Readers interested in additional information on foams are referred to the Foamed Plastics Chart appearing in the Technical Data section and to the list of references which appears below.

Plastics are easier to handle than the vulcanized rubber formerly used, and they save time and money.

Plastics are made from synthetic carbon polymers, often with oxygen and nitrogen atoms included at regular intervals in the main polymer chain.

Plastics are really the final product, created after one or more polymers or additives have been added to a resin during processing, which is then shaped into a final form.

Plastics are generally classified as " commodity ", " specialty " and " engineering " plastics.

Plastics used in skylights are UV stabilized and may feature other advances to improve thermal properties.

The largest employers in the Troy micropolitan area are Troy University, Lockheed Martin, Sikorsky Aircraft, CGI Group, the Wal-Mart distribution center in nearby Brundidge, Alabama, and the various branches of Sanders Lead, Wiley Sanders Truck Lines, and KW Plastics operations.

Those six companies ( in descending order of employees ) are Key Plastics LLC, 3M Company, Hartford City News Times, BRC Rubber Group, Inc., Blackford Community Hospital, and Dacraglass Incorporated.

Notable companies in Truesdale are Cascade Plastics, Oldcastle Glass, Warrenton Oil, Coca-Cola, River City Steel, Metso Minerals and Truesdale MFA.

The artists that fall under the banner of technopop in Japan are as loose as those that do so in the West, thus new wave bands such as P-Model and The Plastics fall under the category alongside the symphonic techno arrangements of Yellow Magic Orchestra.

Plastics allow the manufacturing of strongly aspherical lens elements which are difficult or impossible to manufacture in glass, and which simplify or improve lens manufacturing and performance.

Plastics are not used for the outermost elements of all but the cheapest lenses as they scratch easily.

Major plants are operated by Nissan Shatai, Yokohama Rubber Company, Canon, Furukawa Electric, Kansai Paint, and Mitsubishi Plastics.

Plastics with high BFR concentrations are costly to handle or to discard, whereas plastics with levels below 0. 1 % have value as recyclable materials.

Plastics may also be welded by induction, if they are either doped with ferromagnetic ceramics ( where magnetic hysteresis of the particles provides the heat required ) or by metallic particles.

The main products of these industries are Drugs, Textiles, Adhesives, Plastics, Rubber, Steel, Pharmaceuticals, Engineering, Fertilizers, Electronics, Chemicals and Iron & Steel.

Plastics are used for the lowest burst pressures, aluminum and copper for somewhat higher levels and mild steel and stainless steel for the highest burst pressures.

Plastics began to replace wood and metal in existing products as well, and today plastics are the most widely used manufacturing materials.

are a six-piece group formed in 1999 containing Kate Pierson ( of The B-52s ), bassist Mick Karn ( of Japan ), vocalist Yuki Isoya ( of Judy and Mary ), Takemi Shima and Masahide Sakuma ( both of The Plastics, and Steven Wolf, the session drummer.

In the mid-1980s, Budd's Plastics Division introduced sheet moulding compound, a reinforced plastic in sheet form, suitable for stamping out body panels in much the same way, and as quickly, as sheet metal equivalents are made.

Among them are, for example, the Deutsche Kunststoffinstitut-DKI ( German Institute of Plastics Materials ), the Technologiezentrum Darmstadt-TZD of the Deutsche Telekom ( Research and Technology Institute of the Deutsche Telekom ), the Gesellschaft für Schwerionenforschung-GSI ( Heavy-Ion Research Institute ) at Wixhausen, the Fraunhofer Institute for Secure Information Technology SIT ( collaboration in the Center for Advanced Security Research Darmstadt-CASED ), the European Space Operations Centre-ESOC, the European Organization for Meteorological Satellites-EUMETSAT, and the Fraunhofer Institute for Structural Durability and the Fraunhofer Institute for Computer Graphics.

These are: Chemicals, Polymers, Performance Chemicals, Fertilizers, Metals and Innovative Plastics, plus manufacturing.

These instruments are made under license by Indiana Plastics of Elkhart, Indiana, and are marketed under the trade name Xaphoon Pocket Sax.

Plastics also allow for cost effective changes to be made to newer vehicle while still maintaining high safety and comfort requirements of the industry.

Cuban Plastics and Record Corporation was founded because Owner Ramon Sabat spent many dollars shipping the playlist over seas for the records to be made.

The red noses for the bi-annual Red Nose Day appeal of the Comic Relief charity were also made by Invicta Plastics in Oadby.

* The Swinburne Medal of the Plastics Institute, London ( 1964 ); This award recognizes an individual who has made a significant advancement to the science, engineering or technology of plastics.

There were many companies making liners during the war — Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company made most of them, while other companies included, The Firestone Tire and Rubber Company, CAPAC Manufacturing, Inland Division of General Motors, Mine Safety Appliances, Seaman Paper Company, and International Molded Plastics.

Rovex Plastics Ltd was founded just after the World War II in 1946 by Alexander Gregory Vanetzian, who made toys for Marks & Spencer.

Plastics packaging made from bioplastics and other Biodegradation | biodegradable plastics

Apart from the aforementioned Plastics Valley and numerous smaller business parks which have been founded by local initiatives the large industrial park of the plain of Ain has to be mentioned.

George Scribner was eventually inducted into the Plastics Hall of Fame for being a pioneer in developing molding techniques and applications at Boonton Molding Co. from 1920, and preeminent contributor to the development of the industry through his services as president and board chairman of the SPI during the period 1943-1947.

* Frank Marra: businessman, engineer, chairman of The Plastics Academy, received International Award for Business Management from Society of Plastics Engineers and Distinguished Service Award from the Society of the Plastics Industry

( previously GE Plastics, acquired from Borg Warner Plastics, née Marbon )

* Larry Ormson and Northern Plastics produced the game Trivial Pursuit in Elroy ; 30, 000, 000 games from 1983-1985.

The boats were manufactured under license from Skagit Plastics, Inc. of La Conner, Washington.

Plastics range from low-cost polystyrene and polyethylene to more complex mixtures of ABS or glass-reinforced epoxies.

In the mid 1960s, Multiple Toymakers / Multiple Plastics Corporation ( MPC ) came out with James Bond's attache case from From Russia With Love.

He remained chairman of the boards of Nan Ya Plastics Corporation, Formosa Chemistry & Fibre Corporation, and Cyma Plywood & Lumber Co. Ltd, but indicated his intention to gradually resign from these positions to retire.

Their name comes from Auto Plastics, the company that was infiltrated by the Nestenes and subsequently manufactured their Auton shells in Spearhead.

" by Japanese new wave band, The Plastics — from their album My Melody, was used by Sony in a European commercial for the Handycam in June 2005, and was also featured in Robot Food's snowboarding hit " Afterbang ".

One of the largest producers of monster figures were the Aurora Plastics Corporation, who produced many thousands figures from each mould.

BeeCard from Mitsubishi Plastics.

Cooper discovered that RKO had also profited from licensed products featuring the King Kong character such as model kits produced by Aurora Plastics Corporation.

Across the street from each other was the Tropical Fish Factory and a retail location for Tap Plastics, a supplier of scrap and custom acrylic plastic.

In 2009, ANTEC will be held in Chicago in conjunction with the National Plastics Exposition ( NPE ) from June 22 through the 24th in McCormick Place in the West Building.

Plastic dinnerware was available from Betras Plastics.