8th Mar 2022
US’ Avient has announced the commercial availability of Complēt R long fibre-reinforced composites, which incorporate post-consumer recycled nylon 6 material reclaimed from end-of-life fishing nets. Avient provides sustainable material solutions that transform customer challenges into opportunities, bringing new products to life for a better world.
8th Mar 2022
The order intake at Andritz, an Austria-based international technology group, has reached a record level of €7,879.7 million in fiscal 2021 (FY21), an increase of 29 per cent from €6,108.0 million in fiscal 2020. All the four business areas of the company were able to increase their order intake significantly in 2021 as compared to the previous year.
7th Mar 2022
ThermHex has been named among top 100 innovative companies in Germany. The company is being honoured specifically for its excellent innovation achievements in the German SME sector. The core of the innovation competition is a scientific selection process that the participants undergo. ThermHex makes PP honeycomb cores for economic sandwich panels and...
7th Mar 2022
Scott Bader has announced its Canadian site, based in Drummondville, will begin manufacturing Crestabond structural adhesives in 2022. The expansion of its Crestabond production to Scott Bader ATC will allow Scott Bader to meet the growing demand for its high-quality MMA primerless structural adhesives within the North American market.
7th Mar 2022
Germany’s Kelheim Fibres together with Sumo, a diaper brand, have developed absorbent pad that uses no fossil materials. Sumo is a fitted cloth diaper consisting of a waterproof cover and absorbent inserts. The cover holds the absorbent pad and prevents it from slipping. To further enhance its performance, Sumo has partnered with Kelheim Fibres.
7th Mar 2022
US Lighting Group (USLG) has created Futuro Houses to meet the demands for affordable housing. Futuro Houses offers a self-sufficient, cost-effective, energy efficient housing solution for an off-grid lifestyle. USLG makes futuristic technologies, supplying custom designed recreational vehicles(RV), electronics, and other leading-edge markets.
4th Mar 2022
An application of CompPair’s healable composite materials, HealTech, has been developed with Gunboat, developer of high-performance cruising catamarans. The materials are now being tested on a Gunboat 68 that is scheduled to launch soon. Switzerland’s CompPair makes production more efficient and brings a sustainable and quality differentiator to the...
4th Mar 2022
UK’s Paravir has developed an IP-protected composite material with readily available dry powders impregnated into off-the-shelf, nonwoven material of the type commonly used in face masks and other surgical clothing and equipment. Recent testing at UK laboratories has confirmed the destruction of 99.99 per cent of the microbial population within 20...
4th Mar 2022
Borouge, a joint venture between ADNOC and Borealis, has announced the start-up of its new fifth polypropylene unit (PP5) in Ruwais, UAE. The new unit will contribute to boosting the UAE’s production of polypropylene to meet the growing global demand for manufactured products in the recyclable advanced packaging, infrastructure and other industrial...