To help plastics processors deal with the unprecedented challenge of keeping a business running during the COVID-19 pandemic, Asaclean-Sun Plastech Inc. will provide free technical support by phone and via online platforms.
While environmental groups accuse the plastics industry of exploiting a health emergency, industry advocates see an opportunity to advance a fact-based discussion of the benefits of plastics.
Belgium’s 3D-printing pioneer Materialise has developed a device that can bring relief to patients awaiting a ventilator while an Israeli startup recruits a “Maker Army” to print and deliver protective gear.