View As Webpage | View Archives | Email a Friend

 
 
 
@{mv_date_MMM d, yyyy}@
News 
 
LINKEDIN

European factory output plummets due to COVID-19 shutdown, report says

The IHS Markit manufacturing purchasing managers’ index for the eurozone also reports that Italy is enduring its sharpest contraction on record.


Economic growth in January slowed to 0.1 per cent, StatsCan says

Reduced trade with China affected potential growth in January, the agency said, and the COVID-19 pandemic and a collapse in oil prices has hurt the economy since then.


Tetra Laval Group donating 10 million euros towards COVID-19 relief efforts

The Swiss-based multinational conglomerate is donating to various voluntary organizations that support healthcare systems across the countries it operates in.


Dow expands hand sanitizer production at five sites

The five sites in Europe and the Americas are expected to produce more than 200 metric tons of sanitizer, which will be donated to local health systems and government agencies.


Ford making 50,000 ventilators with GE Healthcare in next 100 days

The ventilators are less complex than others, and are designed by Florida-based Airon Corp., a company that specializes in high-tech pneumatic life support products.
 
Sponsored Spotlight 
 
Davis Standard - SS1

TAILORED TO YOUR EXACT SHEET NEEDS.

What type of sheet system do you need? Foam? Flexible? Rigid sheet extrusion? Our signature XP Express®and EX-M-PLAR® series roll stands, chill roll technology, feedscrew designs, and coextrusion knowledge enable value-added manufacturing of a wide variety of multi-layer sheet.

What’s more, we now complement our sheet capabilities with TSL thermoforming equipment. This includes a range of equipment options for food packaging applications. » Contact us today to discover where your ideas take shape!
 
Special Reports 
 
Special Report

Formlabs partners with U.S. hospitals to 3D-print COVID-19 test swabs

The nasopharyngeal swabs needed to collect samples for COVID-19 testing are in increasingly short supply in the U.S. as testing increases. » Read More
Special Report

Uncolour your world with the right commercial purging compounds

As important as it is to put colour into plastic, it’s just as important to remove it when the time is right, since any streaking in a new production schedule can render thousands of parts worthless. CPCs were made for this. » Read More
 
Events 
 
 All Plastics Events have been cancelled or postponed at this time.