by plastics editor | Jun 27, 2017 | Automotive, Daily News, Medical
When one door closes, another opens, as the saying goes. While the business door to automotive OEMs is far from shut for SMR Technologies (Adelaide, Australia), which reportedly has 24% of global market share for passenger car rearview mirrors and develops camera-...
by plastics editor | Jun 23, 2017 | Business, Daily News, Injection Molding, Medical
Although she wasn’t aware of it at the time, Rosemary Coates, who is currently Executive Director of the Reshoring Institute (Los Gatos, CA), was working for the dark side. Coates spent the 1980s and 1990s helping U.S. manufacturers offshore operations, first mostly...
by plastics editor | Jun 22, 2017 | Business, Daily News, Medical, Part/Product Design, Plastics Materials
EASTON, Pa. and POMONA, Calif., June 20, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — Polytek® Development Corp., a manufacturer of specialty polymers including polyurethane elastomers and casting resins, silicones, epoxies, and latex, and California Medical Innovations (CMI), a...
by plastics editor | Jun 21, 2017 | Daily News, Extrusion, Injection Molding, Medical, Packaging, Plastics Materials
Primex Color, Compounding & Additives (PCC&A; Jasper, TN) has introduced a line of FDA-compliant thermoplastic elastomers (TPEs) for medical, food contact and beauty applications. The Faraprene F301 series of elastomers is intended for a variety of injection...
by plastics editor | Jun 20, 2017 | Daily News, Medical, Plastics Materials
The Member State Committee (MSC) of the European chemicals agency (Echa) has voted unanimously to identify bisphenol A (BPA) as a substance of very high concern (SVHC). The committee cited the material’s “endocrine disrupting properties, which cause probable serious...
by plastics editor | Jun 19, 2017 | Daily News, Medical, Plastics Materials
For the past week, the conversation on Leadership Lane, a forum for members of the Society of Plastics Engineers (SPE; Bethel, CT), has revolved around various issues involving membership and conference attendance. That evolved into a discussion of the real issues...
