COVID-19

When medical diagnostics firm LexaGene needed to rapidly produce parts for its “game-changing” analyzer, it turned to Exothermic Molding. The custom molder went from concept to delivery in three days, shipping out parts the minute the paint dried.

Officially licensed hand sanitizers for children in HDPE squeeze bottles, packets, and pump bottles are marketed for school and home use.

Flexibility was imparted to the PMMA-based ShieldUp Flex sheet from Altuglas without the addition of plasticizers and without altering the material’s properties.

Plastics and chemical products installed base grows to 182,000 robots.

Testing nearly 200 masks from 15 different manufacturers, the patient-safety organization found that up to 70% of KN95 masks imported from China did not filter 95% of aerosol particulates, as required and as the KN95 name suggests.

Canceled this year because of COVID-19, Arburg Technology Days will return to Lossburg, Germany, in the summer of 2021.

Plastics processors can quickly add artificial intelligence (AI) software to existing infrastructure, providing tremendous flexibility for production line changes, workforce constraints, new inspection rates, and varying quality requirements.