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Fabricating Flexibility
In the race to keep up with burgeoning technology and consumer demand, companies are vying to produce high performance flexible optics. A team from the University of Delaware has developed a new fabrication process that might give them an edge. They've discovered a means to combine polymers with chalcogenide glass.
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Using Old to Create New
Researchers at Rice University are verifying a theory that was posited in the 1950s, that bead string polymers can be manipulated to either a stiff or flexible state. Using magnetic beads and DNA springs, they have been able to create macroscale models for polymers that affect flexibility even after the magnetic field is gone.
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Building Bins
Teaming up with The Nature Conservancy, PepsiCo is working on a five-year plan to ramp up recycling of plastic bottles. The plan includes adding thousands of recycleboxes to gas stations and convenience stores, and protecting waterways in five U.S. states. They hope to increase the poor 12% availability of recycle bins for consumers.
If you find this subject interesting, subscribe to the IHS GlobalSpec e-Newsletter, Environmental Technology.
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Waste = Food
Filed under "feeding two birds with one stone," a company in Istanbul, Turkey, has come up with a novel approach to deal with the city's overwhelming water bottle waste problem, as well as helping to feed the over 150,000 stray dogs that live there. When consumers put their bottle in Pugedon's recycling box, a food tray is filled.
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Not Just Plastics
Control Plastics, Inc.
Control Plastics has over 50 engineers in their Asian operations to make components or sub assemblies from metal and plastic parts. Over 80% of their business is in medical equipment and devices. Discover if Control Plastics can help you.
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OEM Components and Finished Parts
Total Plastics, Inc.
Total Plastics, Inc. stocks a full inventory of material including acetal, nylon, PEEK, HDPE, UHMW-PE, PTFE, and PVC, and can machine finished parts and components.
• Extensive inventory of engineering thermoplastics
• Sheet, rod, bar, plate, tube, film, pipe, and bushing stock
• Cut-to-size, routing, milling, turning, and other CNC capabilities
• Finished part manufacturer
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