Monthly Archives: June 2016

‘Recycled Plastic Lumber Invented By Pioneering Rutgers Professor’

Environmental News Network Jun 27 07:21 am 

Imagine a material lighter than steel longer-lasting than lumber and strong enough to support 120-ton locomotives. Now imagine that material is made from milk containers coffee cups and other plastics that we recycle. Its called structural plastic lumber and the ingenious nontoxic material was invented by Thomas Nosker an assistant research professor in the Department of Materials ...

‘GE Aviation To Mass-produce Carbide Materials’

materialstoday Jun 24 05:30 am 

GE Aviation has invested more than US200 million in two factories to mass-produce silicon carbide SiC materials used to manufacture ceramic matrix composite components CMCs for jet engines and land-based gas turbines for electric power.

‘Global Boron Nitride And Boron Carbide Industry’

PR Newswire Jun 23 12:27 pm 

LONDON June 23 2016 PRNewswire -- This report analyzes the worldwide markets for Boron Nitride and Boron Carbide in Metric Tons by the following Product Segments Boron Nitride and Boron Carbide. The report provides separate comprehensive analytics for the US Japan Europe and Rest...

‘CMT Materials Introduces Material For Heavy Gauge TPO Thermoforming’

PlasticsToday.com Jun 23 06:55 am 

June 22 2016 Clare Goldsberry Materials CMT Materials Attleboro MA a designer and developer of syntactic foams for use as plug-assist materials has developed a new grade of syntactic foam designed specifically for cut-sheet thermoforming of TPO and capped materials. HYTAC-LPXT is impregnated with PTFE to provide a smooth no-stick... Injection Molding

‘Evonik Leads Research Into Next-generation Bioresorbable Polymer Implants’

PlasticsToday.com Jun 21 09:51 am 

June 21 2016 Norbert Sparrow Medical Biodegradable high-strength composites show tremendous promise as an alternative to metal-based implantable devices used to repair fractured bones. Metallic devices remain in the body permanently or require a second surgical procedure to remove them. By contrast biodegradable plastics or... Materials

‘Boeing, Tata Announce Joint Indian Facility’

UPI Jun 20 07:37 am 

Geoff Ziezulewicz HYDERABAD India June 20 UPI -- Tata Advanced Systems and Boeing are opening a joint facility in India to co-produce AH-64 Apache helicopter fuselages Tata announced Saturday.

‘Aston Martin, Dow Form Technical Partnership’

PlasticsToday.com Jun 15 09:06 pm 

June 15 2016 Stephen Moore Automotive and Mobility Aston Martin and Dow Automotive Systems Auburn Hills MI have formed a technical partnership that will enable an expansion of their collaborative development efforts and lead to a broader portfolio of Dow solutions being utilized for Aston Martin production models and race cars. Dow adhesives are... Materials

‘Global Glass Fiber Reinforced Plastics (GFRP) Composites Market Report 2016-2021 – Analysis, Technologies & Forecasts …’

Business Wire Jun 16 07:42 am 

DUBLIN--BUSINESS WIRE--Research and Markets has announced the addition of the quotGlass Fiber Reinforced Plastics GFRP Composites Market - By Material Glass Fiber Resins Fillers Manufacturing Process Manual Compression Injection Continues Process Industry - Forecast 2016 - 2021.quot report to their offering. Glass Fiber Reinforced Composite materials are characterized by specific ...

‘Body Armor For Cops Now Available To Civilians’

PR Newswire Jun 12 04:53 pm 

CAMARILLO Calif. June 12 2016 PRNewswire -- DFNDR Armor expresses their condolences to the victims and families of today39s senseless act of terror in the city of Orlando Florida. DFNDR manufactures and sells certified body armor to military and law enforcement agencies who...