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Sharing Information for the Best Technical Outcomes - Tech Tip Friday

Trade Talks - Tech Tip Friday

How Long Can Inventory Last? - Tech Tip Friday

Introduction to Blow Molding - Tech Tip Friday

Expanded Polypropylene - Tech Tip Friday

Taking a peek at PEEK - Tech Tip Friday

Knowing When To Stop - Tech Tip Friday

Material Density - Tech Tip Friday

Pellet Cut Types - Tech Tip Friday

Interview with Greg Moffatt of the Chemistry Industry Association of Canada (CIAC)

Removing Surface Moisture - Tech Tip Friday

The Benefits of TPV - Tech Tip Friday

TPV vs TPE - Understanding Thermoplastic Elastomers - Tech Tip Friday

Running Repro or Regrind? Listen to This Tech Tip Friday!

Sustainability - Part 2 - Tech Tip Friday

Sustainability - Tech Tip Friday

Antioxidants - Tech Tip Friday

Cost per Pound is NOT the Full Story - Tech Tip Friday

Commodity White Masterbatches - Tech Tip Friday

Polytives Viscosity Modifier

Post Industrial Feedstock for Nylon - Tech Tip Friday

Efficiency Tips During a Disruptive Market - Tech Tip Friday

Episode 142V - Stop Wasting Resin - Use a Purge Compound - TTF

Seeking Fairness During Rising Prices - Tech Tip Friday

Let Down Ratios (Encore Presentation) | Tech Tip Friday

Tool Review - Milwaukee Colour Match Light - Tech Tip Friday

What Temperature is My Colour? - Tech Tip Friday

Dealing with Odours - Tech Tip Friday

A New Approach to Breaking Down Plastics - RAWS Americas

What is Wide Spec Material - Tech Tip Friday

Molded in Stress with Wide Spec PP - Tech Tip Friday

Soak time when purging - Tech Tip Friday

Why Purge? Leveraging Commercial Purging Compounds for Maximum Uptime

Purging to Maximize YOUR uptime - Tech Tip Friday

Controlling Shrink Through Injection | Tech Tip Friday

Cost Per Pound vs Density - Unpacking True Cost | Tech Tip Friday

Discussing the Skilled Trades with Darryl Gratrix

PP vs PE Molded in Stress | Tech Tip Friday

Planned Maintenance for 2026 | Tech Tip Friday

Holiday Special - Purging for Extended Shutdown | Tech Tip Friday

Looking After Your Environment | Tech Tip Friday

Sustainable Gift Giving | Tech Tip Friday

Be an Industry Advocate | Tech Tip Friday

Polystyrene Recycling Alliance (PSRA) - A Follow-up Interview with Justin Riney

Polystyrene Recycling | Tech Tip Friday

Perseverance | Tech Tip Friday

Building Customer Relationships | Tech Tip Friday

Going alone - When entrepreneurship is YOUR path

The Halloween Special! | Tech Tip Friday

Leveraging AI in Plastics | Tech Tip Friday

Let Down Ratios | Tech Tip Friday

Lower the Cost of Colourant | Tech Tip Friday

Plastic - How Did We Get Here?

Regrind for Better Colour | Tech Tip Friday

Colour Spaces | Tech Tip Friday

Know When to Stop | Tech Tip Friday

Be Safe! | Tech Tip Friday

Flow Modifiers

Don't Give Up! | Tech Tip Friday

FDA Approved vs Compliant | Tech Tip Friday

TPU and Moisture | Tech Tip Friday

An interview with Darrel Fry of ABC3D - Conductive Polymers

New Product Alert - Conductive Polymer | Tech Tip Friday

Running the ECOrrect Water Soluble Resin | Tech Tip Friday

Happy 100th to "That Plastics Guy"!!

Drying Material During the Summer Months | Tech Tip Friday

Viscosity vs Melt Flow | Tech Tip Friday

Our interview with Brett Minken of Andicor Specialty Chemicals

Resin Buying in Uncertain Times | Tech Tip Friday

Foil Bag Liners | Tech Tip Friday

Water Soluble vs Biopolymer | Tech Tip Friday

An Introduction to Sulapac BioPolymers!

More Biopolymers from Sulapac! | Tech Tip Friday

Biopolymers from Sulapac | Tech Tip Friday

An Interview with Jonathan Knott from Explore Skilled Trades

Handling Aged Inventory | Tech Tip Friday

Mechanical vs Chemical Purging Compounds | Tech Tip Friday

Chemical Foaming Agents | Tech Tip Friday

Interview with Mehdi Sheikhzadeh and Steve Reaume – Canadian Extrusion Research Laboratory at Lambton College

Long Glass Materials | Tech Tip Friday

Polymers 101 - Thermoplastic Polyurethane

Small Sprue Design | Tech Tip Friday

Uncertainty | Tech Tip Friday

ECOrrect - Water Soluble Applications

Silos and Bulk Trucks | Tech Tip Friday

Product Education - ECOrrect | Tech Tip Friday

Encore Presentation - An Interview with Bindi Patel, Creator of ECOrrect Water Soluble Resin

Living Hinges | Tech Tip Friday

Success via the Basics | Tech Tip Friday

Purging Compound - Fresh Start

Canadian Pride | Tech Tip Friday

Draft Angles | Tech Tip Friday

Recycling Standard for Plastics | Tech Tip Friday

The ABCs of Blending, with Advanced Blending Solutions

Recharge Yourself | Tech Tip Friday

Tariff Talks

Material Density Revisited | Tech Tip Friday

Implementing Check Lists | Tech Tip Friday

Encore Presentation - Interview with Dharmendra Khanolkar of ExCista Corporation

Melt Flow Revisited | Tech Tip Friday

UV Inhibitors | Tech Tip Friday

Polystyrene Recycling Alliance - an interview with Justin Riney of INEOS Styrolution

Gloss Levels | Tech Tip Friday

Tie Bar Stretch | Tech Tip Friday

2025 Economic Outlook

Returning from Holidays | Tech Tip Friday

The Skilled Trades in Ontario - an Interview with Darryl Gratrix of MPC

Shutting Down with Purge Compound | Tech Tip Friday

Impact Modified Nylon | Tech Tip Friday

Doctor Chris DeArmitt – Microplastics: Fact vs. Fiction

White Masterbatch | Tech Tip Friday

Mineral Masterbatches | Tech Tip Friday

Introduction to Antimicrobials

Planned Maintenance | Tech Tip Friday

Black Concentrate Pt 3/3 | Tech Tip Friday

50th Podcast Celebration, plus thoughts on the incoming Trump administration

Black Concentrate Pt 2/3 | Tech Tip Friday

Black Concentrate Let Down Ratio Pt 1/3 | Tech Tip Friday

Lessons Learned from Running a Sample

Creating a Purging Firewall | Tech Tip Friday

Water Lines | Tech Tip Friday

Case Study - Processing for Optimal Appearance

Colourant Let Down Ratio | Tech Tip Friday

Causes of Flash | Tech Tip Friday

Water Absorption in Resins

Purging Through Valve Gates | Tech Tip Friday

Drying Resins Pt 2/2 | Tech Tip Friday

Plastics 101 - Nylon - A History and Applications

Drying Resins Pt 1/2 | Tech Tip Friday

Let Down Ratio | Tech Tip Friday

Parting Lines

The Local Material Supplier | Tech Tip Friday

Shrink Rate Range | Tech Tip Friday

Consulting with the Consultants - Jim Pelot and Cher Cunningham of Podium Prosperity and Tradewinds

FDA Approval vs Compliance | Tech Tip Friday

Flammability Ratings - Glow Wire | Tech Tip Friday

Flammability and Flame Ratings

Flammability Ratings | Tech Tip Friday

Interview with Bindi Patel of ECOrrect Pt 2/2

Vicat Softening Point | Tech Tip Friday

Heat Deflection Temperature | Tech Tip Friday

Interviewing the Interviewer - A conversation with Mark Stephen of Canadian Plastics

Flexural Strength | Tech Tip Friday

Notched Izod Impact | Tech Tip Friday

Energy Conservation with VFDs - An interview with Bill Hartwick of Filter Specialties Inc.

Flex Mod | Tech Tip Friday

Melt Flow | Tech Tip Friday

Industry Musings - Energy Conservation...Let's Start the Conversation!

What is Material Density | Tech Tip Friday

Purging with Purging Compounds Pt 4/4 | Tech Tip Friday

Tech Series - Plastics 101 - PVC

Purging with Purge Compounds Pt 2/3 | Tech Tip Friday

Purging Compound Types Pt 2/4 | Tech Tip Friday

Playing in the Traffic - an Interview with Drew Pearson from Crossdock

Purging with Purge Compounds Pt 1/4 | Tech Tip Friday

Living Hinges | Tech Tip Friday

Industry Commentary - Plastics Pollution - the 1% Problem

Proper Draft Angle | Tech Tip Friday

The Check Ring | Tech Tip Friday

Tech Series - Diving into Colour Dispersion

Gate Placement | Tech Tip Friday

Tech Series - Water Soluble Resins, the ECOrrect Way!

Tech Series - Silaplast - The Additive with a Difference

An Introduction to Injection Molding

The Wonderful World of Colour!

Plastics 101 - Polyolefins

Plastics - Our Responsibility

A Plastics Registry in Canada

Introducing "That Plastics Guy"!

That Plastics Guy - Trailer