Polyolefins

Pet product manufacturers are embracing recycled plastics and long-life design to set new benchmarks for sustainability.

For thermoforming manufacturers like Duo Form, reducing production costs and lead times has become essential to staying competitive.

There is growing interest in enzymatic degradation as an alternative to biodegradation, though its full potential is not yet certain.

ANTEC® 2025 research reveals critical insights about when and why carbon fiber reinforcement succeeds or fails in 3D printing.

Polymer extrusion wastes a significant amount of energy on inefficiencies. Here is how modern technologies are locking down every lost watt.

As industries strive to integrate recycled materials into mainstream manufacturing, researchers continue to explore ways to enhance the usability of post-industrial recycled polypropylene (PIR-PP).

Companies worldwide are reevaluating their production processes. One major shift is the use of recycled content in manufacturing.

Pia Wagner from the Institute for Plastics Processing (IKV) in Germany received the award for Best Presentation during the Injection Molding chapter’s reception at ANTEC 2025.

ICIPC (Instituto de Capacitación e Investigación del Plástico y del Caucho) in Colombia presented their sustainability assessment for PS at ANTEC® 2025, highlighting polystyrene’s potential to contribute to circular economy efforts in the country.

Engineers are transforming discarded PET, PVC, and PS into high-performance membranes for water treatment, desalination, and oil-water separation applications.

In a world of excessive branding, a new packaging trend is emerging that’s as much about what’s missing as what remains: Naked packaging design.

MacroCycle Technologies is redefining PET recycling through a scalable, energy-efficient molecular upcycling process.