers
• Polymer analysis

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December 2019

• Special features:
• Nanocomposites
• Lab compounders
• Flame retardants
• Accelerated testing
• K2019 show review

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November 2019

• Special features:
• Carbon black
• K2019 show news
• Reinforcements
• Batch mixers
• Packaging additives

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October 2019

• Special features:
• Titanium dioxide
• 3D printing
• Recycling additives
• K2019 preview: Machinery
• Alternative compounders

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September 2019

• Special features:
• Colour pigments
• Bioplastics
• K Preview: Materials
• Purging compounds
• Antioxidants

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August 2019

• Special features:
• PVC plasticisers
• Reactive compounding
• K2019 visitor guide
• Wood plastic composites
• Screws and barrels

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July 2019

• Special features:
• Antimicrobials
• Melt filters
• Colour measurement
• Dosing and feeding
• Compounding World Asia

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June 2019

• Special features:
• Clarifiers and nucleators
• Compounding World Expo
• Functional fillers
• PVC additives
• Clean compounding

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May 2019

• Special features:
• Plant management
• Compatibilisers
• Wire and cable
• Chinaplas preview
• High density compounds

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April 2019

• Special features:
• CWE show preview
• Thermally conductive
• PPS compounds
• Processing aids
• Materials testing

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March 2019

• Special features:
• Effect pigments
• Natural fibres
• LFT production
• Process simulation
• Twin screw extruders

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February 2019

• Special features:
• PA additives
• Surface modification
• Electrically conductive
• Materials handling
• PVC Formulation

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January 2019

• Special features:
• Film additives
• Polymer analysis
• Pelletisers
• Polymer foam
• LFTs USA preview

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December 2018

• Special features:
• Nanocomposites
• Lab compounders
• Flame retardants
• 10th anniversary edition
• Weather testing

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November 2018

• Special features:
• Bioplastics
• Polymer distribution
• Mixing systems
• Carbon black
• Active packaging

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October 2018

• Special features:
• Alternative compounders
• Titanium dioxide
• Fakuma preview
• 3D print materials
• Reinforcements

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September 2018

• Special features:
• Pigments and colorants
• Reactive compounding
• Polymer stabilisers
• Recycling additives
• Supply chain

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August 2018

• Special features:
• PVC plasticisers
• Dosing and feeding
• Functional fillers
• Screws and barrels
• Compounding World Expo

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July 2018

• Special features:
• Colour measurement
• Antimicrobials
• Melt filters
• Plast 2018 review
• Impact modifiers

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June 2018

• Special features:
• LFT innovations
• NPE review
• Compounding World Expo
• TPE developments
• PVC additives

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May 2018

• Special features:
• NPE2018 preview
• Wire & Cable
• Industry 4.0
• Compatibilisers
• Plast preview

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April 2018

• Special features:
• Thermally conductive compounds
• Extruder maintenance
• Chinaplas preview
• Processing aids
• Polymer testing

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March 2018

• Special features:
• Process simulation
• Twin screw extruders
• Natural fibres
• Effect pigments
• Product design

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February 2018

• Special features:
• Electrical conductive plastics
• Polyamide additives
• Bulk materials handling
• Laser additives

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January 2018

• Special features:
• Pelletiser developments
• Odour and emissions
• Film additives
• Polymer foaming
• PVC Formulation 2018

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December 2017

• Special features:
• Anti-counterfeiting
• Lab compounders
• Flame retardants
• Weather testing
• UV stabilisers

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November 2017

• Special features:
• Batch/continuous mixers
• Carbon black update
• Fakuma 2017 review
• Surface modification
• Colour masterbatch

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October 2017

• Special features:
• Titanium dioxide
• Reinforcing fibres
• Fakuma preview
• Smart packaging
• Polymers in Footwear

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September 2017

• Special features:
• Reactive extrusion
• Antioxidants and stabilisers
• Pigments
• Materials testing
• Event preview

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August 2017

• Special features:
• Performance PP
• PVC plasticisers
• Functional fillers
• Wear mangement
• Compounding World Asia

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July 2017

• Special features:
• Melt filtration
• Measuring colour
• Colour instrumentation
• Impact modifiers
• Antimicrobials

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June 2017

• Special features:
• Kneader extruders
• Cable markets
• Bioplastic compounding
• LFT technology
• PVC additives

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May 2017

• Special features:
• Wire and cable
• Industry 4.0
• Clarifiers and nucleators
• Chinaplas preview
• Market analysis

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April 2017

• Special features:
• Extruder maintenance
• Conductive plastics
• Recycling additives
• Purging compounds
• Engineering plastics

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March 2017

• Special features:
• Natural fibres
• Computer simulation
• Twin screw extruders
• Special effect pigments
• Compounding World Congress

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February 2017

• Special features:
• Thermally conductive plastics
• Additives for PA
• Materials handling
• Laser marking
• Compounding World Congress

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January 2017

• Special features:
• Odour and emissions
• Pelletising technology
• Film additives
• Foamed plastics
• CWF 2016 in review

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December 2016

• Special features:
• Flame retardants
• Fire testing
• Anti-counterfeting
• Lab compounders
• K2016 show review

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November 2016

• Special features:
• Surface modification
• K2016 show news
• Carbon black
• Batch mixing
• Conductive plastics

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October 2016

• Special features:
• Fibre reinforcements
• Active packaging
• Titanium dioxide
• K2016 machinery preview
• In-line compounding

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September 2016

• Special features:
• Pigment developments
• Antioxidants and stabilisers
• Materials testing
• Carbon nanotubes
• K2016 materials preview

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August 2016

• Special features:
• PVC plasticisers
• Functional fillers
• Managing wear
• K2016 visitor guide
• Electrical & electronic

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July 2016

• Special features:
• Antimicrobials
• Impact modifiers
• Colour measurement
• Melt filtration
• Automotive applications

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June 2016

• Special features:
• Multi-screw compounders
• PVC additives
• Bioplastic compounds
• Chinaplas review
• WPC innovations

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May 2016

• Special features:
• Nucleators and clarifiers
• Polymers for 3D printing
• LFT technologies
• Wire and cable
• Engineering plastics

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April 2016

• Special features:
• Recycling additives
• Clean compounding
• Conductive plastics
• Chinaplas preview
• CWC 2016

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March 2016

• Special features:
• Twin screw extruders
• Polyketone polymers
• Natural fibres
• High density compounds
• Engineering plastics

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February 2016

• Special features:
• Thermally conductive addtives
• Performance polyamides
• Managing scratch and mar
• Conductive compounds
• Materials handling

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January 2016

• Special features:
• Film additives
• Pelletizing technology
• Polymer foams
• Purging compounds
• Compounding World Forum

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December 2015

• Special features:
• Flame retardants
• Laboratory compounders
• Anti-counterfeting additives
• Polymer distribution
• Latin American markets

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November 2015

• Special features:
• Surface modification
• Fakuma 2015 review
• Carbon black
• Mixing technology
• Compounding World Forum

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October 2015

• Special features:
• TiO2 markets
• Reinforcing fibres
• Pellet sorting
• High temperature plastics
• Fakuma preview

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September 2015

• Special features:
• What's new in pigments
• Machinery markets
• Polymer stabilisation
• Testing and characterisation
• Sustainability

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August 2015

• Special features:
• Making the most of minerals
• What's new in kneaders
• PVC plasticizers go green
• New applications for magnetite
• European market analysis

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July 2015

• Special features:
• The latest antimicrobial additives
• Monitoring colours in plastics
• Advances in melt filtration systems
• Enhancing engineering plastics
• Discussing new materials in Asia

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June 2015

• Special features:
• Selecting stabilizers for PVC
• Raising the performance of PLA
• Electrical & electronic applications
• Measuring weather resistance
• Italian machinery news from Plast

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May 2015

• Special features:
• Compounding plastics for 3D printing
• The latest wire and cable compounds
• Clarifying and nucleating agents
• Exploring conductive thermoplastics
• Chinaplas 2015: exhibition highlights

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April 2015

• Special features:
• Additives revive recycled plastics
• Electrically-conductive compounds
• Developments in reactive extrusion
• Recycled plastics for auto interiors
• Plast 2015: Milan show preview

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March 2015

• Special features:
• Selecting special effect pigments
• Twin-screws turn up the torque
• Natural fibres for automotive parts
• The compounders' guide to NPE
• CWC Cologne exhibition preview

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February 2015

• Special features:
• Thermally-conductive compounds
• NPE 2015: machinery highlights
• Advances in computer simulation
• New materials handling systems
• Polyketones make a comeback

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January 2015

• Special features:
• Focus on foaming agents
• The latest pelletizing systems
• Additives for making better films
• Philadelphia Forum review
• PlastIndia 2015 preview

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December 2014

• Special features:
• The latest flame retardants
• Additives for laser marking
• New lab-scale compounders
• Renewably-resourced plastics
• Mergers and acquisitions

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November 2014

• Special features:
• Anti-counterfeiting additives
• Controlling electrical conductivity
• Carbon blacks that are really green
• Global polymer demand trends
• The latest mixers for compounders

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October 2014

• Special features:
• Fibre reinforcements for added strength
• The latest trends in titanium dioxide
• Advances in thermoplastic elastomers
• Fakuma 2014 exhibition highlights
• Using food waste as fillers for plastics

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September 2014

• Special features:
• Adding colour to thermoplastics
• Taking halogens out of pigments
• Optimising extruder venting
• New antioxidants and UV stabilizers
• Testing polymer properties

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August 2014

• Special features:
• Developments in PVC plasticizers
• Making modifications with minerals
• Ensuring compatibility in compounds
• Africa's growing plastics markets
• Analysing plastic pellet quality

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July 2014

• Special features:
• Antimicrobial additives
• Faster formulations
• Melt filtration systems
• Colour measurement
• Automotive market trends

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June 2014

• Special features:
• Making better bioplastics
• The latest PVC stabilizers
• Measuring weatherability
• High-temperature plastics
• Putting vinyl to the test

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May 2014

• Special features:
• Photoluminescent pigments
• Adding electrical conductivity
• New clarifiers and nucleators
• Meeting REACH requirements
• Engineering thermoplastics

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April 2014

• Special features:
• Additives revive recycled plastics
• Europe's biggest compounders
• The surprise return of vinyl records
• Trends in wire and cable technologies
• Chinaplas 2014 exhibition preview

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March 2014

• Special features:
• Growing natural fibre markets
• The latest twin-screw extruders
• How to improve biopolymers
• Additives give a boost to PET
• Tips for energy-efficient extrusion

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February 2014

• Special features:
• The future for nanocomposites
• Thermally-conductive plastics
• New additives for polyolefins
• Improve your materials handling
• Focus on long fibre thermoplastics

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January 2014

• Special features:
• Picking the perfect pelletizer
• Creating foamed polymers
• New developments in additives
• Compounding World Forum review
• A fresh approach to foaming PP

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December 2013

• Special features:
• Fighting fires in plastics
• The latest lab-scale compounders
• Developing electronics applications
• European markets trends
• K 2013: new machinery review

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November 2013

• Special features:
• Safety tips for twin-screw extruders
• How to make the most of carbon black
• The latest batch mixing technologies
• Compounding industry news from K 2013

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October 2013

• Special features:
• The compounders' guide to K 2013
• Developments in fibre reinforcements
• New trends in titanium dioxide pigments
• Opening up opportunities in India
• PolyOne gets closer to designers

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September 2013

• Special features:
• Picking pigments for plastics
• Measuring polymer melt properties
• Boosting the properties of bioplastics
• K 2013: polymers and additives preview
• Compounding World Forum 2013

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August 2013

• Special features:
• Play it safe: new PVC plasticizers
• The debate about degradable additives
• Adding value with functional fillers
• K 2013: get ready for the big show
• Compounding World Forum preview

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July 2013

• Special features:
• Understanding how colour works
• Monitoring colour during compounding
• Antimicrobial additives in action
• Innovations in thermoplastic elastomers
• Focus on melt filtration systems

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June 2013

• Special features:
• Developments in PVC stabilizers
• Compounding better bioplastics
• Raising the bar for recycled PP
• Reliable testing of weatherability
• Clariant's strategy in eastern Europe

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May 2013

• Special features:
• Electrically-conductive compounds
• Clarifiers and nucleating agents
• Focus on wood-plastic composites
• Chinaplas 2013 exhibition preview

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April 2013

• Special features:
• Sustainable compounding in action
• Wire & cable markets and technologies
• New developments in antioxidants
• Troubleshooting guide for pellet defects
• Celebrating our 50th edition

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March 2013

• Special features:
• Additives promote PET performance
• The latest twin-screw extruders
• European polymer distribution trends
• Going green with natural fibres
• PolyOne reveals colour forecasts

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February 2013

• Special features:
• Thermally-conductive compounds
• New additives for polyolefins
• Useful tips for cost management
• The latest materials handling systems
• Simplifying EU patent legislation

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January 2013

• Special features:
• Bubbling up: new foaming agents
• The latest pelletizing systems
• Connecting with compatibilizers
• Optimizing PE foam formulations

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December 2012

• Special features:
• Compounding high-temperature plastics
• Picking flame retardants for polyamides
• Focus on laboratory compounders
• Getting to grips with green chemistry

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November 2012

• Special features:
• Keep it clean for medical markets
• Developments in carbon black
• Stir it up with the latest mixers
• Formulating conductive compounds
• Focus on materials testing

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October 2012

• Special features:
• Fibre reinforcements for plastics
• Tracking trends in titanium dioxide
• Screen-changers and melt filtration
• Fakuma 2012 show highlights
• Screw and barrel alignment

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September 2012

• Special features:
• Picking the perfect pigment
• America's leading masterbatchers
• Developments in mineral fillers
• How to test weather resistance

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August 2012

• Special features:
• Developments in PVC plasticizers
• Carrier materials for masterbatch
• What's new in reactive extrusion?
• Foamed plastics for lighter cars
• Fire retardants face fresh challenges

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July 2012

• Special features:
• Cross-linking technologies
• ERP software for compounders
• Thermoplastic elastomers
• Guide to colour measurement
• What's new in nanotubes?

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June 2012

• Special features:
• Well connected: trends in cables
• Focus on medical compounding
• More top tips for twin-screws
• Giving a boost to bioplastics
• PVC additives: seeking stability

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May 2012

• Special features:
• Turn-key compounding lines
• Raising electrical conductivity
• Top tips for twin-screw extrusion
• Screeners sort out plastic pellets
• Studying brominated flame retardants

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April 2012

• Special features:
• Getting to grips with REACH legislation
• New developments in antioxidants
• Understanding PP nucleation
• Improve your materials handling
• Predicting colour trends for plastics

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March 2012

• Special features:
• The latest additives for PET resins
• Europe's masterbatch leaders
• New developments in pelletizers
• NPE 2012: what to see in Orlando
• Russia backs nanocomposites

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February 2012

• Special features:
• Increasing thermal conductivity
• Antimicrobials for medical devices
• Moving ahead with direct extrusion
• Focus on wood-plastic composites
• Compounds for geothermal pipes

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January 2012

• Special features:
• Developments in impact modifiers
• Compounding technology for PVC
• The latest additives for polyolefins
• Growing market demand for LFTs
• Cabot invests in graphenes

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December 2011

• Special features:
• Picking the right flame retardants
• Compounding in South America
• The latest laboratory extruders
• New replacements for decaBDE
• Introducing a novel FR additive

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November 2011

• Special features:
• Learning to love your gearbox
• What's new in carbon black
• Opportunities in solar power
• Automating materials testing
• Japan's revolutionary kneader

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October 2011

• Special features:
• Trends in titanium dioxide
• Focus on fibre reinforcements
• European market analysis
• Fakuma show highlights
• Developments in melt filtration

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