Supplier collaboration drives auto innovations
 Panel discussion
Copycats don’t cut it when it comes to design for car interiors
 Fortner (L) and Wang
Futuristic car draws inspiration from manta ray
 BatShark
Audi saves weight with plastic coil spring
 Epoxy spring vs. steel spring
Technology allows 3-D printing without software
ANDHRA PRADESH, INDIA (March 6, 2012) -- An Indian computer scientist, Balaji Tammabattula, said he has developed a three-dimensional printing technology that prints directly from a photograph, using
a camera and printer -- and does not require software.
GM-backed startup reports battery breakthrough
DETROIT (March 6, 2012) -- A startup backed by General Motors claims it has developed a breakthrough lithium ion battery that could slash the cost of electric vehicles.
Conference aimed at plastics in China’s auto market
SHANGHAI (Feb. 28, 2012) -- Vehicle lightweighting, as well as electric and hybrid vehicle development, is the driving force for Plastics News to organize China Plastics in Automotive 2012, its second
international business conference in China. It takes place in Shanghai on April 17, the day before the Chinaplas 2012 show begins.
Evonik materials improve electric car performance
ESSEN, GERMANY (Feb. 28, 2012) – Specialty chemicals company Evonik Industries AG is promoting its work on the creation of the lightweight electric vehicle, the Elise-E.
Stacked polymer cells set solar energy record
LOS ANGELES (Feb. 21, 2012) -- Scientists at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) say they have significantly boosted the performance of polymer solar cells by building a new “tandem”
device, stacking multiple cells which absorb different bands of the solar spectrum and convert them into electricity.
Huntsman breaks ground on Asia Pacific tech center
SHANGHAI (Feb. 21, 2012) -- Huntsman Corp. held a groundbreaking ceremony for its new Asia Pacific Technology Center (ATC) in Shanghai’s Minhang Economic & Technological Development Zone, on Feb.
15.
Colorado prof. researching catalysts for bioplastics
FORT COLLINS, COLO (Jan. 24, 2012) -- Eugene Chen, a chemistry professor at Colorado State University, has developed several patent-pending chemical processes for converting non-edible plant biomass
into bioplastics.
Technology illuminates injection molded surface
RAPPERSWIL, SWITZERLAND (Jan. 24, 2012) -- The Institut für Werkstofftechnik und Kunststoffverarbeitung (IWK) materials and plastics processing institute at the Hochschule für Technik Rapperswil
(HSR) in Rapperswil, presented an illuminated metal foil back injection molded demonstration part at Fakuma 2011.
Hong Kong molders developing airline seats, Part II of II
HONG KONG (Jan. 17, 2012) -- A plan by Hong Kong injection molder Vigor Precision Ltd. to develop China’s first locally owned airline seat manufacturing business thinks that long-term, there’s a
lot of potential in the country’s domestic market.
Top U.S. regulator says toys are safer but focus must shift to better design
HONG KONG (Jan. 17, 2012) -- Toys are much safer in the U.S. since a wave of recalls in 2007 and 2008, but manufacturers should be focusing on better toy design to continue to reduce hazards, the top
U.S. toy safety regulator told a recent Hong Kong conference.
German groups report progress in glass composites
FRIEDRICHSHAFEN, GERMANY (Jan. 10, 2012) -- German groups are making headway in developing processes to injection mold plastics with glass.
Polyacrylamide mitigates forest fire damage
TEL AVIV, ISRAEL (Jan. 3, 2012) -- Israeli academics have demonstrated how applying polyacrylamide (PAM) can mitigate damage to burnt soils following forest fires.
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