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Boy, it seems as if 2011 just started and before you know it we are into the next year. We saw a lot of activity in some new markets in 2011 and we plan to keep turning over stones in 2012. In addition to the Material Handling market, which has great momentum carrying over this [...]

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It’s hard to believe that 2 years ago we, along with many other companies, were doing everything we could to reduce costs and survive the storm. During this period, however, we also spent a lot of time planting seeds – looking at new markets, developing new products, investigating new opportunities. It has really paid off! [...]

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I just spent a couple of days with our new transportation specialist, Chris McClintock, in Detroit introducing him to some of our automotive accounts. As we sat with our customers, we were introduced to a number of opportunities to create new innovative products to address challenges in the market that are currently going unaddressed. This [...]

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We will be heading to Baltimore Sept. 12 for the International Association of Plastics Distributors convention which will run form Tuesday Sept. 13 through Thursday Sept. 15. This show gives us a chance to visit with a lot of our distributors from around the country and provide information on new application and markets we are [...]

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As a leader in continuous compression molding, Crown Plastics applies its proven expertise to thermoplastic composite technology. Crown Plastics endeavors to find solutions for ever-widening thermoplastic applications including those reinforced with glass, carbon, aramid or metal fibers. We offer the following capabilities: • Continuous belt press (unlimited lengths – dependent upon composite components) • 700º [...]

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We have launched a new video series called “Make It Stick” where we take challenging or difficult to adhere to substrates and utilizing Crown Plastics unique bonding technology, find a bonding solution for UHMW.We initially featured powder coated paint surfaces and reinforced PVC on inflatable rafts. We have followed these up with bonding to wood, [...]

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As we have been making our way around the country, even the globe for that matter, we continue to come across great opportunities to introduce customers to our DuraSurf line of UHMW products and show them how we can reduce their costs and improve efficiencies. We will be testing our DuraSurf UV on the bottom [...]

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We are in Chicago exhibiting at the Promat show which caters to the Conveyor/Material handling markets. It has been very enlightening to see how many problems are out there and no one providing solutions. We came across a number of distribution companies as well conveyor and package distribution companies that really need our UHMW material. [...]

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I had to bear the brunt of Mother Nature but worked my way through Pennsylvania  to do a test installation of our DuraSurf STS on some chutes at a package distribution center. The DuraSurf STS has a silicone additive making it much slicker than a standard UHMW material. We also have the unique advantage of [...]

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