Medical

PET

Volume Resin Prices Down-to-Flat Going into First Quarter of 2020

Prices of polyolefins, PS, PVC could bottom out; PET, nylon 6 could drop further while flat to modestly down trajectory projected for ABS, PC, and nylon 66. 

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The New Uniloy Plans Numerous Machine Developments

Starting with barrier coinjection at K 2019, Uniloy plans new blow molding machinery developments across four product lines.

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Data Driven, Employee Owned

Approaching its seventh decade in ´óÏó´«Ã½, PTA Plastics has shifted its location and remade its customer base since its founding in 1953, but many things have not changed in the intervening years, including an emphasis on people and leading-edge technologies.

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Packaging

SPE Names Winners of Thermoforming Parts Competition

Creative boundaries pushed in each category, SPE says.

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Medical

3D Printing Enables Customizable Medical Prosthetics

Glaze Prosthetics produces customized prosthetics using HP’s Multi Jet Fusion technology.

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Medical

Omnia Receives First Ever FDA Clearance for PEEK-Optima HA Enhanced Cervical Vertebral Body Replacement

The FDA 510(k) clearance paves way for an innovative orthopedic product that offers potential to improve bone apposition and, as a consequence, patient outcomes.

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polyolefins

Norner Signs Deal to Build New Polymer Exploration Center and Enters Future Materials Catapult

Independent Norwegian plastics institute aims to become a leader in the development of future sustainable plastics solutions.

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Victrex at K 2019: Innovating with PEEK

Expansion of Victrex’s PEEK portfolio ranges from 3D printing and films to composites, gear solutions and a food-grade family.

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Electronics

nova-Institute's CEO Likes Plastics

“There are no other materials that have such a broad spectrum of properties,” says Michael Carus in an interview with Bio-based News editor.

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Postconsumer

PET Packaging Technologies Debut at K 2019

SACMI will show its latest for compression, injection and blow molding—mainly of PET.

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Process Cooling