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Buyers' Guides and Directories

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Buyers' guides and directories are periodical publications that provide up-to-date contact information for vendors and suppliers of chemicals, equipment and other products. Some of the guides below will also list companies by type of service offered.

Chemical Engineering Buyers' Guide
TN 1 .M45 (Latest edition kept on reserve at the Science Reference Desk.)
This buyers' guide includes directories for:

  • Chemical process companies and associations
  • Trade names, and
  • Products and services.

Also available in online format at URL: http://www.cebuyersguide.com/public/
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Chemical Week Buyers' Guide
TP 1 .C37 (Latest edition kept on reserve at the Science Reference Desk.)
This buyers' guide provides:

  • Lists of manufacturers of chemicals and raw materials
  • A company directory, and
  • An index to chemical trade names

Also available in online format at URL: http://www.chemweekbuyersguide.com/public/
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Modern Plastics World Encyclopedia and Buyer's Guide
TP 986 .A1 M621x Latest edition in (Sci.R).
This guide contains:

  • Listings to
    • Products
    • Suppliers
    • Trade names
    • Plastics associations
  • Additives charts
  • Primary processing machinery charts
  • Feature articles on the plastics industry
Also available in online format at URL: http://dev.modplas.scd.net/worldencyclopedia/search

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OPD Chemical Buyers Directory
TP 12 .O6 (Latest edition in SciRef.)
This guide includes directories for:

  • Chemicals and related materials
  • Chemical suppliers
  • Consultants and engineers
  • Environmental services
  • Custom manufacturing companies
Also available in a more limited online format at OPD Search. (URL: http://www.opdsearch.com/)


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Plastics Technology Processing Handbook and Buyers' Guide
TP 986 .A1 P529 Supp. (Shelved with current issues of Plastics Technology Magazine.)
9 Sections include:

  • Product line reviews for
    • Injection & Other Molding/Forming
    • Extrusion & Compounding Systems
    • Tooling
    • Temperature/Pressure Control
    • Auxiliary/Secondary Equipment
  • Chemicals & Additives
  • Materials Specifications
  • Classified Directory of Suppliers
  • Alphabetical Directory of Suppliers
Also available in online format at URL: http://www.ptonline.com/

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