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.
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.
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.
Adam Hooper, Operations Director at Southampton-based Martin’s Rubber, flies the flag for the material’s role in some of our most exciting applications…even if we don’t always realise it's there.
Does design drive demand? This month, polymer expert and technical blog author, Dr Charlie Geddes, looks at whether styrenic thermoplastics will evolve further if demand warrants it.
Valeria Arrighi, Associate Professor and Acting Head of Materials Chemistry at Heriot Watt University, Edinburgh, shares her opinion on the five types of polymer that will shape the future.
A heat-absorbing panorama roof made of shatterproof polycarbonate has been added to the latest edition of Smart’s ‘fortwo’ vehicle to form an extended windscreen.
In this report written for BP&R, Mark Barton, MD of Barton Fabrications details how growth in the use of PET plastics has led to an increase in noise and structural problems reported in storage silos and how these can be overcome.
Omya, a provider and distributor of specialty chemicals, and Arkema, a global chemical company, have entered into an exclusive pan-European distribution agreement.
