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Fiber-reinforced chassis for light commercial vehicles

Sustainable solution with polyurethane resin / High productivity through continuous production / Simple assembly, superior crash performance

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Wear-free process monitoring during production

New HASCO presents new proximity switches for precise, contact-free position monitoring

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News 25.07.2018

Braskem's Green Plastic now in chairs

Made from sugarcane, the material has the same strength, durability and weight of conventional plastic

News 25.07.2018

New advanced products for additive manufacturing

Major improvements demonstrated for filament fusion and laser sintering, with VICTREX™ PAEK polymer solutions

News 19.07.2018

Eastman introduces Amphora

Global specialty materials company chooses Advanced Laser Materials as distributor for new laser-sintering polymer

News 19.07.2018

Solvay and Safran sign a supply agreement

Solvay will provide a package of composite material technologies to manufacture the LEAP engine’s critical structural components

News 18.07.2018

Injected parts showed reproducible weight constancy

BOY XS presents UV-cross-linking of Silicone at the German Rubber Conference (DKT)

News 12.07.2018

Clariant inaugurates new additives production facilities in China

Expansion shortens lead times, enables tailor-made solutions and improves technical support

Сase studies

Alchema makes hard cider easy for home brewers

This all-in-one system creates delicious craft cider in a pitcher made of Tritan™ from Eastman

News 05.07.2018

Evonik’s molding compounds: New Italian distributor

TER ITALIA (TER Plastics POLYMER GROUP) to be distributor for Evonik’s PLEXIGLAS® molding compounds in Italy