More than 10,000 additives, processing aids, and monomers are used to make plastics, with about 2,400 identified as potentially hazardous, according to the results of a comprehensive study cataloging ...

Struktol VMO Series boosts polypropylene processing with tailored solutions, odor control, and sustainability benefits.

Additive manufacturing has matured into a vital technology for producing complex metal and polymer components in aerospace, medical and automotive industries. Ensuring part quality and repeatability ...

Baerlocher USA, ID Additives, Tolsa and Tosaf Fusion are among the many additives makers bringing new products to NPE2024. Cincinnati-based Baerlocher USA (S35171) will spotlight cost-competitive, ...

Precipitated silicas have been used as a reinforcing filler in rubber formulations for more than 80 years. In the early years it was the filler of choice in non-marking applications such as shoe soles ...

Researchers have achieved a significant breakthrough that could lead to better -- and greener -- agricultural chemicals and everyday products. Using a process that combines natural enzymes and light, ...

General Electric is making a radical departure from the way it has traditionally manufactured things. Its aviation division, the world’s largest supplier of jet engines, is preparing to produce a fuel ...

The figure shows the evolution of the microstructure of the melt pool under the influence of the simulated transient temperature field. Nucleated grains are represented in pink-purple plots, while ...

Attempts in the past have tried adding plastic scrap to traditional building products, but shredding the material and dumping it into concrete or asphalt does not work in most applications because ...

This article will describe three types, or ways, of manufacturing a product; additive, subtractive, and forming. What is Additive Manufacturing? Think of an artist painting a bear on a canvas. What is ...

CABBI Postdoctoral Researcher Maolin Li (seated) and Conversion Theme Leader Huimin Zhao work in their lab at the Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology at the University of Illinois ...