Essentra Components, the leading global industrial components manufacturer, has recently announced that it is constantly and consistently achieving a 50/50 balance of virgin and post-consumer recycled plastics within its Low Density Polyethylene (LDPE) product range. This is not only an…

Injection moulding and chrome-plating specialist Borough Ltd, is increasing the knowledge across its team, following continued investment in Engel ‘2-shot’ presses, which allow the Southend-based business to supply selectively chrome-plated plastic components. The technically advanced Engel machines, allow Borough to…

HR Case Study: Toray Advanced Composites and People First HR Solution : Originally established in 1988, this Nottinghamshire based manufacturing business became part of Toray Industries Inc. in 2018. Toray manufactures advanced thermoset and thermoplastic composite materials used in the…

Bostik, an Arkema company, has recently launched in EMEA a safer and more sustainable WL range offering within its Born2Bond™ Anaerobic Adhesives portfolio of Engineering Adhesives, with seven alternatives to the standard high-performance products. It provides the maintenance, repair and…

BEC Group – a plastic injection moulding and tooling company based on the South Coast are helping businesses large and small to re-shore tooling and moulding projects back to the UK to improve time scales, reduce supply chains and increase…

Queen’s University Belfast has celebrated the relaunch of the Northern Ireland Advanced Composites and Engineering Centre (NIACE), which is integral to the 10x Economy Plan for Northern Ireland. NIACE is the regional Centre of Excellence for innovative composites manufacturing Research…

Interplas, the UK’s leading plastics industry event that showcases manufacturing processes, technologies and services essential to the plastics sector returns to the NEC, Birmingham  28-30 September 2021 after a COVID-19 postponement for 2020. Celebrating its 70th year, Interplas 2021 will…

Visitor registration for Interplas is open, supported by a new event platform for attendees, and an Interplas-branded news website to deliver the community with insights year-round. The triennial UK plastics event will return to the NEC Birmingham and has confirmed…

Visitor registration for Interplas is open, supported by a new event platform for attendees, and an Interplas-branded news website to deliver the community with insights year-round. The triennial UK plastics event will return to the NEC Birmingham and has confirmed…

Developed by British scientist, and Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry, Dr. Maurice Hiles, Sorbothane is a proprietary, viscoelastic polymer. It is a thermoset, polyether-based, polyurethane material. In addition to being viscoelastic, it also has a very high damping…