Automotive and Mobility

Transformational technologies that can change the world

New offerings include halogen-free, flame-retardant polyamide 6 with high tracking resistance, PBT with very high transmission.

November 12, 2019

Packaging

Sustainability, Recycling, 3D Printing, Alternative Energy, Cyber Security, Automotive and Mobility

Rick Lingle

Boston-based Lux Research identifies the top 20 game-changing technologies—what plastics-related tech made the list at #3? Hint: It’s not 3D printing.

Slow speed ahead for scrap granulation

November 11, 2019

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Recycling

Packaging, Sustainability, Automotive and Mobility

MOL completes acquisition of plastics compounder Aurora

Rapid’s OneCUT PRO brings quality, energy and operational benefits to slow speed granulation.

November 11, 2019

Bright colorants add verve to engineering plastics

Sustainability, Recycling, Automotive and Mobility, Business, Compounding

PlasticsToday Staff

The acquisition further expands the Hungarian group’s product portfolio in engineering plastics and polypropylene recyclate–based compounds and strengthens its position as a materials supplier to the automotive sector.

November 10, 2019

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Evonik, Voxeljet partner to develop 3D-printing systems for series production of finished plastic parts

Milliken has introduced the KeyPlast Resist range; new portfolio designed specifically for coloring polyamides and high-heat engineering plastics.

Binder-jet printed part from Evonik-Voxeljet partnership

November 10, 2019

3D Printing

Automotive and Mobility, Building & Construction, Consumer Products, Injection Molding, Materials

Norbert Sparrow

The collaboration seeks to develop a scalable binder-jetting system capable of additively manufacturing large, finished plastic parts.

New PEEK material takes performance to another level

November 07, 2019

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Auto tool and die shops face existential threat

Solvay introduces KetaSpire PEEK XT, said to be the industry’s first true high-temperature PEEK; it offers the chemical resistance of standard PEEK with significantly higher strength and stiffness at elevated temperatures.

November 07, 2019