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Brooklyn-based 3D printing service bureau Makelab has been printing everything from prototypes for industrial designers to bespoke end-use products for high profile customers like Roc Nation (read on), since 2017. Here, the company’s Co-founder & CEO Christina Perla talks to TCT about how the perception of additive manufacturing is shifting, her work with Women In 3D Printing,…

The International Exhibition on Rubber Technology, short as RubberTech China, has been cultivated for years since it was brought to the public in 1998. Currently, RubberTech China has multiple characters ranging from enabling enterprises to develop trade opportunities and realize brand promotion, and also taking the role as an essential…

More organisation at the molecular level could improve the efficiency of membranes used in the hydrogen fuel cells that provide energy to electric cars and other industrial applications, according to a review published in the journal Science and Technology of Advanced Materials. Hydrogen fuel cells are the energy-producing components of…

As the global economy faces mounting downward pressure and factors of uncertainties, the global plastics and rubber industries are at crossroads. The challenges are steering investments to become more conservative as companies adjust their strategies. However, growth outlook remains strong for Asian markets that are not new to economic ups…

As enablers of technological advancement, plastics make products better, lighter, more attractive, safer, quieter and more durable. In no sector is that truer than in electrical and electronics (E&E). In such applications, plastics can offer insulation, electrical and mechanical resistance, energy efficiency, flammability protection, design freedom, and recyclability – in…

A negative year-end result is expected for the Italian plastics and rubber processing machinery industry as reiterated in the foreign trade data just published by ISTAT (Italian National Statistical Institute) for January-September, analysed by the Amaplast Studies Centre. The statistics show a continuing slump in the two trade flows: -13.1%…

Germany-based components maker Röchling Group is exploring new horizons in manufacturing with the set up of an additive manufacturing technology (3D printing) centre in the German state of Baden-Württemberg (district of Freudenstadt). “Additive manufacturing at the Waldachtal site will help significantly advance the Röchling Group as the company heads into…

The results of the European Bioplastics’ annual market data update, presented at the 14th European Bioplastics Conference in Berlin, confirm a dynamic growth of the global bioplastics industry, with bioplastics to grow by more than 15% over the next five year, according to Hasso von Pogrell, Managing Director of European…

With a majority of marine plastics coming from Asia, a US$106 million fund dedicated to preventing plastics from entering the Asian oceans has been launched. Known as the Circulate Capital Ocean Fund (CCOF), it is said to be the world’s first investment fund dedicated to addressing Asia’s plastic crisis and…

KHS plans to build a new plant and service centre in Kunshan, China to enable the enabling the company to respond more quickly to the local market, it said. As one of the leading global manufacturers of filling and packaging systems, KHS has been serving the Chinese beverage industry since…