PlasticsToday Staff

December 22, 2017

Allan Griff, extrusion guru and regular contributor to PlasticsToday, shared with us this adaptation of “Hark, Ye Herald Angels Sing,” and we, in turn, share it with you. We wish you and your loved ones a joyous holiday season and spectacular new year.

BASF, Essentium team up to bring to market strongest 3D-printed prosthetic device

April 19, 2018

The customizable, lightweight definitive socket improves patient comfort and can be manufactured faster than conventional products.

Research team engineers a better PET-eating enzyme

April 17, 2018

Packaging

Sustainability, Recycling, Materials

PlasticsToday Staff

A breakthrough in enzyme research led to an improved variant of an enzyme that can break down PET bottles. News that’s even better? The expectation is that far superior versions are possible.

Weekly resin report: Processors generally believe that prices are heading lower

April 17, 2018

Resin Pricing

Materials

PlasticsToday Staff

Anticipating price reductions, processors are buying minimal quantities as needed or to fill in supply gaps. However, resin price increases are on the table for April.

Caffeine perks up polymers, too

April 16, 2018

Medical

Materials

PlasticsToday Staff

Researchers are using the stimulant as a catalyst to create polymer gels for drug delivery.

Polymer-based micro-electrode arrays effectively and safely map brain activity

April 16, 2018

Medical

Materials

PlasticsToday Staff

Made of Parylene C, the arrays are less invasive than currently used micro-wire and silicon devices but perform equally well.

Davis-Standard demos medical tubing extrusion with a side of Industry 4.0 at NPE2018

April 14, 2018

NPE

Medical

Extrusion: Pipe & Profile, Materials

PlasticsToday Staff

Davis-Standard (Pawcatuck, CT) will process the tubing from Medalist MD-12382 TPE, a translucent, kink-resistant, gamma-stable compound developed by Teknor Apex (Pawtucket, RI).

FlexBlow to demo fastest PET bottle format change at NPE2018

April 10, 2018

NPE

Packaging

Automation, Blow Molding

PlasticsToday Staff

Latest two-cavity FlexBlow2 model SBM system can change over through a range of PET bottles from 50 mL to 6 L in 30 minutes or less.

Weekly resin report: Trade tariff skirmish has chilling effect on spot resin trading

April 09, 2018

Resin Pricing

Materials

PlasticsToday Staff

PlasticsExchange analysts expect some negative price impact on at least low-density polyethylene, which seems to be the primary commodity resin targeted by China.