Product Spotlight – I-6500 Grating
“You get what you pay for” is an old cliché, but in the world of construction with tight budgets and growing costs, pricing is truly a concern. When it comes to FRP (fiberglass reinforced plastic) grating the old open-mold type continues to be used in many...
Frac Balls: Which Material Is Optimal?
Hydraulic fracturing AKA “fracking” is the key to the surge in North American oil and gas development in the past decade especially in the U.S. shale gas/tight oil regions. In simple terms, fracking creates small fissures underground which allow trapped...
Polyurethane Centralizers
Oil and gas development is booming in North America. This has caused an increased demand for premium parts using engineering plastics with one such application being urethane centralizers. These centralizers play a key role in the oil and gas extraction by keeping...
Plastic & Pucks
Many hockey fans in North America are currently enjoying the second round of the NHL playoffs. Hockey is a great example of a set of plastic applications we might not realize. There would be no modern ice hockey without plastics because there would be no equipment or...