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Additive suppliers fine-tune grades that enhance recycled polymers, product aesthetics and shelf life

Engel’s new two-stage process plasticizes recycled flake, increasing circularity and reducing CO2 emissions

The BASF Colors and Effects brand has launched Spectrasense Black EH 8082, an organic perylene functional black pigment with improved jetness in solid and neutral color travel in effect shades.   Described as a breakthrough in hue control for white and…

Arris Composites’ Additive Molding process uses 3D printing and compression molding to mass produce advanced composite parts  Ethan Escowitz likes operating on a different axis than most. The rock-climbing enthusiast and former geology graduate founded Arris Composites Inc. in Berkeley,…

The process, also called advanced recycling, could bring circular sustainability to plastics if implemented on a large scale  Momentum is building for chemical recycling. This technology, also known as advanced recycling, uses various processes to convert plastics waste into chemicals…

Raising the bar of extrusion quality and efficiency requires controlling the variables  Maximizing the precision of process operations is a growing issue in many production operations. The digital age, and especially Industry 4.0, is generating an array of advanced capabilities…

HP, the automaker and vendors solve circular challenge by creating a closed-loop—and valuable—materials stream Thanks to the benefits of additive manufacturing/3D printing, this market segment is predicted to quadruple in size by 2030, increasing from $12 billion in 2020 to…

Air taxis and delivery vehicles—whether piloted or autonomous—could be ready for daily use as soon as 2023, according to some forecasts. If so, this urban air mobility (UAM) market will create growing business opportunities for suppliers and processors of specialty…

Automakers around the world continue to invest billions to advance electronic vehicles (EVs) as sustainable and desirable transportation options. Despite their efforts, two nagging problems persist: how to rapidly recharge a battery—ideally in 5 minutes or less—and extend range beyond…

Experts gather in Brussels to discuss developments in additives, pigments, dyes and masterbatches At this year’s SPE Additives and Color Europe conference, industry executives from Europe and other parts of the world came together to talk about the latest in…

80 Years and Counting Exactly 80 years ago, Fred O. Conley of Detroit and two colleagues signed incorporation papers in Michigan and the Society of Plastics Engineers was born. Conley was a major figure in the development of SPE: He…

The writer and humorist Mark Twain observed that “Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence in society.” Twain was speaking in the 19th century. In the 21st century, a similar thought can be expressed about numbers,…