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Avcorp Industries and UBC agree to pursue innovative partnership

by | Jul 21, 2016 | Business, Daily News

VANCOUVER, July 12, 2016 /PRNewswire/ – Avcorp Industries and the University of British Columbia have agreed to explore the establishment of a Learning Factory for Advanced Composites at UBC’s Okanagan campus.

The two parties, represented by Avcorp CEO Peter George and UBC Deputy Vice-Chancellor and Principal Deborah Buszard, signed an MOU today at the Farnborough International Airshow.

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The Revolutionary Past of Plastics

by | June 11, 2019 | All Processes, All Regions, Daily News, Plastics Training/Education | 0 Comments

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...
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Essentra Extrusion Sold To Inter Primo In EUR16 Million Deal

by | June 11, 2019 | Business, Daily News, Extrusion, Mergers & Acquisitions | 0 Comments

LONDON (Alliance News) - Essentra PLC on Tuesday said is has divested its Extrusion business to Inter Primo AS in a deal which values Extrusion at EUR16.2 million free of cash and debt. The consideration is subject to adjustments for working capital and net debt and...
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A ‘cast PU elastomer’ that can be injection moulded

by | June 11, 2019 | Daily News, Injection Molding, Performance Plastics | 0 Comments

plasticsnewseurope.com/ — Lanxess AG has developed a low free MDI-based cast urethane, which can be processed via injection moulding. Adip rene C930 is based on a low-free-monomer prepolymer, with viscosity lower than a conventional prepolymer, that delivers improved...
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Plastic straws rank low among consumer concerns

by | June 7, 2019 | Consumer, Daily News, Environmental, Extrusion | 0 Comments

PlasticsToday.com — What do you feel guilty about? Since you’re reading PlasticsToday, you’re obviously connected to the plastics industry in some way, which means you are probably smarter than the average bear when it comes to plastics technology. A new survey of...
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Is Milacron Holdings Corp (NYSE:MCRN)’s Fuel Running Low?

by | June 7, 2019 | Business, Daily News, Global | 0 Comments

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...
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Single-ion conducting polymer electrolytes

by | June 7, 2019 | Daily News, Polymer Science | 0 Comments

ScienceDirect.com — Solid single-Li+-ion conducting polymer electrolytes are currently explored for safe high-temperature lithium batteries. In the present work we have prepared and studied materials based on alternating mesogen-like naphthalene sulfonate units...
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Functional Natural and Synthetic Polymers

by | June 6, 2019 | Daily News, Polymer Science | 0 Comments

Advancedsciencenews.com — Highly specialized polymers with specific functionality has attracted strong research interest worldwide. Generally, functionality is defined as the “quality of being suited to serve a purpose well” (according to the Oxford English...
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New Frontiers for Recyclable Polymers

by | June 6, 2019 | Daily News, Environmental, North America, Polymer Science, Recycling | 0 Comments

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...
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Krauss-Maffei Corp. president Paul Caprio stepping down

by | June 6, 2019 | Business, Daily News, Profile | 0 Comments

Canplastics.com — Paul Caprio, president of processing machinery maker Krauss-Maffei Corp., is leaving the company effective June 7. Caprio has been with the Florence, Ky.-based company for the past 25 years, and has served as president since May 2009. In a June 5...
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Prodways Begins Work on Autonomous Dental 3D Printing

by | March 25, 2019 | Additive Mfg, Consumer, Daily News, Europe, Part Design | 0 Comments

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...
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