This month, polymer expert and technical blog author, Dr Charlie Geddes, looks at the causes and consequences of weld lines in injection moulding applications, offering expert advice on how best to deal with them.
Philip Law, Director-General of the British Plastics Federation, highlights the growing issue of marine litter, including actions he has recently taken to fight the corner of plastics at both a national and political level.
Ruth Price, Business Development Director at Canterbury-based Sharpak Aylesham, talks about the importance of protective plastic packaging and why innovation never goes to waste.
Justyna Elliott, Senior Business Development Executive at the British Plastics Federation, reports on the increasing opportunities for the plastics industry in Indonesia – and how UK firms can look to benefit.
Here, Dr Brigitte Dero, VinylPlus General Manager, looks at PVC's role in a sustainable future; highlighting the importance of upcoming international events, the achievements made so far and what is yet to come.
The Knowledge Transfer Network (KTN) has recently published a roadmap spanning 2015-2020 that looks at elastomers and rubber. Here, Dr Sally Beken looks at the potential of the materials in numerous applications.
Philip Law, Director-General of the British Plastics Federation, takes a look at the slippery situation of oil and how with some complex influencing factors, we might have to “learn to live” with increasing unpredictability.
With low energy and labour costs, reindustrialisation and re-shoring some of the key growth drivers behind the boom in the US plastics market, the keenness to seize a slice of the action by exhibitors at NPE 2015 was evident.
In this month’s column, Nigel Flowers, Chairman of the Polymer Machinery Manufacturers and Distributors Association (PMMDA) introduces a new affiliate membership scheme and ‘steers’ clear of all things Top Gear…
Philip Law announces news this issue of its annual survey and what the responses from member firms indicate in terms of the industry’s overall health. He also looks at plastics packaging and the ongoing battle to promote its positive benefits.
