Category Menu Belgium design house creates memory furniture prototype May 7, 2013 by plasticsinfomart Noumenon, a Belgium-based design house, has developed a prototype armchair using shape memory polyurethane under its research project “Memories of the future”.The end product is stored in the shape memory effect of the material but available as a frozen compressed small cube. It will metamorphose into a seat when plugged into the electricity grid. According […] Read more »
Industry Innovation prize for Biomaterial of the Year 2013 awarded to PHA producer Newlight Technologies May 7, 2013 by plasticsinfomart At the Cologne International Conference 2013 on Industrial Biotechnology and Bio-based Plastics & Composites, the Innovation Prize for Biomaterial of 2013 was awarded to PHA producer Newlight Technologies from the US. First prize, Biomaterial of the Year 2013, was awarded to Newlight Technologies, LLC for its Airflex (AirCarbon) resins. CEO Mark Herrema presented a new […] Read more »
Breaking News Category Menu Bayer's Apec polycarbonate chosen by Poland manufacturer for visors of its fire helmets May 7, 2013 by plasticsinfomart KZPT, a producer of special helmet based in Poland, has chosen the transparent and heat-resistant polycarbonate (PC) Apec FR 1892 from Bayer MaterialScience for the visors of its fire helmets. “We investigated the suitability of a whole series of plastics for this application,” says Wlodzimierz Chlebowski, Technical Director at KZPT, “but only the product from […] Read more »
Product News AkzoNobel offers 100% PCR HDPE tester pots May 7, 2013 by plasticsinfomart AkzoNobel is extending its range of packaging containing post-consumer recycled (PCR) plastics with the introduction of custom molded tester pots for its Cuprinol Garden Shades range manufactured by RPC Containers UKSC and RPC Containers Market Rasen. The container is blow molded in 100% recycled high density polyethylene (HDPE), a first for RPC UKSC, while the […] Read more »
Market News Ethylene costs stabilize, propylene prices decline in Europe May 7, 2013 by plasticsinfomart Moving into May, European spot monomer markets either followed a stable trend or declined over the week despite the recent recovery observed in energy markets as many players were on the sidelines amidst extended holidays from end April to early May as per the pricing service of ChemOrbis. Spot ethylene prices managed to hold steady […] Read more »
Industry CHINAPLAS joins hand with enterprises to address problems of labor shortage May 7, 2013 by plasticsinfomart In recent years, the regional labor shortage problem in China has gradually developed into a national one. The Beijing authorities have announced at the beginning of the year that the labor force in China is currently shrinking while the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has forecasted a possibility of a sudden plummet on it as well. […] Read more »
Category Menu SBI showcases range of thickness control devices for film and sheet extrusion May 7, 2013 by plasticsinfomart SBI GmbH, an Austrian company which offers thickness control devices for film and sheet extrusion, will participate at the ChHINAPLAS 2013. It’s newly developed thickness gauge “XRS” is a Soft X-Ray system with an 0-frame for cast, biax and other thin film applications. Meanwhile, the company says its thickness gauge “KAPA” is one of the most […] Read more »
Industry DME MRO Division Expands Reach Under New Name: DME Industrial Supplies May 7, 2013 by plasticsinfomart Madison Heights, Mich. — DME Company, a leading provider of mold technologies to the plastics processing industry, announced today that its maintenance, repair and operations (MRO) supply business will now be known as DME Industrial Supplies. The re-branding effort reflects the company’s recognition that its product catalog has many untapped applications in markets outside of […] Read more »
