Archive for the ‘Plastics’ Category

Researchers Work to Develop “Safer” Plastics that Lock in Plasticisers

Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010

From the Wire: Scientists have published the first report on a new way of preventing potentially harmful plasticisers — the source of long-standing human health concerns — from migrating from one of the most widely used groups of plastics. The advance could lead to a new generation of polyvinyl chloride ...

Plastics Innovation Centre Opens in Austria

Friday, November 20th, 2009

Borealis inaugurates its international Innovation Headquarters in Linz, Austria on 20 November 2009. This is the culmination of approximately one and a half years of construction and an investment of euro 50 million. A provider of innovative plastics, the company now offers customers “ … direct access to cutting-edge plastic ...