News about materials, production and technology

SOLAR IMPULSE Plastics industry enables first manned solar night flight / Solvay and Bayer are project partners / Search for suitable innovative high performance plastics and solutions	09.07.2010
RESEARCH Could microbes be the answer to plastic debris in the world's oceans? / British scientists examine interaction between bacteria and plastics	30.03.2010
POLYMER RESEARCH New organic catalyst technology could herald recycling revolution / New type of biopolymer / Pilot applications for pharmaceutical industry planned	18.03.2010
FRANCE Plastipolis cluster receives funding for 10 new projects	09.11.2009
MATERIAL RESEARCH Self-repairing polymer developed / Applications in safety-critical aircraft and automobile components	30.10.2009
RESEARCH New chair for composite simulation and fabrication processes in Nantes	27.10.2009
RESEARCH Banana by-products used in plastics production / UK university develops rotational moulding technique	09.10.2009
POLYMER RESEARCH Twente University to establish a centre for thermoplastic composites	06.07.2009
BAYER MATERIALSCIENCE Licence agreement with US technology firm on P-OLEDs	25.06.2009
POLYMER RESEARCH Nanoparticles to increase EPS strength and insulation properties / German institutes and Jackon link up	25.11.2008
POLYONE Collaboration to produce bio-based plasticisers	06.10.2008
POLYMER RESEARCH US researchers develop cooling devices	26.09.2008
RESEARCH Polymeric sensor development project / Fluorescent signal when bacteria detected	05.09.2007
UHDE INVENTA-FISCHER "Flakes-To-Resin" process receives FDA blessing	20.08.2007
REPSOL Spanish polyolefins pilot plant unveiled	21.03.2007

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