by Plastics.com Staff | Sep 10, 2018 | Consumer, Daily News, Environmental, Europe, Global, Injection Molding, Part Design
Billund, Denmark — At the heart of this town lies a building that is a veritable temple to the area’s most famous creation, the humble Lego brick. It is filled with complex creations, from a 50-foot tree to a collection of multicoloured dinosaurs, all of them built...
by Plastics.com Staff | Aug 10, 2018 | Business, Daily News, Europe, Injection Molding
This incredible footage shows the moment a “firenado” erupted near a plastics factory in the UK. Firefighters filmed the column of flame shooting skywards as they battled the blaze near the factory in Derbyshire. Officers from the fire services had been...
by Plastics.com Staff | Aug 2, 2018 | Daily News, Engineering Plastics, Europe, Injection Molding
NIEDERZISSEN, Germany — Akro-Plastic GmbH is touting a special grade of nylon 6 that could be a replacement for nylon 6/6, a widely used engineering thermoplastic. The Niederzissen-based company said in a news release that it developed Akromid B+, a modified nylon 6...
by Plastics.com Staff | Aug 1, 2018 | Business, Commodity Polymers, Daily News, Environmental, Global, Injection Molding
In 2015, the world watched as a video of 96 million “shade balls” getting dumped into the Los Angeles Reservoir went viral. The purpose of the balls: to improve water quality and save water. But a new study raises an interesting question: Could saving water in the Los...
by Plastics.com Staff | Jul 31, 2018 | Business, Daily News, Europe, Extrusion, Injection Molding, Profile
Nordell is a plastic injection moulding and extrusion company, situated at Dominion Way, Worthing, UK. It has made a series of new appointments to oversee its range of clients in industries such as electronics, medical devices, consumer goods, industrial, and...
by Plastics.com Staff | Jul 17, 2018 | Business, Daily News, Extrusion, Injection Molding, Mergers & Acquisitions, North America
Cooper-Standard Holdings Inc. has agreed to acquire two components from Lauren International — Lauren Manufacturing and Lauren Plastics. This acquisition will aid the Novi, MI-based supplier of systems and components for the automotive industry to expand in markets...
