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A Transatlantic Conversation: Economists Discuss Post-Pandemic Global Trade Featuring Perc Pineda, Ph.D. Chief Economist, PLASTICS and Ingo Borchert, Ph.D., Senior Lecturer in Economics, University of Sussex Business School and Deputy…

Plastic-degrading enzymes correlate with pollution The number of microbial enzymes with the ability to degrade plastic is growing, in correlation with local levels of plastic pollution. That is the finding of a new study from Chalmers that…

PLASTICS Report: Plastics Machinery Shipments Grew in Third Quarter WASHINGTON -  The Plastics Industry Association (PLASTICS) today announced that shipments of primary plastics machinery (injection molding and extrusion) in North America…

Way2K: Industry interviews in the lead-up to the K 2022 fair "The big digital project of the future is predictive maintenance ." Interview with Markus Gschwandtner, CEO of Bruckner Servtec GmbH Mr. Gschwandtner, your company has to ensure…

EVBox Group and Covestro To Introduce More Sustainable Materials into EV Charging Stations EVBox Group and Covestro are looking back on a 10-year partnership of producing EV charging stations. The relationship has gone from strength to…

LANXESS India is now Great Place to Work- Certified™ Over 1100 organizations assessed in India Survey done across more than 22 industries Mumbai, October 21, 2021 – Leading specialty chemicals company LANXESS India has been…

    Xometry Acquires Thomas, Accelerating the Manufacturing Industry’s Digital Transformation  Xometry, the global marketplace for on-demand manufacturing, today announced the acquisition of Thomas  a leader in product sourcing, supplier…

Kumovis to show new end-to-end workflow for medical 3D printing This November, Munich-based start-up Kumovis will be presenting new developments at AM Medical Days, COMPAMED and Formnext in Germany. The highlight is a new end-to-end…

ALPLA is awarded Platinum rating for sustainability Top ranking among 75,000 companies at EcoVadis Hard, 21 October 2021 – After the ALPLA Group achieved Silver in 2019 and Gold in 2020, EcoVadis has awarded the company its Platinum status…

WITTMANN BATTENFELD with complete WITTMANN 4.0 production cell at the Interplastica trade show From January 25 to 28, 2022, WITTMANN BATTENFELD will present its Industry 4.0 solution in the form of a production cell networked via WITTMANN…

THE PERFORMANCE REVIEW INSTITUTE APPOINTS JAY SOLOMOND AS EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT AND CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER The Performance Review Institute (PRI) has announced the appointment of Jay Solomond to the role of Executive Vice President and…

CORE Industrial Partners Forms a New 3D Printing Platform with the Acquisition of RE3DTECH Core Industrial Partners  (“CORE”), a Chicago-based private equity firm, announced today the formation of a new platform with its acquisition of…