Materials & Compounding

Mold Sampling During Flow Simulation Flow simulation data can significantly reduce the time until the real sampling of a tool, and avoid expensive tool modifications. The prerequisite is that the development partners work on the project in…

Digitally Networked Production Cell Communicates With Mould and Periphery An especially "smart" exhibit at the Arburg trade fair stand "13A13" and an example for the future of digital production cells is the turnkey system based on a hybrid…

Long-term Safety and Reliable Stability: High Resistance TPE for Cosmetics Based on COPEC Specifically developed for water-resistant formulations Meets standard requirements for cosmetics reliably and over the long term In the…

A Wonderland of Safe Sensory Toys With TPE Kraiburg TPE’s FC/S and FC/AD/PP are ideal materials for safe sensory toys for babies and toddlers Children enjoy myriad of indoor and outdoor activities. Children develop all these skills as they…

Taipei Plas & Shoetech Taipei 2022 Opens Today Taipei Plas returns with an in-person format this year. 2022 Taipei Plas kicks off today in conjunction with ShoeTech Taipei at Nangang Exhibition Center, Hall 1. After a 4-year absence,…

"Mechanical and chemical recycling are complementary" Interview with Dr. Ralf Düssel, Chairman of plastics producers’ association PlasticsEurope Deutschland Dr. Düssel, the plastics manufacturing industry has done reasonably well to date…

Solvay and 3Trees Collaborate to Extend the Lifetime of BIPV Roofing Materials Solvay’s Cyasorbc Cynergy Solutions stabilization technology enables 3Trees to meet 25-year material anti-aging requirements, a critical element in advancing…

Borealis and ITC Packaging Develop Series of Sustainable Rigid Packaging Formats Suitable for Food Contact Transformational Borealis Borcycle C solutions based on chemical recycling produce virgin-grade materials that guarantee high…

How to Tell if That Plastic Bottle or Bag Has Recycled Material In It To encourage more recycling, the U.K. taxes single-use plastic products containing less than 30% recycled material. But aside from a manufacturer’s word, there isn’t an…

Mondi seals mono-material bacon packaging Mondi has collaborated with Austrian bacon producer Handl Tyrol to provide a new mono-material polypropylene (PP) high barrier packaging solution for bacon The eye-catching 'wood effect' film…