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• Insulation and Air Sealing Saves Energy at Home
  Owens Corning's EnergyComplete™ home insulation and air sealing system is designed to combine savings, safety and... more >>
  Materials/Fastening | Nov 01 2009 01:00 AM EDT
• New Technology Yields Bioplastic Molding Blends
  There are a growing number of realistic options for use of bioplastics for design engineering applications. The latest: starch blended with high-impact... more >>
  Materials/Fastening | Oct 26 2009 09:19 AM EDT
• Plastic Radio Case Slashes Assembly Costs
  Weight and assembly time are reduced with a patent-pending system of embedding a Farraday cage in a molded plastic radio... more >>
  Materials/Fastening | Oct 21 2009 04:04 PM EDT
• Consider High-Performance Films to Solve Engineering Problems
  High-quality, thin-gauge films made from high-performance plastics are relatively new tools in the design engineering arsenal that can solve a wide variety of... more >>
  Materials/Fastening | Oct 16 2009 08:50 AM EDT
• Lamborghini Gives Auto Composites a Huge Boost
  The Seattle area is rapidly becoming an American and global center for carbon composites research and... more >>
  Automotive | Oct 15 2009 10:55 AM EDT
• Z Corp. Raises the Ante on 3-D Scanners
  Z Corp.'s ZScanner 600 is an affordable, handheld, portable device that eliminates post-processing time by capturing data in one continuous... more >>
  Materials/Fastening | Sep 15 2009 09:36 AM EDT
• New Syntactic Foams Create Engineering Opportunities
  Syntactic foams, whose hollow particles constitute half or more the volume of the composite, resulting in lower density, higher strength, resistance to compressive stress and a lower coefficient... more >>
  Materials/Fastening | Aug 20 2009 02:03 PM EDT
• In-Die De-gating for Cast Magnesium is a First
  Magnesium is making its debut in an automotive rear mirror mount support using tooling technology borrowed from the zinc and plastics... more >>
  Materials/Fastening | Jul 30 2009 01:18 PM EDT
• ChevronPhillips doubles PPS capacity in Texas
  Major companies are opening large amounts of capacity, showing confidence in engineering resin demand, as well as the... more >>
  Materials/Fastening | Jul 17 2009 09:22 AM EDT
• IBM Bans Wafer-Etching Acids
  IBM plans to eliminate by the end of this year all internal uses of perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and perfluoroooctanesulfonic acid... more >>
  Materials/Fastening | Jul 06 2009 04:21 PM EDT
• Tailor-Welded Blanks Cut Noise, Weight in Autos
  Use of tailor-welded steel blanks in automotive firewalls can reduce weight and NVH (noise, vibration and harshness), according to an SAE... more >>
  Materials/Fastening | Jun 15 2009 02:00 AM EDT
• Boeing Races to Redesign Weight Out of Dreamliner 787
  Boeing engineers are working with major suppliers to make changes in design and production systems that reduce weight of the 787... more >>
  Materials/Fastening | Jun 08 2009 11:35 AM EDT
• Embody Computer Chair Highlights NPE Design Competition
  A computer chair that adapts to a person's spine is one of the entries in the first-ever International Plastics Design Competition that will be held in Chicago June... more >>
  Materials/Fastening | Jun 04 2009 11:05 AM EDT
• DSM Targets Bigger Role in Nylon Development
  DSM is trading its Xanter polycarbonate business to Mitsibishi Chemicals for its Novamid nylon (polyamide) product... more >>
  Materials/Fastening | Jun 02 2009 03:42 PM EDT
• It's a Buyers' Market for 3D Printers
  The additive fabrication industry grew in North America at a tepid 3.7 percent pace last year, prompting a price war at Rapid... more >>
  Materials/Fastening | May 18 2009 11:31 AM EDT
• New Rapid Prototyping Approach Features Fast Build Times
  Huntsman Advanced Materials developed a rapid prototyping technology based on a new micro-electro mechanical... more >>
  Materials/Fastening | May 15 2009 11:27 AM EDT
• New Metal-Forming Technology Creates Design Freedom
  MQast is a new metal-forming technology that allows mechanical designs never before possible with traditional manufacturing... more >>
  Materials/Fastening | May 12 2009 04:06 PM EDT
• Johns Hopkins Study Says PVC Joining Agent Causes Suffering
  PVC tubing systems widely used in hospitals contain a chemical that leaches into patients, causing symptoms such as swelling that can hinder... more >>
  Materials/Fastening | May 04 2009 04:30 PM EDT
• Patented PVC Material Helps Hide Soldiers, Vehicles
  Military WrapsTM, a defense contractor, specializes in advanced camouflage systems for law enforcement and the... more >>
  Materials/Fastening | Apr 30 2009 11:08 AM EDT
• New Barrier Polymer Offers Biodegradability
  A new highly functional barrier polymer offers the potential to make full degradable film and other packaging products when teamed with polylactic... more >>
  Materials/Fastening | Apr 29 2009 08:33 AM EDT