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…

Arburg at DKT 2022: working with fast-curing LSR The German Rubber Conference DKT will be "live" in Nuremberg once again from 27 to 30 June 2022. The event is placing particular focus on the steadily growing market and developments in the…

PROVALIN  with a broader processing window Softer and more thermally stable, this is how the new PROVALIN1242 is presented by Actega as a successor to PROVALIN 1241, the PVC- and plasticizer-free compound for metal vacuum seals, which has…

First Krones solution for ozonising water developed in-house Ozone is known as one of the strongest oxidising agents available. Producers of packaged water also like to take advantage of its effect and operating principle because ozone…

Self-cleaning bioplastics repel liquid and dirt The innovative plastic developed at RMIT University repels liquids and dirt – just like a lotus leaf – then breaks down rapidly once in soil. RMIT Ph.D. researcher Mehran Ghasemlou, the lead…

A new nanotube solution from OCSiAl and Daikin improves fluoropolymer resistance to extreme conditions To meet market demand, leading graphene nanotube manufacturer OCSiAl and a pioneer in fluorine technologies, Daikin Industries, have…

Tonnes of Used Face Masks to Be Turned into Energy Researchers from the National University of Science and Technology “MISIS” (NUST “MISiS”) — along with colleagues from the US and Mexico — have developed a new technology for producing…

Green Packaging Alternatives- Facts and challenges Sustainability is going to play a major role in the future of packaging as the consumer expects businesses to be accountable for their environmental impact. Over the last decade, green…

SABIC INTRODUCES NEW SUPERFLOW ULTEM™ RESINS TO ENABLE MINIATURIZATION FOR BURN IN TEST SOCKETS (BITS) AND CONNECTORS POWERING ELECTRONIC DEVICES SABIC, a global leader in the chemical industry, is introducing two new grades in its…

Expansion of cooperation between Coperion and Brückner Maschinenbau Brückner Maschinenbau places major order with Coperion Stuttgart, October 2021 – Brückner Maschinenbau, the world's leading manufacturer of film stretching…