Like many of us, I followed the news of Hurricane Harvey and Hurricane Irma. I was deeply touched by the devastation that occurred. I was also stunned by the response of the plastics industry, especially in the state of Texas.

The company makes “targeted adjustments” between its Materials Science and Specialty Products divisions to “better align these businesses with the end markets they serve.”

Fire classification B, according to EN 13501-1, opens up a range of applications for the material in the construction industry.

A European Union-funded project plans to develop a worm-like robotic borer that will self-line the tunnels it excavates with an in-built 3D printer. BADGER aims to have a follower robot equipped with a printer head and a cylindrical manipulator, tasked to 3D print the walls of the bore with...