Plastics

Companies Plastics

NETZSCH-Gerätebau GmbH, Germany

NETZSCH-Gerätebau GmbH is focused on the development of versatile, reliable and sensitive Thermoanalytical instruments for material research, development, quality control and failure analysis. Our broad application know-how is transferred to our customers by means of demonstration or contract testin more

Thermo-Clean Thüringen GmbH, Germany

Our services are : thermal cleaning of heat exchangers, extruders, cylinders, filters, granulation housing, injector plates, filters, tank, pumps, container, pipes, blow moulding technology, tools, u.v.a. more

Covestro AG, Germany

Since September 2015, Bayer MaterialScience has been an independent company, operating under the new name Covestro. We continue to be a leading supplier of high-value polymers and innovative solutions for key sectors such as transportation, construction, electronics, furniture, sports equipment and more

News Plastics

• SONGWON begins large scale manufacture of functional monomers

  Having started to develop functional monomers about two years ago, SONGWON has now begun bulk manufacture at its production site in Ulsan, South Korea. These monomers provide resins and polymers with special functions, one of the most important being improvement of the physical and chemical properti more

• What the Smell Can Tell
  

  Breath analysis in disease diagnostics is a promising research field, and the advances in instrumentation allows the accurate detection of metabolites. But not only the health status of patients, but also the preservation status of museum artifacts could be monitored. Heritage science researchers ha more

• Plastic bags that cannot breathe
  

  Many bio-plastic bags have no place in the garbage. They dissolve too slowly in oxygen-deficient environments like biogas plants and when incinerated they are a burden to the environment. A research project at the Austrian Centre of industrial Biotechnology (acib) hunts for enzymes, which accelerate more

Videos Plastics

Why Does Stepping On a Lego Hurt So Bad?

There are some things you wouldn't wish upon even your worst enemy. Stepping on Legos being no such exception. The mind bending pain of a bare foot pressing down on a Lego is one of the worst known to humanity, but how does something so innocent looking create such an intense feeling? We're talk ... more

Curvature from planar polymer sheets in response to light

Researchers at NC State have developed a way to create curvature from 2D sheets using only light.The advance builds on earlier work by the same research team, which focused on self-folding 3-D structures. The key advance here is that rather than having the plastic fold along sharp lines – into s ... more

White papers Plastics

• Measuring Moisture of Plastic Pellets
  

  Moisture control is an important aspect for the production of high quality plastic parts more

Infographics Plastics

A Guide to Common Household Plastics

Plastic is everywhere in our day to day lives – but, of course, ‘plastic’ is just a catch-all term for a range of different chemical substances. This graphic takes a look at some of the more common plastics we encounter on a regular basis, and examines their chemical structures. Below, we’ll also ta more

Events Plastics

Publications Plastics

• Laccase‐Catalyzed Synthesis of Low‐Molecular‐Weight Lignin‐Like Oligomers and Their Application as UV‐Blocking Materials

  The Cover Feature illustrates a laccase‐catalyzed oligomerization of guaiacol and its analogues, utilizing oxygen as an oxidant, with a representative mode of chain growth by dehydrogenative C−C coupling. The promising UV blocking characteristics of the oligomers is represented as an umbrella blo more

• Laccase‐Catalyzed Synthesis of Low‐Molecular‐Weight Lignin‐Like Oligomers and Their Application as UV‐Blocking Materials

  The Cover Feature illustrates a laccase‐catalyzed oligomerization of guaiacol and its analogues, utilizing oxygen as an oxidant, with a representative mode of chain growth by dehydrogenative C−C coupling. The promising UV blocking characteristics of the oligomers is represented as an umbrella blo more

• Effects of loading conditions on the nanoindentation creep behavior of nafion 117 membranes

  In this work, nanoindentation tests on Nafion 117 membranes are conducted under three different sets of loading conditions. The effects of loading/unloading rate, peak load and holding period on the mechanical responses of membranes are analyzed, respectively. The results demonstrate that the cree more

Market studies Plastics

• Acrylic Acid Industry Outlook in China to 2016 - Market Size, Company Share, Price Trends, Capacity Forecasts of All Active and Planned Plants

  Introduction GlobalData’s report, Acrylic Acid Industry Outlook in China to 2016 - Market Size, Company Share, Price Trends, Capacity Forecasts of All Active and Planned Plants provides an in-depth coverage of China Acrylic Acid industry. The research presents major market trends affecting the Acr more

• Brazil Petrochemicals Report Q2 2012

  The Brazilian petrochemicals market has considerable potential for growth, with plastics consumption at 32kg per capita, less than one-third of the level in the US and Western Europe, according to BMI’s latest Brazil Petrochemicals Report. Growth will be fuelled by the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de J more

• Acrylic Acid Industry Outlook in Taiwan to 2016 - Market Size, Company Share, Price Trends, Capacity Forecasts of All Active and Planned Plants

  Introduction GlobalData’s report, Acrylic Acid Industry Outlook in Taiwan to 2016 - Market Size, Company Share, Price Trends, Capacity Forecasts of All Active and Planned Plants provides an in-depth coverage of Taiwan Acrylic Acid industry. The research presents major market trends affecting the A more