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The Future of Plastics: JKU Linz Trains the Plastics Engineers of Tomorrow Interview with Professor Georg Steinbichler, Head of the Institute for Polymer Injection Molding and Process Automation (IPIM), Johannes Kepler University Linz Plastics must be newly thought and designed - that is the credo at...

Bioplastics for Medicine: Sustainability and Quality in Harmony Interview with Julian Lotz, Managing Director (CEO), BIOVOX GmbH The healthcare field produces lots of medical plastic waste. The founders of Biovox know this from first-hand experience - but medical care simply could no longer exist without plastic....

ALTANA Achieves Sales of More Than 3 Billion Euros for the First Time in 2022 Sales increase by 13 percent to 3,021 million euros EBITDA margin at 15 percent due to inflation Continued high investment in innovation and sustainability ALTANA generated sales of 3 billion...

NETZSCH named "Fair Company" for the Twelfth Time in a Row Fair working conditions and development prospects for employees NETZSCH Pumpen & Systeme has received the "Fair Company" award for the twelfth time in a row. The initiative, founded by the Handelsblatt newspaper, is sustainably committed...

Sustainable TPEs Make Hot Substitutes for Iron Applications KRAIBURG TPE, a global TPE manufacturer of thermoplastic elastomer products and custom engineered TPE solutions for an extensive variety of consumer product applications, offers the THERMOLAST R RC/PCR/AP series of compounds, with up to 35% post-consumer recycled...

KRAIBURG TPE to Launch New Automotive Interior Surface TPE Solutions for the Asia Pacific Market THERMOLAST K FG/SF/AP, which will be unveiled at CHINAPLAS 2023, is a game changer for innovative automotive interior applications in Asia Pacific The Asia-Pacific automotive industry, which is a major hub...