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RESEARCH Scientists from German Helmholtz research centre discover bacteria that eats polyurethane waste	06.04.2020
MEDICAL PLASTICS Antibacterial polypropylene film being developed for hospital use / Project funded by EU “Horizon 2020”	24.03.2020
3D PRINTING RESEARCH Vision to revolutionise 3D printing filament in terms of material and quality / Recycled plastics to be used for the filament	29.01.2020
ENGEL Austrian machinery maker furthers Industry 4.0 development	09.07.2019
FLOORING RECYCLING EU Feasibility project to scale up on new recycling process for old PVC floorings / Process can extract plasticisers	26.06.2019
RESEARCH Singapore scientists convert PET waste into aerogels / Customisable surface treatments	22.11.2018
PLASTICS RECYCLING EU establishes "polynSPIRE" project / Four-year programme comprises 22 partners with funding of nearly EUR 10m	23.10.2018
RESEARCH Finnish project to develop small, mobile factory to remove marine plastic waste / VTT unit to contain plastic-eating microbes / Plan for pilot unit in Baltic Sea in 2021	14.09.2018
LYONDELLBASELL Catalyst partnership with German institute / Steps toward chemical recycling	01.08.2018
BMW Facility for 3D printing in Germany / Idea of decentralised components manufacturing	20.04.2018
EPS RECYCLING German collaboration EPC offers solution for HBCD problem in recycling / "CreaSolv"-based technology is ready for use	26.07.2017
ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING Germany's IKV invites participants to 12-month study / Focus on changes needed in product development / Launch in March 2017	28.11.2016
AIMPLAS “InnoREX” project yields process to produce PLA with improved properties / Applications in food packaging / Reduced energy consumption	04.10.2016
KRONES License for LiquiForm technology / Agreement to further develop and commercialise process	08.08.2016
KRAUSSMAFFEI Machine installed at UK composites centre / Processes epoxy resin and PU / UK initiative to promote composite industry and develop new technologies	18.02.2016
FRAUNHOFER LBF Improved process to overmould unidirectional reinforced tapes and fabric-reinforced thermoplastics	17.12.2015
IONIQA TECHNOLOGIES “Circular” PET recycling process to be upscaled / Colour removal results in virgin output / EUR 2.5m investment / Funding from Chemelot Ventures	07.10.2015
COMPOSITES RESEARCH Germany's Fraunhofer Institute merges pultrusion and blow-moulding techniques / Process enables production of complex parts	15.09.2015
CONDUCTIVE POLYMERS “Polycond” research project included in Spanish EU accession commemoration	10.09.2015
COMPOSITES TECHNOLOGY Aimplas developed single stage pultrusion process for profile production / Applications in the building and automotive industries / Cheaper and cleaner method	06.08.2015
PROXY BIOMEDICAL Biomaterial processing technology developed for orthopaedic plastic implants	16.03.2015
COMPOSITES RESEARCH US sets up USD 260m IACMI composites research institute in Tennessee	14.01.2015
BASF Bio-based acrylic acid a step closer to reality / Collaboration with Novozyme and Cargill	17.09.2014
CETIM French technical centre building pilot line for high-speed composite parts production	01.08.2014
SAFRAN Composites materials research centre inaugurated near Paris / Developing engines for Airbus and Boeing	28.05.2014

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