Avery Dennison and Mactac brands will be making the most of FESPA in 2020, bringing colours alive and showcasing more than 10 new innovations across automotive, architectural, interior decoration and retail applications. Visitors to…

MetroSnap Concept Car With Acoustic & Thermal Insulation Know-how by FoamPartner As in previous years, Swiss mobility think tank Rinspeed has teamed up with specialists from FoamPartner to maximize the electric vehicle (EV) driving…

NETZSCH acquires TAURUS Instruments AG We are pleased to announce the expansion of our product portfolio with fire testing systems, thermal conductivity measuring devices and heat transfer coefficient (U-value) measurement instruments…

Genomatica Hits Industry-First Milestone in Nylon Sustainability Eighty years after nylon’s first commercial production, clean manufacturing technology leader Genomatica achieved a new milestone for the material — its production of the…

First COMPEO compounding system for color masterbatch in operation Only announced to the plastics industry in the run-up to K2019, a COMPEO 88 compounder from BUSS is already in industrial use. The first user is a multinational masterbatch…

Digitalisation, individualisation and climate protection are megatrends which represent challenges for coating job-shops and companies with in-house painting operations. With roughly 500 exhibitors already registered at the end of December…

An 18-carat gold nugget made of plastic  Lovers of gold watches and heavy jewellery will be thrilled. The objects of their desire may someday become much lighter, but without losing any of their glitter. Especially with watches,…

Toyochem Develops Highly Flexible EMI Shielding Film for High-speed FPCs

ELIX Polymers, a leading specialist in high-performance ABS materials, will demonstrate its commitment in the healthcare sector at Pharmapack 2020, the European pharma packaging industry exhibition taking place on February 5 and 6 at Paris…

Brüggemann and Fraunhofer LBF have joined forces to successfully tackle one of the seemingly insurmountable problems of plastics recycling. During their lifetime, plastic articles are subjected to thermal oxidation and photo-oxidation,…

ALPLA Group, an international plastic packaging and recycling specialist, joins a new consortium for chemical recycling of PET. The consortium intends to speed up the commercialisation of enhanced recycling technology, BP Infinia, which…

ALPLA Group, an international plastic packaging and recycling specialist, joins a new consortium for chemical recycling of PET. The consortium intends to speed up the commercialisation of enhanced recycling technology, BP Infinia, which…

DOMO Chemicals, a leading engineering materials company and a highly integrated solution provider, is already well established in Europe and is growing fast in the US and Asia. At Plastivision 2020 (Mumbai, January 16-20), DOMO will…

PLASTINDIA 2021 to focus on responsible Environment-friendly innovations The 11th edition of PLASTINDIA, which will be held at New Delhi in February 2021, will be bigger than the previous editions, and will focus on responsible…

The world's leading plastics and rubber industry event – K 2019, took a long 8-day exhibition period and closed successfully on Oct. 23 in the Dusseldorf Exhibition Centre. Before its coming again in 2022, let us review the highlights and…