August 24, 2023Retinal Camera and Digital Crop Sensor Win Key IDEA HonorsDiverse Products Earn IDSA’s Curator’s Choice and People’s Choice Awards. Read more
August 23, 2023IDSA Bestows Coveted Design Awards on Innovative ProductsTop honors go to Polyformer, a homemade machine that turns PET bottles into 3D filaments. Read more
August 23, 2023HDPE Resin Allows Converters to Create Mono-Material Barrier FilmExxonMobil grade replace multi-material structures in blown film packaging Read more
August 22, 2023Chinese Firm Blow Molds Massive HDPE TanksYankang Plastic Machinery touts machines making 20,000-liter water tanks. Read more
August 22, 2023Polymer Resources Adds Capacity to Satisfy Demand for Engineering CompoundsNew extrusion line and larger plant help company meet growing sales demand. Read more
August 21, 2023Opinion: The Importance of DesignA vital but underappreciated discipline is key to the future of plastics & the environment. Read more
August 18, 2023A New Way of Controlling the Parison in Extrusion Blow MoldingNew patent suggests that using spring-loaded pistons can better control parison consistency in extrusion blow molding applications. Read more
August 18, 2023SABIC Adds Biobased Versions of Noryl ResinsSupplier says bioplastic grades will help end users meet sustainability goals. Read more
August 17, 2023New Polyolefin Recycling Technology Has Commercial PromiseVirginia Tech researchers cite benefits of plastics soap process in commercial scale-up. Read more
August 16, 2023New Recycling Technology Creates Plastics SoapVirginia Tech researchers develop process to convert polyolefin waste into soap precursor. Read more
August 16, 2023Brazilian partners commercialize graphene-enhanced stretch filmBrazilian firms Sevenpack and Gerdau Graphene have jointly commercialized what they claim is the world’s-first graphene-enhanced stretch PE film. Read more
August 15, 2023Polymer Resources Expands Sustainable Engineering Resins PortfolioCompounder certifies like-virgin properties for grades with 50 percent recycled content. Read more