UK-based Applied Market Information (AMI) has launched the digital magazine Compounding World to cover compounding, masterbatch production, and the various materials and markets affected and influenced by these early points in the manufacturing chain. Many readers of geosynthetica will know AMI from its series of conferences around the world, such as Waterproof Membranes, Plastics in Underground Pipes, and Polymer Sourcing. Read the first issue (December 2008) of Compounding World online.