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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 28.09.2023

The first standard on in-mold electronics published

The IEC has provided the printed electronics industry a standardized way to characterize the material

News 28.09.2023

Very precise color matching for polycarbonates

Covestro cooperates with RAL using the RAL COLOUR FEELING 2025+ color matrix for PC-materials

News 28.09.2023

Carbon announces all-new high-performance elastomer

EPU 46 further expands Carbon’s idea-to-production platform and offers new opportunities for breakthrough products

News 28.09.2023

Launching first biomass balance plastic additives

With this new range BASF contributes to the replacement of fossil feedstock with renewable raw materials

News 25.09.2023

Renewable, traceable mass balanced content

Perstorp unveils new drop-in replacements for a low-emission future of synthetic polyol esters

News 25.09.2023

Circular Plastics and Responsible Innovation

ELIX Polymers presents sustainable materials under its E-LOOP brand at Fakuma 2023 in Friedrichshafen

Сase studies

Gibaplast adopts Eastman polymer for increased eyewear sustainability

Companies can now enhance their sustainable product offerings with injection molded frames sourced in Europe

News 24.09.2023

Collaboration to promote certified renewable polypropylene

SABIC and partners introduced first in-mold labeling solution with certified renewable polymers for food packaging containers