Bags and sacks in Europe
Analysts at Ceresana forecast sales volume of bags and sacks in Europe to amount to approx. 9.12 million tonnes in 2020.
Plastics goods
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Lightweight EPP structural element awarded
SPE awarded first visible use of Neopolen polypropylene foam on a center console.
Porous plastic for toy safety
Porex Corporation offers porous plastic and fiber nib components, which are utilized in writing instruments, including children's coloring markers.
E-TPU boosts running energy
New BASF foam Infinergy revolutionizes adidas running shoe.
TPE solutions for automotive mats
Hexpol TPE offers several TPE grades to produce automotive mats.
The most innovative car seats announced
The best design concepts for car seats made from plastics were presented at motor show in Geneva.
New generation of polycarbonate welding goggles
Safety is a top priority at Bayer MaterialScience, and not just internally. The company is also working intensively to develop new plastic products that help in a variety of applications to reduce the risk of accidents in the workplace, while participating in sports and leisure activities, and in the home.
BASF introduces plastics product line approved for drinking water
BASF has now started offering a portfolio of engineering plastics specially designed for applications that come into contact with drinking water.
Medical grades from stock
With the new MG product line, Röchling, one of the worldwide leading producers of semi-finished high performance plastics, offers products for the very demanding market of the medical and pharmaceutical industry.
Bayer MaterialScience and Adidas develop the official ball of the Euro 2012
The games at the European Soccer Championship will be played to the rhythm of the “Tango 12,” a cutting-edge synthetic ball that is fast, robust and precise. The adidas ball sports a new design and is based on proven materials from Bayer MaterialScience.
New way of using SABIC’s high-performance polypropylene resin
Every child loves pint-sized versions of their parents’ belongings. To fulfil those desires, Flux Furniture B.V. has created a miniature version of its award-winning foldable and portable Flux Chair.
Teknor Apex shows precision of working with Medalist medical elastomer-based tubing downstream of extrusion
In cooperation with Teknor Apex, Medical Device Manufacturers have proven outstanding performance of tubing in cutting, hole punching, tipping, printing, and insert molding.
