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Society of the Plastics Industry - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (158 words) |
 | Founded in 1937, The Society of the Plastics Industry, Inc., is the trade association representing one of the largest manufacturing industries in the United States. |
| SPI's members represent the entire plastics industry supply chain, including processors, machinery and equipment manufacturers and raw materials suppliers. |
| This system was introduced to make separation of the many similar-appearing plastic resin types easier for recycling centers across the country. |
| SPI: About the Industry: Definitions of Resins (4802 words) |
| Plastics generally are organic high polymers (i.e., they consist of large chainlike molecules containing carbon) that are formed in a plastic state either during or after their transition from a small-molecule chemical to a solid material. |
| Industrial end-users are very familiar with the acetals in the form of gears, bearings, bushings, cams, housings, conveyors and any number of moving parts in appliances, business machines, etc., Consumers may be more familiar with applications such as automotive door handles, seat belt components, plumbing fixtures, shaver cartridges, zippers and gas tank caps. |
| This plastic was developed in 1926 and was promptly put to work in liquid form as enamels, paints, lacquers, and similar coatings for automotibles, refrigerators, stoves and similar products--still the largest use for alkyds. |
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