Plastic bags are a bane of nature. And not just bags – just about all plastics, really. Most are made out of petroleum, and a piece of plastic, if it misses the recycling bin and ends up in a landfill, will probably outlast human civilization.
Researchers from North Carolina State University have for the first time successfully coated polymer implants with a bioactive film. The discovery should improve the success rate of such implants – which are often used in spinal surgeries.
Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Automotive Plastics - A Global Market Watch, 2011 - 2016" report to their offering.
Kraton Performance Polymers, Inc., a leading global producer of styrenic block copolymers and other engineered polymers is pleased to announce its sponsorship and participation in the "Advances in Materials and Processes for Polymeric Membrane Mediated Water Purification," workshop sponsored by the American Chemical Society (ACS). The event will be held at the Asilomar Conference Grounds in Pacific Grove, California from February 24-27, 2013.
President Obama highlighted 3-D printing in his recent State of the Union address, calling it the technology that “has the potential to revolutionize the way we make almost everything.”
Eastman Chemical Company invites Ambiente attendees as well as members of the media to visit its booth (E28 in Hall 1.1) during the show, held Feb. 15 to 19 in Frankfurt, Germany.
Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Global PET (Resin) Market Report- 2012 Edition" report to their offering.
MAUSER Group, a worldwide leading company in industrial packaging, has opened a new fiber drum plant in North America. Adjacent to MAUSER's plastic drum facility in The Woodlands, Texas, the new site provides customers a more convenient MAUSER location in the southwestern United States to source high quality fiber drums in a variety of styles and sizes.
Global custom engineered thermoplastics compounder RTP Company has licensed manufacturing rights from ExxonMobil Chemical for their patented Santoprene* TPV (thermoplastic vulcanizate) nylon bondable thermoplastic elastomer (TPE) product line. RTP Company has begun producing the products using the same Santoprene TPV technology to provide current users a seamless supply transition and will also develop new markets and applications.
AXION International Holdings, Inc., a leader in recycled plastic and plastic composite technologies used to produce ECOTRAX™ rail products and STRUXURE™ building products, announced today the continued advancement of product and performance standards for its ECOTRAX™ composite rail ties and sleepers. This developmental progression is yielding consistently higher performance results which meet and exceed domestic and international standards for rail ties and rail sleepers*.
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