Eastman Chemical : Low volatile pure monomer resin products

Eastman Chemical’s new line of low volatile pure monomer resins--Kristalex 5140LV, Kristalex 3115LV, Kristalex 3100LV, and Plastolyn 290LV--offer the same performance, color, and stability of the company’s well-known pure monomer product line while offering lower levels of volatile organic compounds (VOCs), as well as balance cohesion, melt viscosity, and mechanical properties of various polymers.

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May 15th, 2013

The new low volatile pure monomer resins offer the assurance of a certified, lower volatility pure monomer resin with lower residual monomer.

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Diageo plans to test this paper bottle for Johnny Walker Scotch Whiskey in Spring of 2021.

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New refrigerated offerings from nutpods.

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