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Lifestyle Dimensions of Plastic Sustainability Who decides the definition of essential single-use plastics? That crucial viewpoint is a lot more diverse and personal than you think.

In the EU, tethered closures will soon be mandatory for most single-use plastic containers. We expect other regions around the world to adopt similar legislation in the near future. Are you ready? How ...

Sustainable caskets designed for end of life When Marieke Havermans’ mother-in-law died, the family was given a catalog to browse through by the funeral home from which to choose the casket they ...

Paul D.Q. Campbell is the author of Plastic Component Design, Basic Fixture Design, and Introduction of Measuration and Calibration from Industrial Press. A graduate of the University of Central ...

Paul Wilkie brings four decades of injection molding expertise to his writing. Starting in the automotive industry in 1978, he built a career working with world-leading manufacturers in the injection ...

As technology advances with the rise of Industry 4.0, manufacturing automation is transforming the tool and die shop floor.

BioAmber’s new facility now ramping up to commercial scale Following the commissioning and opening at the beginning of August of BioAmber’s joint venture with Mitsui & Co. Ltd in Sarnia (Ontario), ...

Using the wrong O-rings can cause machinery failure in any production facility or laboratory. Machine failure can cause severe accidents and expensive damages. Learning what an O-ring is comprised of ...

Now that PI ProcessBook is headed toward extinction, many process manufacturers are faced with the challenge of replacing the tools they’ve depended on for years. But how to go about replacing ...

When China stopped accepting recycled materials from the United States and Europe, it exposed the shortcomings of mechanical recycling. Fortunately, existing and emerging technologies offer other ...