Product Development 
Renault is the latest to show an electric car designed to appeal to the driver with sporty - as well as environmentally-friendly - intentions. Its striking DeZir two-seater electric concept features a Kevlar reinforced body to keep weight down to just 830kg.
5 July 2010
With wind power dominating new installed capacity of electrical power worldwide, European Plastics News takes a look at some of the new technologies hitting the market
24 May 2010
New and innovative products were a strong focus of this year's Ambiente consumer goods fair in Frankfurt. European Plastics News looks at some award winning design items, made with both conventional and more sustainable plastics materials
7 May 2010
Dutch company Cargoshell hopes to gain shipping industry approval in the next few months for a new folding composite cargo container to challenge steel
9 April 2010
A new “wide-ranging strategic cooperation” announced today by Daimler and the Renault-Nissan Alliance, will see the companies co-operate on the next-generation Smart ForTwo and Renault Twingo cars.
7 April 2010
BMW is to use carbon composites in a new electric vehicle and is setting up a new €75m manufacturing plant together with SGL Group in the US.
7 April 2010
The high temperature sintering machine will be used to produce advanced PEEK resin components for aerospace applications.
7 April 2010
While not yet part of the mainstream, enhanced barrier PET bottles have been quietly gaining ground in the beverage industry. With volume driving prices down, alcoholic drink manufacturers are increasingly adopting this convenient packaging format
25 February 2010
A new motorcycle helmet design use thermoplastics technology to mimic the “skin and bone” structure of the human skull to help reduce the rotational brain injuries that result in the deaths of so many riders
16 February 2010
The French medical device maker won a Pharmapack award for its new Ephedrine syringe design, which features a novel contamination-free opening mechanism
16 February 2010
Euromold is fast becoming the meeting point for Europe's product prototyping, design and development community. European Plastics News reviews some of the newest innovations on show at the 2009 event in Frankfurt
8 February 2010
New design provides higher flow rates and can be used on both wet and dry decontamination aseptic filling lines
2 February 2010
Two young British entrepreneurs have made extensive use of plastics to create an award winning - and fast selling - range of housewares. Antony Joseph, the design brains behind Joseph Joseph, speaks to European Plastics News about the company's approach
1 February 2010
Humankind's desire to manufacture objects of beauty goes back for thousands of years and even though mass manufacturing is now commonplace, design is no less important
29 January 2010
Resin producer Total Petrochemicals and machine maker Persico have jointly developed a patented multi-layer technology for producting dual-layer rotationally moulded fuel tanks to meet the latest US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and California Air Resources Board (CARB) emission requirements
19 January 2010
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