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Innovative white composite IO cane for the blind
With the support of Refitech Composite Components and its German 'partner' Whitecane has developed the fully composite white IO cane. Thanks to its ergonomic thin-walled carbon grip and tube, the IO material is extremely lightweight, making it easy to handle while...
50% biodegradable products by 2025
The problem that exists with plastic waste is more than evident. There are several studies that show that badly managed plastic is a serious problem: plastic islands in different geographical points, percentage of plastic waste in the sea (more than 50% of waste in...
Demand for Erema’s PET recycling technology continues to grow
The recycling of PET bottles has gained global acceptance during the last 20 years and has become a model of the circular economy of plastic. This development has been driven by Erema's bottle-by-bottle innovations. During this time, the Austrian recycling machine...
Automotive Industry: Towards Economic Recovery
José Guillermo Zozaya, AMIA's new executive president, said that digital transformation will be a key factor in overcoming the development traps in Latin America and the Caribbean "Today more than ever, in a context of uncertainty and global complexity, the national...
Unique PET tray-to-tray recycling in a single extrusion step
If a circular economy is to be achieved, it will be necessary to recycle post-consumer thermoformed PET trays into PET trays. Currently, extensive use is made of post-consumer PET bottle flakes that are used in the manufacture of PET trays, but this raw material...
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Another way to eat cereals
The RPC Superfos EasySnacking container, which has been used for new cereals, allows consumers to enjoy premium quality cereals straight from the container. Ideal for modern consumers, Le Petit Déjeuner, from the Greek company Tsakiris Family, is a healthy whole grain...
Neste explores liquefied waste plastic as a resource
Renewable diesel producer Neste is now investigating ways to introduce liquefied waste plastic as a future feedstock for refining fossil fuels. The goal of the development project is to proceed to industrial-scale testing over the course of 2019 and to process more...
Composite release agent for structural components and interior lining
Chem-Trend, a firm specialized in the development and manufacture of high-performance mold release agents, granular cleaners and other auxiliary products for molding, has received the certification of the German Society for the Certification of Management Systems...
ELIX ABS P2MC cromable for new projects of FAW-Volkswagen
One of China's leading automotive chrome plastic parts suppliers chose ELIX ABS P2MC from ELIX Polymers for several new FAW-Volkswagen Automotive projects. Changchun FAW Sihuan Swell Auto Parts takes advantage of the galvanizing capabilities offered by this...
Southeast Asian countries adopt stricter limits for waste plastic
Strict new limits on plastic scrap imports into Southeast Asia, including recent announcements by Thai authorities, could have a "devastating" impact on Chinese recyclers, according to the head of one of the recycling associations of the country. In the latest move to...
Audi embraces Stratasys 3D printing
Stratasys announced that the Audi Pre-Series Center, with its 3D Printing Center in Ingolstadt, Germany, will leverage the only multi-color, multi-material 3D equipment on the market - the Stratasys J750 printer, to innovate its design process and accelerate design...
Innovative insulin device made with Topas copolymer
Valeritas 'portable insulin delivery device V-Go features an injection molded cartridge made with Polyplastics' Topas cyclic olefin copolymer (COC), which offers patients with type 2 diabetes a patch option that can eliminate the need for multiple daily feedings. This...
IKEA, Neste collaborates for the first large-scale production of bio-based renewable polypropylene plastic
IKEA and Neste have teamed up to use renewable waste and residual raw materials, such as used cooking oil, as well as sustainably produced vegetable oils in the production of plastic products. Commercial-scale pilot production, the first large-scale production of...