Walmart’s Buy America Program Is Falling Woefully Short
With much fanfare, Walmart announced a buy America program in 2013. It was obviously an important development because Walmart after all was the company that created the “China [..]
View ArticleNew Insert Molded Electronics Are Very Thin
Polycarbonate film replaces light pipes in newly developed electronic illumination devices that are very thin. TactoTek, a Finnish manufacturer of 3D injection molded structural electronics is...
View ArticleDisney Seeks More Realistic Robots
Disney is turning to high-tech processes such as 3D scanning and 3D printing to make robotic characters in Star Wars films and amusement park rides more human-looking. In [..]
View ArticleTiny Brush Is Produced in Highly Automated Cell
Engel and two partners will show an interesting display of cell integration at Plastec West that was first shown at K2016 last October. An all-plastic interdental brush developed [..]
View ArticleGoogle Invents Molding Process For Phone Lens
Injection molding is hot in Silicon Valley. Apple has famously invented new technology for the molding of amorphous metals and composites, racking up more than 50 patents in [..]
View ArticlePolyOne Expands Conductive Compound IP
PolyOne, Avon Lake, Ohio, is expanding its intellectual portfolio of electrically conductive compounds with a new technology for incorporating carbon nanotubes in polycarbonate. A patent application...
View ArticleLego Tests Bricks Made From Wheat Bioplastic
Lego, which uses more than 70,000 metric tons of plastics per year, says it is making progress toward its goal of using only sustainably sourced molding materials. More [..]
View ArticleNew Eastman Cellulosic Alloy Targets PC, ABS
Eastman Chemical Co. announced development of an engineering bioplastic breakthrough in a press conference May 15 at Chinaplas. Eastman Trēva is an interesting material, but the words breakthrough [..]
View ArticleApple Invents System To CoMold Plastic and Ceramic
Apple is developing ways to improve the durability and usefulness of ceramic as a housing for smart phones and watches. In a patent application published today, Apple discloses [..]
View ArticleElectrolux Develops Bioplastic Fridge
It’s a bit silly, kind of like the all-plastic luxury house that GE Plastics Uwe Wascher built in Pittsfield back in the day. But Sweden’s Electrolux has built [..]
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