ABS-rich PC blend brings weight, cost savings
ABS-rich PC blend brings weight, cost savings The latest model Audi Q3 employs a low-cost blend of PC and ABS in which the ratio of ABS is higher than in standard grades for an interior tray component. Two specific colors were designed to meet Audi requirements, truffle beige and soul. The new material, Pulse GX50 from Styron Automotive (Horgen, Switzerland), More...
Bioplastics Recycling Options Expand
Bioplastics Recycling Options Expand Although bioplastics are still a very small part of the plastic waste stream, some manufacturers are talking to recyclers about developing recycling processes for their products. More...
Dart Container to buy Solo Cup for about $1B
Dart Container to buy Solo Cup for about $1B Mason — Dart Container Corp. said late Wednesday that it reached an agreement to buy Solo Cup Co., maker of the red plastic cups ubiquitous enough to be immortalized More...
Honda Racing chooses Amber Composites prepreg
Honda Racing chooses Amber Composites prepreg Honda and Team Dynamics Motorsport, which manage Honda Racing, recently unveiled the car for this year’s British Touring Car Championships (BTCC). The race car uses More...
Pantone Extends Plastic Standard Chips with New On-Trend Collection
Pantone Extends Plastic Standard Chips with New On-Trend Collection Pantone LLC, an X-Rite company and the global authority on colour and provider of professional colour standards for the design industries, recently More...
Carbon fiber body-in-black wins design accolade
Carbon fiber body-in-black wins design accolade A plug-in hybrid electric vehicle weighing just 500 kg thanks to an all-carbon structure has come out tops in the automotive category of the JEC Innovation Awards More...
CNG tanks set for plastic makeover
CNG tanks set for plastic makeover 3M (St. Paul, MN) and Chesapeake Energy Corporation (Oklahoma City, OK) plan to collaborate in designing, manufacturing and marketing a broad portfolio of compressed natural gas More...
EASTER EGGS STAND OUT IN RENEWABLE, COMPOSTABLE STAND UP POUCHES
EASTER EGGS STAND OUT IN RENEWABLE, COMPOSTABLE STAND UP POUCHES Innovia Films’ renewable, compostable cellulose-based material, NatureFlex™, won Ganong Bros Limited’s approval, to pack its range of Easter More...
Recycling bins in London get LCD displays
Recycling bins in London get LCD displays Normally, the recycling bins that we see around us encourages us to separate the trash into plastics, paper, glass and “others” – and they are just one step above More...
‘Performance’ Car Seat Eliminates Steel
'Performance' Car Seat Eliminates Steel Plastics and chemical giant BASF and automotive supplier Faurecia have co-developed a car seat backrest that integrates the seat frame and back panel into a single More...