Two plastics companies have been working with the British fishing industry to help to prevent the transfer of bacterial disease and protect the UK’s fish stocks by designing an innovative antibacterial fishing net.
This month, polymer expert and technical blog author, Dr Charlie Geddes, ‘clears’ the myths about ABS and looks into how changing the chemical competition can affect its properties
Here, Dr Sally Beken, an elastomers specialist at the Materials KTN, writes for BP&R on how UK companies working with elastomers can find out more about cross-sector innovation opportunities, training, research collaboration and access to funding.
This month, polymer expert and technical blog author, Dr Charlie Geddes, wonders where industry demand for increasingly versatile applications might take polymer blends.
A. Schulman Inc., has announced that it has purchased the Perrite Group, a thermoplastics manufacturing business with operations in Malaysia, the United Kingdom and France, for approximately $52 million (approx. £33.3 million).
This month, in the second installment of our new materials technical blog, polymer expert, Dr Charlie Geddes, considers the heat resistance of thermoplastics.
