Tiger Packaging CEO Confronts Plastic’s Image Problem
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...Polyscope Polymers wins JEC Innovation Award for thermoplastic composites
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,...Modern Torque Rheometers Bring Many Advantages in Polymer Development
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...Plastic’s Health Risks as Fracking Industry Promotes New ‘Plastics Belt’ Build-Out
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,...Lightwave Logic’s Energy-Saving Electro-Optic Polymers
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...