Plastics Fabrication

Despite the best recycling efforts the tonnage of plastic waste worldwide remains mind-boggling. One company's proprietary process proposes an obvious solution: return the waste to its original state, i.e. crude oil. Could it work? Will it help save the planet?

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Where would you rather play or see sports played, on hard dirt or soft polymer? With the career-ending injuries athletes suffer, do owners and leagues really have a choice?

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DuPont and Goodyear are introducing tires with Kevlar®-reinforced sidewalls. How have off-road enthusiasts found their performance?

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NPE2009 hosted 1,850 exhibitors and 44,000 visitors. Did you attend? If so, what products or technologies were people talking about when it was all over? What were the show-stoppers?

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Today we have plastic that heals itself, dispenses medicine, conducts electricity, grows on trees — even plastic clothing that can monitor your vital signs. What will the next trend in plastic engineering/modification be?

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