Materials

Materials used in offshore wind turbines and to manufacture photovoltaic panels.

Company names Tom Fitzgerald Jr. vice president of composites manufacturing.

Its first additive manufacturing system, powerPrint, runs composite materials.

Firms successfully process novel hybrid ‘PET/F’ resin into preforms, then bottles.

Nexboard developer Xeriant develops a fiber-reinforced polymer composite sourced from recycled plastics.

Five companies in Bergamo, Italy, partner to turn used apparel into motorbike handguards.

Improvements in PCR supply and end-use standards could keep more plastics waste from landfills.

Additive is formulated to reduce AA content by up to 80 percent.

U.K.-based firm targets its closed-cell, crosslinked foam in aircraft interiors.

Engel technology rapidly converts up to 100 percent recycled PET into ‘green’ food packaging.

EPR is controversial as environmental policy but may have some redeeming qualities.

Low collection rates of some polymers and looming regulations could upend materials use.