DIEFFENBACHER focuses on digitalization and sustainability Complete composites plants manufacturer presents solutions focused on two megatrends at JEC World 2022 The JEC World 2022 will be held in Paris May 3 to 5. Composites manufacturers…

Price increase announcement for ThermoFlexX products During the past weeks and months, extraordinary effects on a global scale have increased inflationary pressure, which has had a significant upward impact on production costs for XSYS’s…

Way2K: Industry interviews in the lead-up to the K 2022 trade fair "The circular economy needs holistic recycling solutions" Interview with Alaaddin Aydin, Managing Director of Maag Germany GmbH Mr. Aydin, how do we get to grips with the…

Heerenveen (Netherlands), March 2022. Europe’s first independent testing and research centre with facilities on industrial scale, the NTCP (National Test centre Circular Plastics), in the Netherlands, founded in 2018, has set out to examine…

Treated plastic waste good at grabbing carbon dioxide Here’s another thing to do with that mountain of used plastic: make it soak up excess carbon dioxide. What seems like a win-win for a pair of pressing environmental problems describes a…

Squid skin-inspired cup cozy will keep your hands cool and your coffee hot In the future, you may have a squid to thank for your coffee staying hot on a cold day. Drawing inspiration from cephalopod skin, engineers at the University of…

GEA DEVELOPS TECHNOLOGICAL SOLUTION WITH CUSTOMER SAPERATEC FOR RAW MATERIAL RECOVERY In this process, multilayer composite materials made of plastic, aluminum and paper are treated in a special separation process. The process will be used…

Eating plastic makes for smaller mussels Study lead author Dr. Charlene Trestrail said mussels ingest microscopic pieces of plastic used in cosmetics, affecting their ability to grow and reproduce. The microplastics travel from our bathroom…

Backed Up Against the Environmental Wall, Clean Coal Makes a Comeback The impact of the government’s Clean Air Act has set the stage for the decline of coal and has set in motion a chain of events that could transform coal completely by the…

ISRAEL’S TECHNION RESEARCHERS DEVELOP CONDUCTIVE BIOPOLYMERS USING PROTEINS The journal Advanced Materials has reported on the success of Technion – Israel Institute of Technology researchers in creating conductors that are relevant to…