Processing 
Politicians, the Pentagon and even the State Department are getting riled up about a plastic gun made by Texas law student Cody Wilson with a three-dimensional printer
13 May 2013
A wide range of additive manufacturing technologies were on display at Euromold in Frankfurt, Germany. European Plastics News takes a look at selective laser sintering developments
14 February 2013
Tampoprint of Germany has developed a water cooling solution to the problem of rotary printing wheels warming up during their operation
2 October 2012
US-based MakerGear has created a 3D printer that churns out plastic parts for more 3D printers
30 May 2012
Laser penetration welding is an established means of bonding laser-transparent and laser-absorbing versions of the same polymer. Researchers at the IKV plastics processing institute at RWTH university in Aachen, Germany, have now developed laser welding for dissimilar polymers. Details were revealed in a paper presented by research specialist Mathias Weber at the IKV Colloquium in March
21 May 2012
The US Society of Plastics Engineers (SPE) has revealed details of its first ANTEC conferences to be held in India.
5 April 2012
The European plastics markets of Germany and Poland hold great potential for US companies, especially in the areas of sustainability and smart materials, representatives from the US Commercial Service said in an April 1 speech at NPE2012.
4 April 2012
Continuing stagnation in the German mattress and upholstery markets has prompted polyurethane foams producer Eurofoam to cut its capacity and close one of its five national plants.
7 February 2012
Mouldmaker Dekkerform Technologies received the Euromold 2011 silver innovation award for a three-component mono-sandwich process for one- or two-colour parts subjected to high static loads. Glass fibre reinforced polyamide can be substituted by relatively inexpensive unreinforced PP outer/edge and 50% glass fibre reinforced PP core material, as it is in the new 2011 Fina chair from Brunner.
12 January 2012
Representatives from global rotomoulding companies met in Northern Ireland recently to hear about the latest developments of the European Commission-backed Rotoflex Project.
23 December 2011
Interfoam Holding, the parent group of the top polyurethane foam producer in the Ukraine, has postponed a public offering of shares to fund an ambitious expansion plan in the face of “unfavourable macroeconomic conditions”.
6 December 2011
High performance seals are often key in cost effective moulding. European Plastics News visited Sonderhoff Chemicals and Sonderhoff Services in Germany to learn about the latest developments in formed-in-place-foam gasket (FIPFG) systems
25 November 2011
Automation group Waldorf Technik, based in Engen, Germany, has introduced Check'n Pack, a system for inspecting and verifying the quality of the EVOH layer in PP-EVOH-PP barrier packaging.
23 November 2011
German colourant specialist Novosystems has developed a new Novopearls microgranulate to “fill the gap between liquid colours and conventional batch granulate.”
17 October 2011
Artenius PET Packaging Europe, Distrupol and Engel UK were among the winners at Friday’s glittering Plastics Industry Awards, which were held in the London Hilton on Park Lane.
17 October 2011
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