automotive · injection molding · Material technology · Thermoplastic

Solvay’s PPS materials pass ATF compatibility tests

Solvay has recently reported that their line on PPS resins that are sold under the trade name of Ryton® passed a wide variety of compatibility tests in most commonly used ATF fluids. Ultra-low viscosity ATF fluids reduce CoF and help reduce frictional losses in a transmission system.

business strategies · M&A News · Thermoplastic

Latest M&A news in the thermoplastic industry

Trinseo SA is acquiring API Applicazioni Plastiche Industriali SpA to augment their experience in rigid plastics. Acquisition is being termed "first step" towards building performance materials capacity globally.

Automation · automotive · elastomer · General · Global trends · Industry 4.0 · manufacturing · medical industry · New Technology · Thermoplastic

Need a clean surface fast then use lasers

Laser cleaning operates by ablating a specific layer of material or substrate is uncovered through the removal of undesired layers or incoherent particle distributions. Laser cleaning process now has found a wide variety of uses ranging from Aerospace, Automotive, composite manufacturing, Medical and Pharmaceutical, etc. industries

3D printing · additive manufacturing · elastomer · Global trends · New Technology · Thermoplastic

Additive manufacturing may disrupt these industries 

Additive manufacturing or 3D printing continues to evolve rapidly. From its humble beginnings as a solution for rapid prototyping now the industry is on the verge of challenging a wide variety of industries.