An intensive world-wide effort to develop technology for manufacturing plastics from vegetable oil, rather then petroleum, has led researchers in Canada to a process for making polyurethane (PUR) ...

Like most other commonly used types of plastic, polyurethane is typically made from non-renewable crude oil, and it takes centuries to break down when discarded. Now, however, scientists have created ...

CHARLOTTE, N.C.—When Philpott Rubber Co. purchased Urethane Products Industries Inc. in December 2012 to create Philpott Industrial Plastics Enterprises, it was looking to add a business that could ...

The executive team at rubber, polyurethane and plastics manufacturer Molded Dimensions believes the most effective way to grow its molding business is through acquisitions. And it's starting with the ...

(Nanowerk News) There may be a small answer to one of the biggest problems on the planet. German researchers report in the journal Frontiers in Microbiology ("Toward Biorecycling: Isolation of a Soil ...

Scientists in Germany report “Toward Biorecycling: Isolation of a Soil Bacterium That Grows on a Polyurethane Oligomer and Monomer” in Frontiers in Microbiology that they have identified and ...

Low-cost tooling and extreme wear and abrasion resistance are some of the benefits cast urethanes can offer—properties that could serve a wide variety of end markets. But that doesn’t mean they do. “I ...

PORT WASHINGTON, Wis.—The executive team at rubber, polyurethane and plastics manufacturer Molded Dimensions believes the most effective way to grow its molding business is through acquisitions. And ...

A scientist at Memorial University of Newfoundland in St. John's has developed a process for making polyurethane plastic from fish waste, like heads, guts and skin. Francesca Kerton, from the ...

There may be a small answer to one of the biggest problems on the planet. German researchers report in the journal Frontiers in Microbiology that they have identified and characterized a strain of ...