Polymer additives play a critical role in the processing and performance of polymer materials. These additives are substances included in the polymer matrix during manufacturing to modify the material ...

Only 2 percent of the 78 million tons of manufactured plastics are currently recycled into similar products because polyethylene (PE) and polypropylene (PP), which account for two-thirds of the ...

The polymer additive manufacturing market is experiencing significant growth due to the increasing adoption of 3D printing technologies across industries such as aerospace, automotive, healthcare, and ...

dditive manufacturing (AM) is a high-priority technology growth area for U.S. manufacturers. Innovative AM processes that fabricate parts layer-by-layer directly from a 3-D digital model have great ...

This book is designed as a practical text for use in the laboratories of the plastic producer and user industries and by others such as universities and institutions who are concerned with problems ...

Pictured above: Geoffrey Coates, center, in his lab with James Eagan, a postdoctoral researcher in Coates’ group, and researcher Anne LaPointe. Credit: Cornell University During his presentations on ...

Flexible, adaptable, customizable: The MarkOne’s continuous fiber-reinforced output includes soft-jaw fixtures for machining (top left), pulleys with press fit bearings and nylon outer shells for wear ...

Orlando, Fla. — Duncan, S.C.-based Sukano Polymers Corp., a unit of additives maker Sukano AG of Schindellegi, Switzerland, is adding capacity as it develops additives for recycled content. While the ...

GUANGZHOU, China—Polymer additives specialist Addivant L.L.C. showed off its wares and discussed ambitious plans to support Asian customers at Chinaplas in Guangzhou. Just-in-time manufacturing by ...

The Indianapolis-based start-up Mito Material Solutions has received $1 million in seed funding from Dipalo Ventures, Clean Energy Trust, and other investors. Mito got $1.1 million last year from the ...

When Geoffrey Coates, a professor of chemistry and chemical biology at Cornell University, gives a talk about plastics and recycling, he usually opens with this question: What percentage of the 78 ...