At the recently held EUROMAP General Assembly in Venice, the member associations gave a positive outlook for Europe’s plastic and rubber machinery manufacturers; despite disappointing results from the BRIC countries.
This month, BPF Director-General, Philip Law, discusses fighting the corner of plastics’ amongst a flurry of mainstream media attention surrounding the introduction of the recent single-use bag charge in England.
At the ARMO rotomoulding conference held in Nottingham recently, speakers spoke of their visions for the future of the rotomoulding process - making it faster, more flexible and safer.
A carbon fibre-reinforced high-performance polymer has been selected by Airbus Helicopters to replace aluminium in an aircraft door fitting of the Airbus A350-900, a decision said to improve component quality and reduce weight and costs by 40%.
Repsol and Gazechim have recently reached an agreement for the distribution of Repsol’s polyolefins in the UK, effective from the beginning of October 2015.
After a spate of cyber security attacks, namely computer hackers exploiting systems to access a company’s data, the Government is urging us to put systems into place to protect our valuable information. Here, RAPRA’s Wendi Beamson explains more.
In this month’s column, Nigel Flowers, Chairman of the Polymer Machinery Manufacturers and Distributors Association (PMMDA) discusses the latest machinery figures, the uptake of all-electric and what recent world events mean for the UK economy…
This month, Philip Law highlights the UK’s special role in the international rotational moulding industry after a successful ARMO conference and underlines the country’s long standing relationship with the process.
Sarah Skidmore, Marketing Manager at Plastics Colour Corp., explains how choosing the right colour for a plastic product, its branding or packaging goes much further than just aesthetics when it comes to winning over the consumer.
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.
