Industry News

Bremen, July 2021 - Not only against the backdrop of demographic change but also following the launch of new medical applications, the market for medical tubes has evolved to become a significant growth market. Accordingly, minimally invasive interventions are gaining in popularity which, in...

The plastic polycarbonate has become an indispensable part of our everyday lives – but until now, it has been manufactured using up a high level of resources and involving the highly toxic gas phosgene. A German industrial plant manufacturer has now commissioned its second...

Scientists have devised a novel way of tackling the mounting issue of plastic pollution by using bacteria to transform plastic waste into vanilla flavouring. Researchers have discovered that the common bacteria E. coli can be deployed as a sustainable way to convert post-consumer plastic into vanillin,...

Ettlinger's new ECO 500 high performance melt filter achieves throughputs of up to 4,000 kg/h © Ettlinger Königsbrunn/Germany, June 2021 – ETTLINGER, a member of the MAAG Group and a leading manufacturer of continuously operating high performance melt filters, has unveiled a new generation of tried-and-tested ECO products...

WASHINGTON - The Plastics Industry Association (PLASTICS) announced today shipments of primary plastics machinery (injection molding and extrusion) in North America came in lower in First Quarter 2021 than Fourth Quarter 2020. Shipments decreased following three consecutive quarters of growth, according to statistics compiled and reported...

2021, Bryan, Texas, USA—The Pressure Sensitive Adhesive Division of Toyo Ink America, LLC, a member of global specialty chemicals maker Toyo Ink Group, will be exhibiting at the Adhesives & Bonding Expo, running concurrently with Foam Expo in Novi, Michigan, USA. This global event...