A free educational forum scheduled for March 2026 in Athlone will provide Irish polymer processors with insights into data-driven manufacturing. Industry experts from Sumitomo (SHI) Demag, Summit ...

Polymer processing aids and stabilizer systems for polyethylene resins are enabling this most widely-used polymer to expand from simple commodity applications into higher-performance sectors not ...

Extensional flows dominate many polymer processes, including blow molding, film blowing, fiber spinning, thermoforming and many others. The rheology of polymeric materials under extensional flows can ...

The rapid global transition toward sustainable and renewable energy systems is driving an urgent need for advanced materials that combine high efficiency, ...

Licocene Terra was developed to help adhesive formulators integrate renewable carbon into their formulations while maintaining familiar processing behavior and performance contribution. As part of the ...

Düsseldorf, Germany — Nova Chemicals has commercialized new polyethylene resin grades with a proprietary PFAS-free polymer processing aid. Officials with Nova in Calgary, Alberta, said that the firm's ...

Auxiliary equipment maker Piovan SpA says it will acquire a number of selected assets from Germany-based Protec Polymer Processing GmbH. Protec went into administrative receivership in November 2022.

Atomic force microscopy reveals three distinct dynamic states in individual polymer chain segments on surfaces, challenging ...

Polymer-based adhesives are essential for bonding lightweight materials used in transportation; however, how individual polymer chains behave at solid interfaces has remained unclear. In a recent ...

Kyushu University researchers have directly observed, for the first time, how individual polymers—chain-like molecules—behave when in contact with solid surfaces. Published in the Journal of the ...