by Alex Watkins | Aug 16, 2021 | News
Supply to Key Industries During the Pandemic With the good news announced that the UK will continue to ease back to normality, it is worth a moment to pause and reflect upon how our company supported key industry sectors such as food packaging and healthcare during...
by Emma Hinchliffe | Jun 14, 2021 | News
The use of rubber accelerators, with the potential to produce high levels of mutagenic and carcinogenic substances (nitrosamines), are a high concern to a rubber compounder. Nitrosamines are a family of chemical compounds discovered over 100 years ago. However, it was...
by Emma Hinchliffe | May 4, 2021 | News
The market conditions post Brexit have been most unusual. Global demand for materials, combined with shortages of C2 feedstock, have challenged most businesses. Combined also with a variety of shipping issues and cost pressures it has been a perfect storm in which...
by Emma Hinchliffe | Apr 16, 2021 | News
In this second of the series examining considerations for formulating thermoplastic masterbatches, compounds and dispersions, the technical team at Prisma Colour explain the differences between lightfasness and weathering (also known as weatherfastness or durability...
by Emma Hinchliffe | Mar 22, 2021 | News
Prisma Rubber Additives’ range of treated sulphur dispersions are produced with the specific aim of aiding rubber compounders to achieve rapid dispersion, while maintaining high levels of physical properties in their compounds. ‘Sulphur Bloom’ is a major problem...
by Emma Hinchliffe | Feb 25, 2021 | News
Colourant formulations are often complex in order to meet the varied requirements of the players in the supply chain. However, in general we as consumers take colour for granted. What are the main considerations when correctly identifying colours and additives for a...
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