Product Development 
Dutch furniture supplier Ahrend made a revolutionary Revolt chair in 1953 designed by Friso Kramer with a U-shaped steel profile replacing solid steel or steel tubes. Its latest Ahrend 380 chair uses similar principles of simplicity, but in injection moulded plastic
16 January 2012
Gumsaver is a new design concept in oral health: a toothbrush which removes bacteria, food debris and plaque by brushing the tooth below the gum line. This helps prevent gum infection and tooth decay
16 January 2012
In mould decorating and labelling was heavily on display at the Brau Beviale 2011 fair in Nuremburg, Germany, in November, when several innovations picked up gongs at the German packaging awards
6 January 2012
German groups are making headway in developing processes to injection mould plastics with glass
6 January 2012
European Plastics News explores the work of a Dutch innovation firm People Creating Value (PCV) with Georg Fischer and other manufacturers to create plastic sealing rings
6 January 2012
Three students at Birmingham City University have won an international design competition organised by PET packaging company Petainer of the UK. The winning design is a sleek, upmarket table sauce bottle for ketchup, mayonnaise and other sauce-based condiments.
22 December 2011
Dassault Systèmes (DS) says Amcor has saved plastic resin thanks to its use of the France-based company’s 3D virtual design and testing solutions
28 November 2011
Rapid prototyping and parts manufacturing company 3D Systems Corp has purchased Z Corp, a US company that specialises in multi-colour inkjet 3D printing.
22 November 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
European Plastics News looks at some of the 2011 iFDesign winning products that clearly benefited from the use of plastics, some involving partial use of naturally recurring materials
20 June 2011
This year’s Ambiente consumer goods fair in Frankfurt hosted a range of design awards and plastics featured heavily amongst the winners. European Plastics News took a look at some of the winning innovations
9 May 2011
Researchers working at Berkeley Laboratory in the US have developed a PMMA nanocomposite material they describe as a breakthrough in high capacity hydrogen storage.
24 March 2011
Many of today’s most attractive household products rely on plastics to combine style and functionality. European Plastics News reviews some of the latest new introductions
22 February 2011
Owens Corning has announced the winners of its Composite App Challenge, a competition to find innovative applications for composite materials
9 February 2011
EasyRoller of Norway has introduced a new rotational moulded version of its all-plastic wheelchair, claiming savings in cost and manufacturing time
20 January 2011
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