The increasing performance requirement of polymers is driving research for more efficient and cost-effective solutions for their manufacture. Development of new resin systems to meet demands for high performance materials would undoubtedly take too long and would certainly be too expensive since it would require huge investments in totally unexplored technologies and new plant facilities. Instead, polymer resin manufacturers have recently started to use extruders as chemical reactors.
The increasing performance requirement of polymers is driving research for more efficient and cost-effective solutions for their manufacture. Development of new resin systems to…