Norbert Sparrow

KraussMaffei brews ‘new blend of plastics expertise’ ahead of K

July 23, 2019

Sustainability, Recycling, Business, Extrusion: Pipe & Profile

The company’s business divisions and brands will present a united front under the single KraussMaffei name and its “pioneering plastics” ethos at K 2019.

Assistant Professor Tee and fellow researchers at National University of Singapore

Electronic skin could outperform its human counterpart

July 22, 2019

Medical

Automation

Norbert Sparrow

The Asynchronous Coded Electronic Skin developed by National University of Singapore scientists reportedly can detect touches more than 1,000 times faster than the human sensory nervous system.

Medtech molder Aberdeen celebrates first quarter-century of success

July 22, 2019

John H. Schmitz was Senior Vice President of a major medical device manufacturing company prior to co-founding Aberdeen Technologies (Carol Stream, IL) in 1994 with his son John M. Schmitz, who had been selling turnkey molding systems to device manufacturers.

Plastics make it possible, even in outer space

July 19, 2019

Materials

Sustainability, Recycling, Automotive and Mobility, Injection Molding

Norbert Sparrow

Thanks to their versatility and flexibility, plastics have played a vital role throughout the history of space flight, and they continue to do so today in a sustainable way in the International Space Station.

Prospect of no-deal Brexit deeply worries UK plastics industry, survey shows

July 18, 2019

Injection Molding

Thermoforming, Blow Molding, Business, Extrusion: Film & Sheet, Extrusion: Pipe & Profile

Norbert Sparrow

A no-deal Brexit would be a “dramatic act of self-sabotage” and have a long-term negative impact on the plastics industry, said Philip Law, Director General of the British Plastics Federation.

The medtech minute (or two)

July 18, 2019

Medical

Norbert Sparrow

In this week’s summary of medtech news: A sterile debate, Elon Musk wants to get inside your head and a GE device recall.

Liver model fabricated using Wacker Aceo 3D printer

New silicone-elastomer 3D printers integrate multiple printing nozzles

July 17, 2019

K Show

Medical

3D Printing, Materials

Norbert Sparrow

The Aceo Imagine Series K2 printers from Wacker (Munich) can print up to four silicone materials in varying colors and hardnesses.

K 2019 plans a show of sustainability

July 17, 2019

K Show

Sustainability

Packaging, Recycling, Automotive and Mobility, Blow Molding, Compounding, Consumer Products, Extrusion: Film & Sheet, Extrusion: Pipe & Profile, Injection Molding, Materials

Norbert Sparrow

Sustainability has become an indelible part of the plastics conversation. The topic was omnipresent at the K 2019 Preview event in Düsseldorf, Germany, earlier this month, where several K exhibitors went to great lengths to show how they are helping to mold a sustainable future.

3D-printed resorbable implant technology achieves ISO 13485 certification

July 16, 2019

Medical

3D Printing, Materials

Norbert Sparrow

The certification, along with a new infusion of funding, will allow medtech startup BellaSeno (Leipzig, Germany) to begin clinical trials of its porous, resorbable breast implant scaffold.

O my—Trelleborg sets Guinness record for molding world’s largest O-ring

July 12, 2019

Injection Molding

Norbert Sparrow

Measuring almost 400 yards in circumference, the elastomer O-ring fabricated using the FlexiMold process developed by Trelleborg Sealing Solutions (Tewkesbury, UK) encircled the medieval Tewkesbury Abbey.

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