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Aug 31, 20212 min read
Apple car by 2025? Announcement this year?
Don't quote us but lithium-ion battery pioneer and Nobel Prize in Chemistry winner Professor Akira Yoshino, speaking to Singapore's The...


Aug 24, 20211 min read
AI and ML set to optimize plant operational efficiencies
#bigdataanalytics and #AI technologies are set to play key enabling roles in process industries through optimizing systems and improving...


Aug 19, 20211 min read
Hybrid BOPE/BOPP line stretches mono-material packaging potential
When biaxially-oriented polyethylene (BOPE) was first touted as the mono-material alternative to polypropylene, polyamide and PET in...


Aug 16, 20211 min read
Aerogels can support elephants
#aerogels have long been an esoteric research area, albeit having found application in areas such as space shuttles and under-the-ocean...


Aug 4, 20211 min read
Carbon Nanotubes Channel Functionality into LiBs, Composites
Invented in Japan, single-wall carbon nanotubes (CNTs) can increase the electric capacity and power of lithium-ion batteries (LIBs), as...


Jun 24, 20211 min read
Plastic or paper packaging? Part II
Stretch film is a wonder of a packaging material, ensuring that product gets to market without damage. Performance demands typically...


Jun 23, 20211 min read
Plastic or paper packaging?
Among "sustainable" materials vying for a piece of the incumbent plastic packaging and disposable cutlery pie is @PulPac dry molded...


Jun 11, 20211 min read
The significance of sustainability
The word is often uttered but what really does it mean? Sustainability could be one of the most overused and overhyped corporate slogans eve


Jun 11, 20211 min read
Solar's bright future
Installation of solar modules is growing at a double-digit rate globally, which is welcome news for materials suppliers.
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