by Plastics.com Staff | Mar 19, 2019 | Additive Mfg, Business, Daily News, Europe, Profile
Tel Aviv — Startup Nanofabrica announced that it has developed an additive manufacturing (AM) platform that provides an end-to-end bespoke process for manufacturers seeking micron and sub-micron levels of resolution and surface finish. To date, key AM platform...
by Plastics.com Staff | Mar 18, 2019 | Bioplastics, Business, Consumer, Daily News, Extrusion, North America, Packaging, Profile
Tiger Packaging — Boca Raton, Florida — Peter Horwitz was rather quietly building his Tiger Packaging company when the Plastic Straw Convulsion hit late last year: American consumers rather suddenly were rejecting the idea of plastic straws to sip their Cokes because...
by Plastics.com Staff | Mar 18, 2019 | Automotive, Business, Composites, Daily News, Europe, Part Design
Geleen, Netherlands — Polyscope Polymers B.V. was awarded the JEC Innovation Award in the Automotive Application category. The company’s XIRAN SGH30EB glass-filled thermoplastic composite was specified by Webasto France and the Groupe Renault (Boulogne-Billancourt,...
by Plastics.com Staff | Mar 18, 2019 | Business, Daily News, Global, Polymer Science, Profile
AZoM — In this interview, AZoM talks to Dirk Leister from Thermo Fisher Scientific about the role of torque rheometers in the field of polymer compound development. To start, could you give a brief overview of Thermo Fisher Scientific and the role that you play in the...
by Plastics.com Staff | Mar 15, 2019 | Business, Commodity Polymers, Daily News, Environmental, North America
Desmogblog.com — A new report traces the life cycle of plastic from the moment an oil and gas well is drilled to the time plastic trash breaks down in the environment, finding “distinct risks to human health” at every stage. Virtually all plastic — 99 percent of it,...
by Plastics.com Staff | Mar 15, 2019 | Business, Daily News, Electrical/Electronic, North America, Polymer Science
ENGLEWOOD, CO, (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Lightwave Logic, Inc. (OTCQB: LWLG), today reports that the inaugural members of its newly formed Advisory Board are three world-class leaders in the photonics industry: Dr. Craig Ciesla, Dr. Christoph S. Harder, and Mr. Andreas...