Scientists at North Carolina State University (NCSU) have been working on a new polymer that could be the basis for lighter, cheaper and more environmentally friendly radiation shielding. Led by Da ...

Most applications with polymeric materials are not based on the neat polymer, but on mixtures of the polymer with other polymers and with other additives. Compounds are prepared during a compounding ...

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Portugal-based Cabopol Polymer Compounds is opening a new production site in Monterey, Mexico. The new facility, set to come online in December, will initially include two production lines with an ...

Polymer flame retardants, originally developed as a “non-toxic” alternative to banned chemicals, may be harboring a dangerous risk of their own, a new study suggests. New analysis of two polymeric ...

Sumika Polymer Compounds (Sumika), a leader in the development and manufacturing of high-quality polyolefin thermoplastic compounds and elastomers, and Flex-N-Gate Europe combined expertise to ...

Global materials supplier Americhem has acquired Denmark-based Controlled Polymers, a global manufacturer of custom compounds and masterbatch for the medical technology and other industries.

Scripps Research, the Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab), and several other collaborating institutions have successfully demonstrated a machine-learning ...

Sumitomo Chemical is to establish Sumika Polymer Compounds Poland (SPCP), to enhance its polypropylene (PP) compound business. SPCP will start commercial production in the spring of 2022. PP compounds ...

The concepts of friction and wear are easy to understand, yet they can interrelate in complex ways within a tribological system (science concerned with interacting surfaces in relative motion ...