Bright Green Plastics Creates Next Generation of Engineers : The Yorkshire-based plastic reprocessing firm, which employs 104 people at its Castleford site and recycles over 40,000 tonnes of household and commercial waste into reusable material each year, has taken on…
Plastic Components Manufacturer Secures Financing Agreement : Carclo, the listed plastic components manufacturer, has agreed with its main secured creditors – HSBC and the pension scheme, a revised funding arrangement. The Ossett-based company has entered into new facilities with HSBC,…
Leading European thermoformer TEQ is proud to continue delivering a range of medical packaging solutions for customers working to address critical health needs related to COVID-19. Many of TEQ’s medical technology customers have ‘Essential Business’ status and are playing a…
Aerospace-Grade Composites Made Without Ovens or Autoclaves : MIT engineers have developed a method using carbon nanotube film to produce aerospace-grade composites without vast ovens and autoclaves. The technique may help to speed up the manufacturing of airplanes and other…
iZettle, a member of the PayPal family, has launched the Ocean Reader, the world’s first card reader made from recycled ocean plastic. 75% of the Ocean Reader is made using fishing nets and ropes collected from the North and Baltic…
Look past the media hype around bioplastics and it’s difficult to know where to really start. What is a bioplastic? What is biodegradability? Are bioplastics ready for the mainstream? These may seem like innocuous questions, but the reality is not…
An expansion project has been launched by Covestro AG to add new production lines for high-quality polycarbonate films at its manufacturing site in Dormagen, Germany. Part of the company’s €100 million global capacity expansion plan, the investments aims to help…
A consortium led by cleantech company Carbios and L’Oréal has just been joined by key global drinks brands, such as Nestlé Waters, PepsiCo and Suntory Beverage & Food Europe in an attempt to commercialise an enzymatic technology for the recycling…
To help the industry better tackle the challenges of technology and manufacturing using adhesives and protective materials, Peter Swanson, Managing Director at adhesives specialist Intertronics, is running a seminar at FAST Live. On Thursday May 9 at 10:30 am in…
In the battle against plastic pollution, few things have grown to be so emblematic of our overconsumption of single-use plastics as the plastic drinking straw. Here, Ben Smye, head of marketing at online materials platform Matmatch, explores some sustainable substitute…
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