The BPF reflects on its participation in ‘Arabplast’ With a booming construction industry and a ready supply of oil, the plastics industry in the UAE is growing at a remarkable rate. The British Plastics Federation (BPF) with the support of UK Trade and Investment co-ordinated British...
Polycarbonate and Acrylic are both well known as transparent plastics. They have wide applicability in a number of industries and can often be used in conjunction with one another to take advantage of various material properties. But which one is right for your prototype project?...
Since the introduction of engineering-grade resins and plastic materials in the 1950s, many parts previously fabricated from metal have been replaced by injection molded parts. On average, companies report an overall cost savings of 25-50% by converting to plastic parts, yet some manufacturers have resisted...
In an effort to provide a consistent metric to guide the efforts of sustainability for plastics in the Circular Economy, two international recycling organizations have developed a global definition governing the use of the term “recyclable” as is relates to plastics packaging and products. In the joint...
Plastic is a word that originally meant “pliable and easily shaped.” It only recently became a name for a category of materials called polymers. The word polymer means “of many parts,” and polymers are made of long chains of molecules. Polymers abound in nature. Cellulose, the material that...
