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Featured Partner: Evonik

Featured Partner: Evonik

by Bing Carbone Modern Plastics takes pride in our close relationships with some of the world’s leading chemical synthesis and research innovation leaders. One such company is Evonik, whose state-of-the-art polymers and chemicals create the raw materials for many of...

Feature Partner: Ensinger

Feature Partner: Ensinger

by Bing Carbone Founded in 1966 by Wilfried Ensinger, Ensinger Industries is an internationally-operated, family-owned thermoplastic giant and global supplier of high performance polymers headquartered in Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany. Some few years after its founding,...

Feature Partner: Kydex Thermoplastics (Sekisui)

Feature Partner: Kydex Thermoplastics (Sekisui)

by Bing Carbone Since 1965, Sekisui has been a leader in the thermoplastics industry, though not under that name. That year, Kydex thermoplastics was first invented by Rohm and Haas, eventually used for aircraft interiors. This product sparked its own company under...

The Modern Plastics Story: from Glass to Plastic Distributor

The Modern Plastics Story: from Glass to Plastic Distributor

by Bing Carbone When most people think of plastics, or ever consider the history of it, they may think that this is a new invention, around since maybe the 1970s or ’80s. But plastics go back further than that, and Modern Plastics has been on the cutting edge since...

Medical Grade LENNITE®UHMW-PE

Medical grade LENNITE® UHMW-PE from Westlake Plastics is lot controlled and traceable, ASTM F-648 and ISO 5834-1/2 compliant, available stock material in Type I and II resins, stress relieved, and custom certifications available. Applications include total hip and...

TECAFORM® MT

TECAFORM® MT, Polyoxymethylene (Copolymer Acetal), manufactured by Ensinger is a semi-crystalline thermoplastic offering high strength, stiffness and toughness. TECAFORM® MT is typically used in the medical plastics industry and food technology. The material is...

GE Advanced Materials’ Lexan* Solar Control IR Sheet

From GE Advanced Materials, we offer the new family of transparent, solar-control glazing products, available in both solid sheet and multi-wall polycarbonate sheet that significantly reduces solar transmission while simultaneously offering high levels of light...

GE Advanced Materials’ Lexgard* Bullet Resistant Laminates

GE's Lexgard* bullet resistant laminates, line of transparent armor products helps provide ballistic, bomb blast, natural disaster and forced entry protection for a wide variety of flat glazing. Lexgard* laminates are composite sheets that possess bullet-resistant...

InteFoam® PVC Foam Sheet

Please visit our Product Information Page for information on InteFoam® PVC Expanded Foam Sheet.  Click Here InteFoam® is a registered trademark of The Inteplast Group, Ltd.

IntePro® Storm Protection Panels

Modern Plastics now offers one of the strongest, light weight plastic substrates available in the industry for home, office, factory and business protection in the event of severe storm and weather activity. Our IntePro® 16mm Corrugated Polypropylene sheet has...