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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 04:17:04 MST</pubDate>
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			<title>Opel, BASF Unveil All-Plastic Car Seat</title>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:47:51 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>What Ever Happened to Chrysler's Composite Concept Vehicle (CCV)?</title>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 12:39:48 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Complex Moldings Garner Dreamliner 787-Related Award</title>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 16:20:32 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>New Huntsman Thermoset Mimics Elastomers</title>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 21:58:15 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Mattel Shifts Design Practices; Goes Electric On Molding</title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 15:08:53 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Boeing Picks South Carolina for Dreamliner Assembly Plant</title>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 12:59:13 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Xerox Ink Allows Printing of Electronic Circuits on Plastics</title>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 20:30:12 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Watch Your Injection Molding Suppliers</title>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 16:21:08 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Metabolix Tests Bio-Engineered Polymers With Tobacco</title>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 13:17:51 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Aluminum Makes its Case for Electric Vehicles</title>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 14:26:49 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Dreamliner Design Modification Is 'On Track'</title>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 18 Oct 2009 16:20:22 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Swine Flu Injects Some Life Into Injection Molders</title>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2009 15:48:38 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Boeing Will Test Dreamliner and 747-8 Simultaneously</title>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2009 15:16:33 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Fluorotech Develops Steel-Reinforced Teflon Film</title>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 16:14:37 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Wheat Straw Debuts on 2010 Ford Flex</title>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2009 18:01:46 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Dow, BASF Top New German Patent Quality Index</title>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2009 15:21:30 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Aircraft OEMs Test Thermoplastic Binder on Carbon-Composite Wings</title>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2009 15:05:13 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>TPE Constant Velocity Joint Boot Makes SPE Hall of Fame Bid</title>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2009 19:32:53 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Is Industrial Design Dead?</title>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2009 20:29:40 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Boeing Installs Wing Design Fix on First Dreamliner 787</title>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2009 15:24:37 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>EmTech: GE Places Bet on Cadmium Telluride Photovoltaics</title>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2009 14:27:05 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Tesla &amp; Chevy Volt: Aluminum Versus Steel Versus Carbon-Composites</title>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2009 18:26:32 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Membrane Fuel Cells Are Tested in the Airbus A320</title>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2009 19:24:13 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>New BMW 5-Series Features Novel Backlit Instrument Cluster</title>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2009 17:02:30 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Hydro Aluminum Lightens New Frankfurt Auto Show Models</title>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2009 20:26:36 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Ford Motor Studies Kenaf and Coir for Plastics Reinforcement</title>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2009 17:29:22 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Dreamliner 787 Composites Approach Takes Another Big Hit</title>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2009 14:39:54 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Plasma Provides a Hot New Joining Approach</title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2009 15:29:05 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>New Tool Reduces Costs for Multi-Color Plastic Parts</title>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2009 16:16:59 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Is PVC Tree PC for Christmas?</title>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2009 16:27:05 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Is PVC PC for Christmas?</title>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2009 16:27:05 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>PVC Christmas Trees Are Best for the Environment?</title>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2009 13:58:28 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Rapid Machines Are Now Ready for Prime Time</title>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2009 14:44:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>Here's Why the Dreamliner Is So Late</title>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2009 20:45:52 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title>New Filter Membrane Stood Out at Plastics Design Competition</title>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2009 20:55:45 GMT</pubDate>
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