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Tackling ocean plastics
Marine litter is a global challenge, and plastics manufacturers together with their value chains and other stakeholders are strongly committed to playing a leading role in preventing plastics from leaking into the environment and providing concrete solutions.
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14th International Conference on the Recycling and Recovery of Plastics
The congress is a platform to exchange the latest information, to meet your business…
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Plastics - the Facts 2018
An analysis of European plastics production, demand and waste data
Automotive - The world moves with plastics (brochure)
Plastics enable resource efficient mobility and better functionality by replacing heavier, traditional materials by lightweight plastic materials.
PLASTICS & INNOVATION
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Polymers have succeeded in making themselves indispensable in some of the last places one might expect. In the entertainment world, their textures...
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Loyal companions to cars for over half a century, the polymers that now account for over 20% of a vehicle’s mass actively participate in the automotive revolution...
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The word absorption evokes liquids and sponges. However, certain materials absorb sound, impacts, heat, and even electromagnetic waves! What do they have in common...
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Researchers have recently developed a solution enabling photovoltaic panels to produce energy even in the rain and without any sunlight...
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At a time when sport is hailed as the favourite leisure activity in France, the sports-textiles industry is a growing market fostering innovation...
Plastics take the stage
Plastics at the heart of the cars of today and the revolutions of tomorrow
Polymers absorbed by their role
Solar panels that work in the rain
