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Perfect flight characteristics thanks to polyurethane
The European Soccer Championship will start soon, on June 10, 2016, but Germany's World Champions and all the other kickers have had an opportunity since November 2015 to get familiar with its outstanding properties: the “Beau Jeu,” French for “beautiful…
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PVC RECYCLING: UK medical waste collection scheme operational in seven hospitals
UK collection scheme for single-use waste PVC medical devices has recycled more than 830 kg of material and now operates in seven hospitals, reports the British Plastics Federation . Items collected as part of the “RecoMed” scheme include IV solution bags, nasal cannulas,…
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Configuring twin-screw extruder processing sections in next to no time
The ScrewCon configuration software developed by KraussMaffei for screw and housing elements of twin-screw extruders has proven its excellence for over twenty years. The latest 3.0 version of this program comes with a completely new user interface with numerous innovative…
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Harvard’s Colorful Library Filled With 2,500 Pigments Collected from Around the World
The Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies at Harvard Art Museums is different than many other departments of its kind—its visible to the public. The public can witness conservators at work as well as view 2,500 pigment samples placed in tincture bottles and…
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Ackermann – successful with innovative, energy-efficient injection molding technology from WITTMANN BATTENFELD
Ackermann, based in Kierspe, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, has supplied the mechanical engineering industry with high-quality plastic products for more than 60 years. From the very beginning, these products were manufactured on BATTENFELD injection molding machines. In March this year, an…
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WITTMANN BATTENFELD impresses Oldrati with innovative injection molding technology
n 2015, WITTMANN BATTENFELD established itself as a supplier to the Oldrati group with the delivery of injection molding machines, an AIRMOULD® system and WITTMANN robots. Eight of the delivered injection molding machines are equipped with LSR technology.
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Home Ford to become first automaker to use CO2-based foam and plastic
Ford Motor Company (Dearborn, MI) is the first automaker to formulate and test new foam and plastic components using carbon dioxide as feedstock. Researchers expect to see the new biomaterials in Ford production vehicles within five years.
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HP finally unveils world-first production-ready 3D-printing system
At long last, HP (Palo Alto, CA) has introduced its 3D printers for industrial applications that have been the subject of much speculation. On May 17, the company presented what it calls the world’s first production-ready commercial 3D-printing system. The HP…
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Chinese market prompts recycling expansion in Pakistan
China is increasingly becoming a magnet for recycled materials from other parts of Asia, and notably from Pakistan, one of the latter’s prominent PET recyclers has noted.
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PC for Next-Generation Camera Lenses
A new PC that reportedly outperforms all other resins currently used in camera lenses in terms of refractive index and heat resistance has been developed by Teijin Kasei America, Norcross, Ga.
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COVESTRO: Introducing world’s first PU wind blade / Higher energy generation efficiency
Engineering polymer producer Covestro says it has developed the world’s first PU wind blade.
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High-strength, medical-grade PETG-based polymer introduced for 3D printing
A high-strength PETG-based material that withstands high-temperature 3D printing has been introduced by taulman3D (St. Peters, MO) for medical device applications.
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10 Years of KraussMaffei Reaction Process Machinery in Japan
The KraussMaffei plant at Aichi, Japan is celebrating 10 years of operations this spring. Since it was founded in 2006, the Reaction Process Machinery subsidiary of KraussMaffei has enjoyed continuous growth and has become established on the market as a…
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COVESTRO: Innovations from China exported to global facilities
Today is the day we stop saying ‘the former Bayer MaterialScience’,” Covestro (Leverkusen / Germany; www.covestro.com) chief executive Patrick Thomas said during the company’s recent press conference at “Chinaplas”, held in Shanghai / China in late April. The company made its debut under its new name…
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New report shines a light on recycling automotive plastics
It was about three years ago that Kendra Martin first attended an automotive event as an employee of the Society of the Plastics Industry Inc.
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Moving medical technology forward with PVC
As a corollary to an article we published late last year about the development of PVC-free blood bagsby Danish materials company Melitek (Alslev), Ole Grøndahl Hansen, Project Manager at the PVCMed Alliance (Copenhagen, Denmark), has contributed an opinion piece.
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Plant-based food packaging extends shelf life of food
Norwegian researchers from SINTEF developed plant-based packaging that extends the shelf life of food and lets consumers know if it is still edible or not. The packaging is made from PLA (polyactic acid) and bio-PET (polyethylene terephthalate).
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Mars goes for bioplastic candy bar wrappers
Rodenburg Biopolymers has partnered with global confectionary company Mars to develop new biobased wrappers for the company’s candy bars.
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PPC, Toray team up to develop PVdC-free, clear-barrier packaging
Packaging Products Corp. (PPC; Mission, KS) and Toray Plastics (America) Inc. (North Kingstown, RI) have teamed up to develop high-barrier PVdC-free packaging for Utz Quality Foods.
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