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Plastics that reduce environmental impact
Environmental impact is an issue that is receiving increasing attention in the Plastics Industry. Solutions to mitigate negative effects on the environment range from products to sustainable processes. To reduce the environmental impact, there are many initiatives and...
How to address the economic effects of COVID-19 and climate change?
To face the COVID-19 pandemic and the challenges posed by climate change worldwide, the participation of industries and authorities in each region is key According to José Manuel Entrecanales, President of ACCIONA, today it is vital to simultaneously address the...
These lines will produce a million masks a day
The initiative comes as part of efforts to mitigate the spread of COVID-19 and respond to the growing demand for face masks Mondi Gronau has a proven history of producing and handling films, laminates, nonwovens and stretch laminates for hygiene products. In order to...
Benefits of thermoplastic composites
Thermoplastic composites are presented as an alternative for the industry compared to thermoset composites. The latter use as matrix a thermosetting resin that acquires rigidity when the crosslinking of its polymeric chains occurs. As a result of this reaction, the...
Plastic extends the degrees of freedom
Faced with the COVID-19 panorama, today more than ever, the Plastic Industry must work 100%, says Mauricio Yánez, Sales Manager at Polymer Solutions Plastic mitigates the spread of COVID-19, says Mauricio Yánez, Sales Manager at Polymer Solutions. As he explains, many...
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Polymer prices rise as supply tightens
L / LDPE The price of the ethylene contract for February was set at € 20 / t higher after an increase in naphtha costs. L / LDPE producers initially sought to raise prices more than cost increases, but mid-month prices increased less than ethylene cost increases. LDPE...
Repsol manufactures high impact copolymers for the first time
Repsol successfully carried out the first production of high impact copolymers (TPOs), which complements its Polypropylene (PP) offer. It is the first time that a PP of these characteristics has been produced in the Iberian Peninsula. This new range will be marketed...
The power of plastics in an exoskeleton that reduces fatigue
While robotics and automation begin their insertion in some activities that humans cannot carry out, there are others that are repetitive and that can tire workers. In that sense, a new lightweight exoskeleton made by Levitate Technologies, in San Diego, California,...
Bacterium that produces two biopolymers
The Genomic Sciences Center of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), identified that the bacterium Azotobacter vinelandii, present in soils and plant roots, has a system that allows it to multiply by 10 its capacity to produce two biopolymers, of...
Scientists have figured out how to recycle residual CO2 into … plastic
It has been clear for a while that there is too much carbon dioxide in Earth's atmosphere, which contributes greatly to a warming planet, and now scientists have come up with a new plan to deal with all this excess CO2, converting it in plastic. Plastic itself is not...
European recycling capacity expands
Europe's installed capacity to recycle flexible polyethylene has increased significantly in recent years, according to figures provided by Plastics Recycling Europe (PRE). According to PRE, since 2015, the installed capacity to recycle flexible PE has grown from...
Covestro films with great increase in the Automotive Sector
The number of touch screens inside the car will increase dramatically due to the progressive digitization and networking, as well as the trend towards autonomous driving. For this reason, Covestro's Polycarbonate (PC) films further increase their field of application...
What to do with ocean trash? 3D printing may have the answer
Oceanic trash, which pollutes a large part of the planet, could be used by 3D printing thanks to The Plastic Bank. Ocean litter is a very serious environmental problem. Human-generated waste has been able to reach depths of 4,500 meters. The contamination of these...