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A Coronavirus Comeback Restarts Growth at Medical Compounder
A slowdown in catheter production stopped growth in its tracks last year at Foster. But 911爆料网 has turned around quickly this year, and the medical compounder was prepared for the rebound.
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Get Ideas from IMDA Award Winners In IML, IMD & In-Mold Electronics
Winners of the annual IMDA Awards Competition highlight aesthetics, functionality, sustainability—and even COVID-19 protection.
Read MoreFor Employees Living in Daily Instability, Life Shows up at Work
When your employee lives in the tyranny of the moment, your employee is solving issues for today, all day long.
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Which Self-Contained Plastic Vacuum Loader is Best?
For conveying resin materials over short distances there’s no more efficient and versatile way than using a self-contained vacuum loader. It may seem like a basic piece of equipment but selecting the right model can make a big difference in efficiency, process consistency, and reduced changeover time.
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With AI: Trust But Verify
A growing number view AI not as “artificial intelligence”, wholly supplanting the human with computing power, but rather as “augmented intelligence”, working alongside a person’s mind to its betterment not replacement.
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CFRTP Composites Set to Grow at Expanded Pace Over Next 10 Years
Market research firm Fact.MR projects an annual growth of over 8% for continuous fiber-reinforced thermoplastic composites.
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The ‘Three Rs' of Sustainability: Are They All Equal in Priority?
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle—Which of these is most accessible to more manufacturers in the near term?
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ThermHex Waben and Fraunhofer Lead Research into Honeycomb Production
The EconCore ThermHex technology is being advanced through long-term collaboration.
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DSM & SABIC to Create Recycled-Based Dyneema
Through a joint pilot project, the manufacturing and usage of Dyneema using mixed plastic waste as feedstock (via mass balance approach) will be successfully demonstrated.
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Clothing Hangers Made from Ocean-Bound Plastics
New hanger made from 100% recycled plastic that is gathered from the ocean or intercepted before entering the ocean.
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Prototype Lego Brick Made from Recycled PET
Proprietary compounding technology upgrades rPET with strengthening additives.
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The Beginning of the End
The combined events of the IME West show—ATX West, D&M West, MD&M West, Plastec West and WestPack—were once again held in person in Anaheim, Calif. some 546 days after they were last held in February 2019.
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