by Plastics.com Staff | Jun 11, 2019 | All Processes, All Regions, Daily News, Plastics Training/Education
daily.jstor.org — From disposable straws to lifesaving medical devices, plastics comprise the best and worst of technologically-driven economic advances. Cultural and design historian Jeffrey L. Meikle writes that from the start, it’s been clear that there’s something...
by Plastics.com Staff | Jun 7, 2019 | Business, Daily News, Global
Makdaily.com — The stock of Milacron Holdings Corp (NYSE:MCRN) registered an increase of 39.93% in short interest. MCRN’s total short interest was 953,200 shares in June as published by FINRA. Its up 39.93% from 681,200 shares, reported previously. With 283,900 shares...
by Plastics.com Staff | Jun 6, 2019 | Daily News, Environmental, North America, Polymer Science, Recycling
Flinders University — Many modern plastics, rubbers and ceramics cannot be recycled, but new polymers made from waste sulfur are promising to solve one of the planet’s biggest recycling problems – and even create new industries of the future. Researchers around the...
by Plastics.com Staff | Mar 25, 2019 | Additive Mfg, Consumer, Daily News, Europe, Part Design
France — Since it was acquired by Groupe Gorgé in 2013, Prodways has been growing and transforming at a rapid pace, developing new 3D printers and materials while acquiring numerous smaller companies and expanding its product portfolio. All the while, some have been...
by Plastics.com Staff | Mar 25, 2019 | Asia/Pacifica, Business, Daily News, Injection Molding
HAIYAN, China — German machinery manufacturer KraussMaffei Group has started construction of a new production plant at its existing location in Haiyan. The new intelligent manufacturing unit will cover an area of 1.3 million square feet and is expected to double the...
by Plastics.com Staff | Mar 25, 2019 | Daily News, Environmental, Global, Recycling
By Peter Murphy — March 23rd, 2019 — “Plastics… There’s a great future in plastics.” So said “Mr. McGuire” to Dustin Hoffman’s character, Ben Braddock, in The Graduate. Indeed, Mr. McGuire was prescient. In more than half a century since he gave his succinct advice,...