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PROCTER & GAMBLE
Company remains quiet but moves ahead with plans to enter injection moulding arena / Subsidiary Imflux busy hiring engineers with plastics experience
30.10.2013
NANOTECHNOLOGY
German scientists create a nanocrystal from PE
26.08.2013
SAMSUNG
Korean company affiliates acquire majority of shares in OLED manufacturer Novaled
13.08.2013
CARBON FIBRES
US government offers output from pilot plant to companies for testing / Part of drive to cut carbon fibre production costs
09.08.2013
BAYER MATERIALSCIENCE
Scaled-up CO2-fed polyols unit set to start in 2015 / “Several thousand tonnes” of capacity
29.07.2013
RESEARCH
BASF, Linde and ThyssenKrupp in sustainable syngas process / CO2 reduction
17.07.2013
PLASTIC OMNIUM
Building underway of new R&D centre for Inergy Automotive Systems
21.06.2013
BIO-BASED PRODUCTS
EU project group KBBPPS discusses certification and biodegradability / Over 2 years of research
02.05.2013
COMPOSITES
French consortium surrounding Cetim starts producing CFR suspension for automotive use / Less than two minutes of cycle time
03.04.2013
NOVOMER
First run of PPC polyols from waste CO2 completed / Production costs expected to be lower than petrochemical products
27.02.2013
BIOPLASTICS
Novamont-coordinated ReBioFoam project publishes findings / Microwave process to manufacture 3-D components
07.02.2013
RESEARCH
Finnish centre develops new technique for sugar-based biopolymer / PGA claimed to significantly improve bio-based plastic packaging
07.12.2012
APPLIED CLEANTECH
Process for turning sewage sludge into environmentally friendly raw materials / Bio-solids for use by plastics, paper industries / Plans for the EU
16.10.2012
RESEARCH
US energy department finds ecological route to ethylene production / Process recycles CO2
04.10.2012
MONOSOL
Launching edible, water-soluble packaging films / Convenient, pre-portioned pouches / Food service benefits
13.09.2012
BASF
New thermoplastic PU research lab in US
10.09.2012
RESEARCH
Scientists develop process to turn waste bread into succinic acid / Conversion rate reported to be higher than alternative materials, including corn
28.08.2012
BASF
Cooperating with Novozymes and Cargill on bio-based acrylic acid / Dextrose as feedstock
21.08.2012
COMPOSITES
New Thermoplastics Composites Research Center opened in Enschede
02.07.2012
UK COMPOSITES MARKET
Automotive partnership: Consortium to develop lightweight, lower-cost, composite vehicle structures / Key roles for robotics and fast-cure prepregs
21.06.2012
MECAPLAST
Moulding technology and lightweight fillers could lead to auto component weight reduction of up to 50% / French government-funded project to develop process
19.06.2012
SIEMENS
Exhaust gas CO2 as feedstock for new “green” polymer / Cooperation with BASF
16.05.2012
AMCOR RIGID PLASTICS
Collaboration with Sacmi on development of compression blow forming / First applications in pharmaceuticals packaging / HDPE bottles in production at US site / Food uses envisaged
04.05.2012
PLASMA ETCHING
Anti-reflective films incorporate surface nanostructures / New technology is based on the “moth eye” principle / Continuous process for anti-reflecting polymers
02.05.2012
TORAY
Agreement with Ajinomoto to develop bio-based nylon
13.03.2012
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