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Borealis’ joint-venture Borouge, a leading provider of innovative, value creating plastics solutions, was breaking ground for its new Innovation Centre in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

The Surlyn 3D technology offers greater design freedom in the production of perfume, personal care and make-up packaging in different shapes and with a range of visual effects – from crystal transparency, coloured translucence to frosted effects.

Erema, the Austrian manufacturer of plastic recycling systems, is recording above-average growth rates for its Vacurema inline sheet technology for the production of flat PET film in a single working step direct from post-consumer bottle flake.

SABIC Innovative Plastics’ new bio-based composites give customers greatly expanded options for more impactful sustainable products.

New DSM Stanyl thermally conductive materials replace aluminum housing in Philips Master LED MR16 retrofit lamp.

Iwis antriebssysteme GmbH & Co.KG will launch its new FLEXON hinged-slat chains and MatTop chains made of DuPont Delrin acetal resin at Motion, Drive & Automation.

The plant-derived DuPont Zytel 610 nylon resin that debuts on DENSO Corp.’s new automotive radiator end tank illustrates the benefits of close collaboration throughout the value chain and marks the first use of DuPont renewably sourced plastic in mechanical components exposed to the hot, chemically aggressive underhood environment.

To underline its commitment to the automotive industry, DSM Engineering Plastics is attending key industry events to demonstrate various new solutions for automotive applications.

Hans-Jörg Schneider and Kazuaki Kato, University of Saarlandes, Germany, introduce polymers that respond to chemical and biological stimuli through movement Chemomechanical polymers are a new type of smart polymer with specific recognition sites that can respond selectively to chemical and biological stimuli through large movements.

Few products and services are still popular long after their actual market launch. Packaging can contribute to success or failure in this respect. Packaging of the future will be intelligent and will not deceive the buyer.