Wyoming-based IDES (www.ides.com), a market leader in plastics data display and search engine technology, whose flagship search engine, Prospector, contains 53 000 materials from 456 global resin suppliers, announced on September 8 the release of its new Alternative Resin Search technology, which will help replace higher cost resins and discontinued materials with a single mouse click.
IDES's unique model immediately delivers offset candidates in its Prospector Pro plastics search engine (www.ides.com/pro). Clicking an icon associated with the material initiates a search for similar plastics, scouring IDES's database of 53 103 global resins. Once candidate materials have been located, they are ranked by relevance and displayed in a table sorted by those that most closely match the initial plastic.
In addition, users can customize their search to find the best match for their product application. Once results have been narrowed to possible offsets, users are provided with a sourcing service to connect with resin distributors for material pricing.
