That Plastics Guy
By Kurt Stahle
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Join host Kurt Stahle, “That Plastics Guy”, as he shares his knowledge and four decades of plastics industry experience with you; discussing, informing, interviewing, and having fun along the way.
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| Episode | Date |
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Polytives Viscosity Modifier
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May 01, 2026 |
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Post Industrial Feedstock for Nylon - Tech Tip Friday
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Apr 24, 2026 |
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Efficiency Tips During a Disruptive Market - Tech Tip Friday
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Apr 17, 2026 |
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Episode 142V - Stop Wasting Resin - Use a Purge Compound - TTF
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Apr 10, 2026 |
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Seeking Fairness During Rising Prices - Tech Tip Friday
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Apr 02, 2026 |
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Let Down Ratios (Encore Presentation) | Tech Tip Friday
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Mar 27, 2026 |
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Tool Review - Milwaukee Colour Match Light - Tech Tip Friday
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Mar 20, 2026 |
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What Temperature is My Colour? - Tech Tip Friday
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Mar 13, 2026 |
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Dealing with Odours - Tech Tip Friday
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Mar 06, 2026 |
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A New Approach to Breaking Down Plastics - RAWS Americas
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Mar 02, 2026 |
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What is Wide Spec Material - Tech Tip Friday
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Feb 27, 2026 |
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Molded in Stress with Wide Spec PP - Tech Tip Friday
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Feb 20, 2026 |
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Soak time when purging - Tech Tip Friday
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Feb 13, 2026 |
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Why Purge? Leveraging Commercial Purging Compounds for Maximum Uptime
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Feb 09, 2026 |
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Purging to Maximize YOUR uptime - Tech Tip Friday
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Feb 06, 2026 |
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Controlling Shrink Through Injection | Tech Tip Friday
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Jan 30, 2026 |
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Cost Per Pound vs Density - Unpacking True Cost | Tech Tip Friday
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Jan 23, 2026 |
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Discussing the Skilled Trades with Darryl Gratrix
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Jan 19, 2026 |
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PP vs PE Molded in Stress | Tech Tip Friday
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Jan 16, 2026 |
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Planned Maintenance for 2026 | Tech Tip Friday
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Jan 09, 2026 |
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Holiday Special - Purging for Extended Shutdown | Tech Tip Friday
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Dec 19, 2025 |
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Looking After Your Environment | Tech Tip Friday
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Dec 12, 2025 |
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Sustainable Gift Giving | Tech Tip Friday
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Dec 05, 2025 |
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Be an Industry Advocate | Tech Tip Friday
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Nov 28, 2025 |
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Polystyrene Recycling Alliance (PSRA) - A Follow-up Interview with Justin Riney
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Nov 25, 2025 |
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Polystyrene Recycling | Tech Tip Friday
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Nov 21, 2025 |
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Perseverance | Tech Tip Friday
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Nov 14, 2025 |
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Building Customer Relationships | Tech Tip Friday
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Nov 07, 2025 |
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Going alone - When entrepreneurship is YOUR path
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Nov 03, 2025 |
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The Halloween Special! | Tech Tip Friday
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Oct 31, 2025 |
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Leveraging AI in Plastics | Tech Tip Friday
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Oct 24, 2025 |
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Let Down Ratios | Tech Tip Friday
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Oct 17, 2025 |
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Lower the Cost of Colourant | Tech Tip Friday
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Oct 10, 2025 |
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Plastic - How Did We Get Here?
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Oct 07, 2025 |
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Regrind for Better Colour | Tech Tip Friday
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Oct 03, 2025 |
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Colour Spaces | Tech Tip Friday
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Sep 26, 2025 |
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Know When to Stop | Tech Tip Friday
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Sep 19, 2025 |
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Be Safe! | Tech Tip Friday
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Sep 12, 2025 |
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Flow Modifiers
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Sep 08, 2025 |
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Don't Give Up! | Tech Tip Friday
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Sep 05, 2025 |
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FDA Approved vs Compliant | Tech Tip Friday
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Aug 22, 2025 |
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TPU and Moisture | Tech Tip Friday
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Aug 15, 2025 |
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An interview with Darrel Fry of ABC3D - Conductive Polymers
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Aug 05, 2025 |
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New Product Alert - Conductive Polymer | Tech Tip Friday
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Aug 01, 2025 |
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Running the ECOrrect Water Soluble Resin | Tech Tip Friday
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Jul 25, 2025 |
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Happy 100th to "That Plastics Guy"!!
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Jul 21, 2025 |
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Drying Material During the Summer Months | Tech Tip Friday
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Jul 18, 2025 |
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Viscosity vs Melt Flow | Tech Tip Friday
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Jul 11, 2025 |
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Our interview with Brett Minken of Andicor Specialty Chemicals
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Jul 07, 2025 |
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Resin Buying in Uncertain Times | Tech Tip Friday
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Jun 27, 2025 |
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Foil Bag Liners | Tech Tip Friday
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Jun 20, 2025 |
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Water Soluble vs Biopolymer | Tech Tip Friday
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Jun 13, 2025 |
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An Introduction to Sulapac BioPolymers!
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Jun 09, 2025 |
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More Biopolymers from Sulapac! | Tech Tip Friday
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Jun 06, 2025 |
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Biopolymers from Sulapac | Tech Tip Friday
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May 30, 2025 |
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An Interview with Jonathan Knott from Explore Skilled Trades
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May 26, 2025 |
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Handling Aged Inventory | Tech Tip Friday
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May 23, 2025 |
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Mechanical vs Chemical Purging Compounds | Tech Tip Friday
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May 16, 2025 |
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Chemical Foaming Agents | Tech Tip Friday
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May 09, 2025 |
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Interview with Mehdi Sheikhzadeh and Steve Reaume – Canadian Extrusion Research Laboratory at Lambton College
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May 03, 2025 |
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Long Glass Materials | Tech Tip Friday
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May 02, 2025 |
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Polymers 101 - Thermoplastic Polyurethane
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Apr 28, 2025 |
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Small Sprue Design | Tech Tip Friday
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Apr 25, 2025 |
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Uncertainty | Tech Tip Friday
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Apr 17, 2025 |
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ECOrrect - Water Soluble Applications
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Apr 14, 2025 |
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Silos and Bulk Trucks | Tech Tip Friday
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Apr 11, 2025 |
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Product Education - ECOrrect | Tech Tip Friday
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Apr 04, 2025 |
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Encore Presentation - An Interview with Bindi Patel, Creator of ECOrrect Water Soluble Resin
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Mar 31, 2025 |
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Living Hinges | Tech Tip Friday
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Mar 28, 2025 |
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Success via the Basics | Tech Tip Friday
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Mar 21, 2025 |
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Purging Compound - Fresh Start
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Mar 17, 2025 |
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Canadian Pride | Tech Tip Friday
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Mar 14, 2025 |
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Draft Angles | Tech Tip Friday
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Mar 07, 2025 |
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Recycling Standard for Plastics | Tech Tip Friday
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Feb 28, 2025 |
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The ABCs of Blending, with Advanced Blending Solutions
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Feb 27, 2025 |
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Recharge Yourself | Tech Tip Friday
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Feb 21, 2025 |
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Tariff Talks
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Feb 17, 2025 |
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Material Density Revisited | Tech Tip Friday
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Feb 14, 2025 |
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Implementing Check Lists | Tech Tip Friday
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Feb 07, 2025 |
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Encore Presentation - Interview with Dharmendra Khanolkar of ExCista Corporation
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Feb 03, 2025 |
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Melt Flow Revisited | Tech Tip Friday
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Jan 31, 2025 |
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UV Inhibitors | Tech Tip Friday
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Jan 24, 2025 |
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Polystyrene Recycling Alliance - an interview with Justin Riney of INEOS Styrolution
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Jan 20, 2025 |
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Gloss Levels | Tech Tip Friday
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Jan 17, 2025 |
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Tie Bar Stretch | Tech Tip Friday
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Jan 10, 2025 |
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2025 Economic Outlook
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Jan 07, 2025 |
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Returning from Holidays | Tech Tip Friday
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Jan 03, 2025 |
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The Skilled Trades in Ontario - an Interview with Darryl Gratrix of MPC
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Dec 23, 2024 |
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Shutting Down with Purge Compound | Tech Tip Friday
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Dec 20, 2024 |
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Impact Modified Nylon | Tech Tip Friday
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Dec 13, 2024 |
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Doctor Chris DeArmitt – Microplastics: Fact vs. Fiction
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Dec 09, 2024 |
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White Masterbatch | Tech Tip Friday
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Dec 06, 2024 |
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Mineral Masterbatches | Tech Tip Friday
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Nov 29, 2024 |
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Introduction to Antimicrobials
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Nov 25, 2024 |
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Planned Maintenance | Tech Tip Friday
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Nov 22, 2024 |
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Black Concentrate Pt 3/3 | Tech Tip Friday
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Nov 15, 2024 |
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50th Podcast Celebration, plus thoughts on the incoming Trump administration
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Nov 11, 2024 |
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Black Concentrate Pt 2/3 | Tech Tip Friday
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Nov 08, 2024 |
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Black Concentrate Let Down Ratio Pt 1/3 | Tech Tip Friday
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Nov 01, 2024 |
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Lessons Learned from Running a Sample
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Oct 28, 2024 |
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Creating a Purging Firewall | Tech Tip Friday
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Oct 25, 2024 |
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Water Lines | Tech Tip Friday
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Oct 18, 2024 |
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Case Study - Processing for Optimal Appearance
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Oct 14, 2024 |
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Colourant Let Down Ratio | Tech Tip Friday
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Oct 11, 2024 |
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Causes of Flash | Tech Tip Friday
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Oct 04, 2024 |
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Water Absorption in Resins
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Sep 30, 2024 |
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Purging Through Valve Gates | Tech Tip Friday
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Sep 27, 2024 |
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Drying Resins Pt 2/2 | Tech Tip Friday
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Sep 20, 2024 |
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Plastics 101 - Nylon - A History and Applications
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Sep 16, 2024 |
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Drying Resins Pt 1/2 | Tech Tip Friday
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Sep 13, 2024 |
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Let Down Ratio | Tech Tip Friday
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Sep 06, 2024 |
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Parting Lines
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Sep 02, 2024 |
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The Local Material Supplier | Tech Tip Friday
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Aug 30, 2024 |
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Shrink Rate Range | Tech Tip Friday
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Aug 23, 2024 |
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Consulting with the Consultants - Jim Pelot and Cher Cunningham of Podium Prosperity and Tradewinds
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Aug 19, 2024 |
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FDA Approval vs Compliance | Tech Tip Friday
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Aug 16, 2024 |
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Flammability Ratings - Glow Wire | Tech Tip Friday
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Aug 09, 2024 |
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Flammability and Flame Ratings
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Aug 05, 2024 |
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Flammability Ratings | Tech Tip Friday
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Aug 02, 2024 |
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Interview with Bindi Patel of ECOrrect Pt 2/2
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Jul 29, 2024 |
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Vicat Softening Point | Tech Tip Friday
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Jul 26, 2024 |
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Heat Deflection Temperature | Tech Tip Friday
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Jul 19, 2024 |
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Interviewing the Interviewer - A conversation with Mark Stephen of Canadian Plastics
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Jul 15, 2024 |
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Flexural Strength | Tech Tip Friday
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Jul 12, 2024 |
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Notched Izod Impact | Tech Tip Friday
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Jul 05, 2024 |
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Energy Conservation with VFDs - An interview with Bill Hartwick of Filter Specialties Inc.
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Jul 01, 2024 |
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Flex Mod | Tech Tip Friday
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Jun 28, 2024 |
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Melt Flow | Tech Tip Friday
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Jun 21, 2024 |
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Industry Musings - Energy Conservation...Let's Start the Conversation!
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Jun 17, 2024 |
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What is Material Density | Tech Tip Friday
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Jun 14, 2024 |
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Purging with Purging Compounds Pt 4/4 | Tech Tip Friday
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Jun 07, 2024 |
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Tech Series - Plastics 101 - PVC
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Jun 03, 2024 |
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Purging with Purge Compounds Pt 2/3 | Tech Tip Friday
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May 31, 2024 |
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Purging Compound Types Pt 2/4 | Tech Tip Friday
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May 24, 2024 |
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Playing in the Traffic - an Interview with Drew Pearson from Crossdock
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May 20, 2024 |
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Purging with Purge Compounds Pt 1/4 | Tech Tip Friday
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May 17, 2024 |
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Living Hinges | Tech Tip Friday
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May 10, 2024 |
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Industry Commentary - Plastics Pollution - the 1% Problem
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May 06, 2024 |
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Proper Draft Angle | Tech Tip Friday
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May 03, 2024 |
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The Check Ring | Tech Tip Friday
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Apr 26, 2024 |
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Tech Series - Diving into Colour Dispersion
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Apr 22, 2024 |
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Gate Placement | Tech Tip Friday
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Apr 19, 2024 |
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Tech Series - Water Soluble Resins, the ECOrrect Way!
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Apr 08, 2024 |
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Tech Series - Silaplast - The Additive with a Difference
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Mar 25, 2024 |
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An Introduction to Injection Molding
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Mar 11, 2024 |
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The Wonderful World of Colour!
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Feb 26, 2024 |
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Plastics 101 - Polyolefins
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Feb 12, 2024 |
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Plastics - Our Responsibility
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Jan 29, 2024 |
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A Plastics Registry in Canada
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Jan 15, 2024 |
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That Plastics Guy - Trailer
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Jan 15, 2024 |
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Introducing "That Plastics Guy"!
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Jan 15, 2024 |