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Tornesch/Germany, September 2023 – Structural foam molding (SFM for short) is a special process in the field of injection molding. In this process the thermoplastic is foamed in the cavity by adding a foaming agent to the polymer in the injection molding machine. In injection molding, foaming agents are used to avoid sink marks, to produce thick-walled molded parts and/or to save weight. SFM is… Read more

Pinneberg/Germany, September 2023 – The sports segment is constantly seeing fresh trends with new applications, new functions and new designs, in which the color concept very often plays a significant role. As a plastics specialist, designers are constantly challenging us in this respect and presenting us with exciting new demands in terms of structural design and color. A recent example for ski… Read more

Pinneberg/Germany, September 2023 – A large number of products from the ROWAKRYL®, ROWATHAL®, ROWAFLON® and ROWANYL® ranges are already available in water-based form, for applications in the fields of tarpaulins, printed media or (foam) synthetic leather, for example. In addition, ROWA Lack now also offers high-quality water-based metallic effect lacquers from the ROWALID® TIM range. Read more

Pinneberg/Germany, September 2023 – Plastics must have a specific level of fire resistance for many applications. ROMIRA has succeeded in developing an extremely valuable product innovation in this area: The engineering plastics specialist has developed a V-0 additive package for a PC-GF compound that contains no halogen-containing or SVHC positive listed products. Not only that, the V-0 listing… Read more

Tornesch/Germany, September 2023 – In addition to its range of UNICELL chemical foaming agents and UNICEL MS expandable microspheres, TRAMACO now also offers pre-expanded microspheres as ultra-lightweight fillers under the name UNICELL HMS. Read more

Pinneberg/Germany, September 2023 – On the subject of color trends, thoughts involuntarily drift to the catwalk - clearly, because colors and color effects play a particularly significant role in the fast-moving fashion industry. Yet color trends also have a considerable influence in many other industries and areas of life - from cosmetics packaging, automotive and E&E applications to numerous… Read more

Pinneberg/Germany, September 2023 – Plastics made from biological sources are experiencing a veritable boom due to the demand for decarbonization of industry and the reduction of crude oil-based products. Liquid colors can bring many of their advantages to the table when it comes to coloring these products. Read more