End Markets Processes At Hewlett-Packard, Flexible Displays From the Future June 23, 2011 by plasticsinfomart Hewlett-Packard researchers are hard at work on a fully flexible display screen that they say can have all sorts of consumer and retail uses. Imagine candy bar wrappers, or screens as wallpaper, all made out of a flexible material that can change images in an instant. Rolls of flexible displays are etched with […] Read more »
Category Menu Product News Seavite relaunches its skin and hair care lines with M&H Plastics June 23, 2011 by plasticsinfomart M&H Plastics, a British-based supplier of plastic components and bottles, jars flexible tubes and closures, has worked with Seavite, Ireland’s original organic seaweed-based personal care range, on the re-launch of their skin and hair care products. Seavite was created in 1993 by Patrick Mulrooney, a marine scientist who spent many years researching marine science […] Read more »
Category Menu Product News Seavite relaunches its skin and hair care lines with M&H Plastics June 23, 2011 by plasticsinfomart M&H Plastics, a British-based supplier of plastic components and bottles, jars flexible tubes and closures, has worked with Seavite, Ireland’s original organic seaweed-based personal care range, on the re-launch of their skin and hair care products. Seavite was created in 1993 by Patrick Mulrooney, a marine scientist who spent many years researching marine science […] Read more »
Category Menu Machinery News Dr. Boy showcases compact insert molding machine BOY XS V June 23, 2011 by plasticsinfomart Dr. Boy GmbH & Co. KG, renowned for manufacturing small injection molding machines, showcased the BOY XS V, the smallest machine of its kind, at the FIP Solution Plastique held in Lyon, France from May 24-27. The BOY XS V insert molding machine with 100kN clamping force was shown in the booth of their […] Read more »
Environment Recycling News Canadian plant tests better way to recycle plastic June 22, 2011 by plasticsinfomart A small Canadian company is trying to change the way some plastic is recycled with an pilot plant that will test a new process to reuse the polystyrene that makes coffee cups, food trays and packing material. Switchable Solutions Inc, a joint venture commercializing the new recycling method, said its industrial-scale pilot should begin […] Read more »
End Markets Processes Plastic Technologies Inc. Opens Closure-Testing Lab June 22, 2011 by plasticsinfomart Plastic Technologies Inc. (PTI), a provider of package design, package development, rapid prototyping, pre-production prototyping, and material evaluation engineering services for the plastic packaging industry, is opening an independent closure-testing lab. It will be able to study plastic and metal closures for a broad variety of packaging applications. “Closure manufacturers have traditionally offered testing support […] Read more »
Category Menu Product News Pepsi and Coca-Cola's new plant-based bottles still aren't that great for the environment June 22, 2011 by plasticsinfomart A few months ago, the battle of the plant-based bottles began between PepsiCo and Coca-Cola. Each claimed that they were going to be utilizing plant-based materials in place of petroleum and natural gas for their “green bottles” and “PlantBottles” used for products like bottled water, soda and Heinz ketchup. While this is all well […] Read more »
Category Menu Product News Pepsi and Coca-Cola’s new plant-based bottles still aren’t that great for the environment June 22, 2011 by plasticsinfomart A few months ago, the battle of the plant-based bottles began between PepsiCo and Coca-Cola. Each claimed that they were going to be utilizing plant-based materials in place of petroleum and natural gas for their “green bottles” and “PlantBottles” used for products like bottled water, soda and Heinz ketchup. While this is all well […] Read more »