Category Menu Lead-Acid Could Challenge Lithium-Ion in Hybrids April 22, 2013 by plasticsinfomart With disenchantment in lithium-ion technology on the rise, lead-acid batteries may be poised to play a bigger role in green vehicles. Automakers are said to be taking a closer look at lead-acid, in hopes that the century-old chemistry could serve in future vehicles that employ mild hybrid and start-stop powertrains. ”When I conceived of this […] Read more »
Category Menu Lithium-Ion's Rise to Prominence April 22, 2013 by plasticsinfomart A decade ago, the term “lithium-ion” meant little to consumers. Now, it’s everywhere. Consumers know it as the power source for their laptops, cellphones, hybrid vehicles, and electric cars. It’s also showing up less conspicuously in storage applications on electrical grids. And it has been prominently cited as the battery chemistry that caught fire on […] Read more »
Industry Vero appoint Simon Lee as Sescoi GM April 22, 2013 by plasticsinfomart Vero Software has appointed Simon Lee as General Manager of the recently acquired Sescoi business. Sescoi develops and sells the premium brands; WorkNC, WorkNC Dental, WorkPLAN and WorkXPLORE. Commenting on the appointment, Richard Smith, CEO of Vero Software, said: “Simon has very relevant and deep experience of CAM software. He will bring huge benefits to […] Read more »
Market News Cash aid to Egypt is yet to create stability in the market April 22, 2013 by plasticsinfomart According to global media sources, Egypt has received aid from Qatar and Libya designed to relieve currency issues the country has been struggling with following the fall of President Hosni Mubarak two years ago, which dried up foreign investments and crippled the tourism industry in the country. Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim al-Thani […] Read more »
Material News Enhanced System for Reclaiming Purgings Produces Bettter-Quality regrind April 20, 2013 by plasticsinfomart Improved Operation of Maguire® Purging Recovery System™ (PRS™) Also Facilitates Granulation of Traditionally ‘Difficult’ Materials like Polystyrene and Flexible Vinyl ASTON, PENNSYLVANIA, U.S.A., April 19, 2013: Maguire Products, Inc. has streamlined the operation of its unique system for transforming purgings into regrind, making possible an increase in throughput of 20% and production of finer and […] Read more »
Industry IVAM Microtechnology Network:Executive board was re-elected April 19, 2013 by plasticsinfomart The General Meeting of IVAM e.V has renewed its confidence in the five-member board. Dr. Frank Bartels from Bartels Mikrotechnik GmbH has been re-elected as president and Dr. Thomas Kritzler has been confirmed as vice president. The other board members, Dr. Lutz Aschke from LIMO Lissotschenko Mikrooptik GmbH, Dr. Olaf Kiesewetter from UST – Umweltsensortechnik […] Read more »
Industry A smart material that allows big energy savings April 19, 2013 / March 8, 2017 by plasticsinfomart The British Plastics Federation’s Vinyls Group has today launched a new animated video looking at the energy and carbon emissions savings achievable by choosing PVC products. The video highlights how choosing PVC products can result in significant energy savings without incurring extravagant costs. One such example is provided by Fife Council in Scotland who calculated […] Read more »
Recycling News Metro's old rail cars used for disaster training, scrap April 19, 2013 by plasticsinfomart Atlanta : One hundred miles south of Atlanta, a Metrorail car sits in pieces, blown apart by explosives. The car is one of eight discarded Metro rail cars used at Guardian Centers, an 830-acre emergency training facility with a minicity designed to mimic the devastation following a hurricane, earthquake, terrorist attack or other disaster. It’s […] Read more »
