New FDA Food Safety Rules
The U.S. FDA is putting the finishing touches on some major rule changes and the rest of the world needs to take note (read more here). Why? Because these rules do not only affect domestic food but imports as well which must now be held to the same FDA standards. The...
Because No Food is Blue
Sometimes the simplest solutions are the best. Contaminants within the food and beverage industry are an ever-present fear. Being able to identify if a contaminate has entered into production is paramount to avoid costly fines or shutdowns. Redco™ Blue UHMW, Acetal,...
Food-Safe Plastics
Plastics have distinguished history in various food-processing industries from hobby farms, to large industrial freezers, to craft breweries. Keeping your eyes open as you tour these facilities it is hard finding areas where plastics do not have applications: wear...
The Porosity Problem
Customers looking for acetal (polyoxymethylene) are sometimes surprised to learn that the plastic comes in both homopolymer and copolymer resins. While both resins still result in a material that is “acetal” – there are some significant differences....
Blue Acetal – Why It Matters
What’s in a color? This fall we started selling Redco™ ZL 900 Blue®. The name sounds “fancy” but it really just refers to standard acetal that we now sell in the color blue. No new properties, heat tolerances, or anything else. So why does this...