Here are some news items of interest to plastics processors from our sister publications in Endeavor Business Media:
- LyondellBasell will supply its Circulen Renew renewable-based polymers to Wellspect HealthCare for use in urinary catheters (Chemical Processing): https://www.chemicalprocessing.com/industrynews/news/33003933/lyondell-basell-to-supply-renewablebased-polymers-for-catheters
- The hosts of the Canadian YouTube channel Action BOX — known to viewers as brothers Alan and Dave — described in one of their videos how they created a desktop injection molder called the Injekto (Machine Design): https://www.machinedesign.com/3d-printing-cad/article/21263614/how-to-build-your-own-injection-molding-machine
- Researchers at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory are working on scaling up the process of enzymatic recycling for breaking down plastics (MSW Management): https://www.mswmanagement.com/recycling/blog/53028646/enzymatic-recycling-the-next-big-thing
- Eric Utley of Protolabs discusses how to reverse engineer a part and 3D print a replacement (Machine Design): https://www.machinedesign.com/community/guest-commentary/article/21264628/proto-labs-inc-replacement-parts-are-a-3d-print-away
