The use of plastics materials has increased dramatically throughout the world over the past 50 years, and now stands at roughly 100 billion pounds. Commercial plastics are known as resins in North ...

The use of plastic materials globally has greatly increased over the past five decades, and currently more than 100 million tons of these materials are used. In terms of tonnage, thermoplastics are ...

Polyethylene has a number of advantageous properties, but biodegradability is not one of them. A team of researchers has now developed a plastic which has similar thermoplastic properties to ...

Philadelphia, PA – May 29, 2018 – Braskem (BM&FBOVESPA: BRKM3, BRKM5 and BRKM6; NYSE: BAK; LATIBEX: XBRK), the largest thermoplastic polyolefins producer in the Americas and the leading producer of ...

Reinforced thermoplastic pipe (RTP) mechanics encompass the study of the structural behaviours of composite pipe systems that integrate thermoplastic polymers with reinforcing elements, such as steel ...

Sabic introduces UDMAX GPE 46-70 tape, the last addition to its expanding portfolio of unidirectional fiber-reinforced thermoplastic composite tape products. Commercially available worldwide, the new ...