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November 2026

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December 2026

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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

Articles

Wear-free process monitoring during production

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

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News 22.02.2023

New thermoplastic material system approved

VICTREX AE™ 250-AS4 unidirectional tape was approved for publication in NCAMP database

News 22.02.2023

Teknor Apex Introduces new Crealen

Crealen solutions utilize halogen free flame-retardant technology to deliver UL94V0 performance at 1.5mm and pass UL5VA at 3.0mm

News 16.02.2023

Enhanced liners now a reality for the hydrogen industry

Graphmatech AB and ST Blowmoulding have achieved the first successful blow moulding production of graphene-carrying HDPE liners

News 16.02.2023

Meeting demand for enhanced sustainability

Solvay launches ISCC PLUS certified mass balance hydroquinone and hydroquinone monomethylether

News 16.02.2023

Merger clearance granted

Competition authorities clear high-performance engineering materials joint venture between Advent and LANXESS

Articles

Thermoplastic elastomers and the blow-fill-seal process

New material solution from KRAIBURG TPE allows to benefit from all the advantages of the elastomer

News 09.02.2023

Designed to improve medical device durability and sustainability

At MD&M West 2023 SABIC is launching new chemically resistant, thin-wall transparent copolymer resins

Сase studies

Bio-bristles for the toothbrush

The best possible material found: biobased polyamide VESTAMID® Terra from Evonik