Jiae Kim, Global Market Manager, Performance Materials, Roquette, introduces Isosorbide, a plant starch-derived bicyclic diol with rich functionality for a range of applications in packaging, coating, adhesives, sealants and elastomers.
An unfailing belief in the need to develop environmentally friendly fire protection for plastics started life as a small idea among a selected group of people within the mighty Hoechst AG.
The partnership between FGV Rubber Industries and UK-based Rubber Heart Ltd will involve the marketing and sales of its various grades of high-quality Technically Specified Rubbers and other specialty NR-based materials.
In the following post, Ronan Ye, a manufacturing specialist from 3ERP, looks at the ways in which using fibre-reinforced and filled materials offers manufacturers of injection moulded components new opportunities for stronger parts.
Plastics such as the polycarbonate Makrolon and the polycarbonate blends Bayblend and Makroblend are lightweight and robust and ensure good thermal and electrical insulation.
The Clariant Masterbatch business includes 46 manufacturing operations and technology centres in 29 countries and approximately 3,500 employees, who will join Avient's Colour, Additives and Inks segment.
COVID-19 has significantly changed the nature of consumer behaviour increasing the strain on supply chains and wiping out traditional seasonal demand patterns.
Pete Beavis, senior sector specialist and materials scientist at R&D tax credit specialist ForrestBrown, explains why we need to stop demonising plastics, approach new bioplastics with care, and celebrate the innovators.
