"UMass Lowell is among the nation's leading centers for plastics technology, and its Plastics Engineering program...is helping to push new boundaries of how these versatile materials are used, ...

Polymer science advancements are leading to a tenfold increase in plastics use in motion control components within five years. New thermoplastic composites approach metal strength and modulus but with ...

Orlando, Fla. — Herrmann Ultrasonics Inc. of Bartlett, Ill., is making it easier to add plastic trim in cars, demonstrating ultrasonic compressive staking of dissimilar materials during NPE2018. The ...

New Chemphy, a young and relatively unknown midsized company based in Dalian, in northeast China, is planning to launch a new class of high-end engineering plastics. It’s an unusual move for a firm ...

Engineering thermoplastics vary in their tensile strength. The method for testing the tensile strength of plastics is the same as that of metal; using a “Dog-Bone” test specimen, and recording the ...