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Comprehensive Report on Alternative Feedstock Sources for Commodity Polymer Production

Nexant has added a new report titled “Plants to Plastics—Can Nature Compete in Commodity Polymers” to its series of ChemSystems Special Reports. In view of the growing problems related to sustainability...

8 Feb 2012

New Method for Controlled Production of Structured Foams

In the journal Angewandte Chemie, a team of German, Irish, and French researchers led by Cosima Stubenrauch at the University of Stuttgart has now introduced a new method for the controlled production of structured foams.

From John Wiley and Sons - Scientific Publishers 7 Feb 2012

Boeing Presents Performance Excellence Award to General Plastics

General Plastics Manufacturing, a developer and manufacturer of high-density polyurethane foam products, has been presented a Boeing Performance Excellence Award for the year 2011.

From General Plastics Manufacturing 7 Feb 2012

ACC and Earth911 Partner for Plastics Recycling Program

Earth911, a company that compiles a comprehensive recycling directory, and the plastics division of the American Chemistry Council (ACC), an organization representing leading plastic companies, have partnered for a plastics recycling program.

7 Feb 2012

MIT Researcher Develops High-Efficiency Solar Cells from Plant Material

Andreas Mershin, a researcher at the MIT’s Center for Bits and Atoms, has developed a photovoltaic cell from plant materials. This work is an expansion of a research project, which was started eight years ago by Shuguang Zhang, an associate director and a principal research scientist at Center for Biomedical Engineering in MIT.

6 Feb 2012

Momentive Features New Iron Hydrosilylation Technology in Science Magazine

Scientists from Princeton and Cornell Universities and researchers from Momentive Performance Materials have been jointly featured in an article, which is about new iron hydrosilylation technology in the Science magazine in the February 3, 2012 issue.

From Momentive Performance Materials, Inc. 6 Feb 2012

Arkema Acquires Casda Biomaterials and Hipro Polymers

Arkema has acquired Casda Biomaterials, a key producer of sebacic acid in the world, and Hipro Polymers, a specialty biosourced polyamides 10.10 producer.

3 Feb 2012

AMI to Conduct Polymer Sourcing 2012 Conference in Hamburg

AMI has reported that the Polymer Sourcing 2012 conference will take place from May 14 to16, 2012, in Hamburg. This will be AMI forum’s eight edition that was begun especially for companies, which were a part of all phases of the European polymer supply chain.

3 Feb 2012

Borouge’s Innovative Plastics Solutions to be Featured at Indian Conference

At PlastIndia 2012 conference, Borouge will display its innovative plastics solutions and demonstrate its strong commitment towards a greener society.

From Borouge 3 Feb 2012

Samsung Total Petrochemicals Selects LyondellBasell’s Polyolefin Process Technology

LyondellBasell, a licensor of polyethylene and polypropylene technologies, has licensed its Lupotech T polyolefin process technology to Samsung Total Petrochemicals. The technology will be deployed in a new plant in Daesan, South Korea.

3 Feb 2012

Editorial Highlights

The Current State of the Global Semiconductor Market

The global semiconductor market has entered an exciting period. Demand for chip technology is both driving the industry as well as hindering it, with current chip shortages predicted to last for some time. Current trends will likely shape the future of the industry, which is set to continue to show

How are Graphene Batteries Made?

The primary distinction between graphene-based batteries and solid-state batteries lies in the composition of either electrode. Although the cathode is commonly changed, carbon allotropes can also be employed in fabricating anodes.

What Role Will The IoT Play In The Electric Vehicle Industry?

In recent years, the IoT is rapidly being introduced into almost all sectors, but it has particular importance in the EV industry.

Plastics and Polymers News

Comprehensive Report on Alternative Feedstock Sources for Commodity Polymer Production

New Method for Controlled Production of Structured Foams

Boeing Presents Performance Excellence Award to General Plastics

ACC and Earth911 Partner for Plastics Recycling Program

MIT Researcher Develops High-Efficiency Solar Cells from Plant Material

Momentive Features New Iron Hydrosilylation Technology in Science Magazine

Arkema Acquires Casda Biomaterials and Hipro Polymers

AMI to Conduct Polymer Sourcing 2012 Conference in Hamburg

Borouge’s Innovative Plastics Solutions to be Featured at Indian Conference

Samsung Total Petrochemicals Selects LyondellBasell’s Polyolefin Process Technology

Achieving Precision and Efficiency in Oil and Lubricant Quality Control

How IKK Uses Extruders in Polymer Recycling Opportunities

Insights into the Role of Benchtop NMR in Biofluid Analysis with Philippe Wilson

Transforming AFM Systems with the Galaxy Dual Controller

Unlock Precision in Wafer Measurement with MicroProf AP

ELEMENTRAC CN-r for High-Throughput Laboratories

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Editorial Highlights

The Current State of the Global Semiconductor Market

How are Graphene Batteries Made?

What Role Will The IoT Play In The Electric Vehicle Industry?

Plastics and Polymers News

Achieving Precision and Efficiency in Oil and Lubricant Quality Control

How IKK Uses Extruders in Polymer Recycling Opportunities

Insights into the Role of Benchtop NMR in Biofluid Analysis with Philippe Wilson

1Discovering Stable Single-Electron Covalent Bond Between Carbon Atoms

2Potential graphene breakthrough in carbon capture

3Absolute EMS Expands Capabilities to Support the AI Industry with High-Complexity, High-Reliability PCB Assembly Services

4The Potential of 3D Printed Tungsten for Nuclear Reactor Applications

5Exploring the Applications of Biopolymers

6Method to Create High-Performance, Easily Recyclable Plastics Developed

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