In this interview, Sammi Sadler, Senior Applications Engineer at Instron, provides insights into how automation is being introduced for plastics testing and the opportunities this can bring. How would ...

Polymer-based—or plastic—synthetic materials have a hold on the fashion industry, currently making up about two-thirds of all fibers used in textiles with no signs of slowing down. At the same time, ...

The Ocean Legacy Foundation (OLF), a nonprofit organization based in Richmond, British Columbia, has expanded its affordable plastic testing and production support services designed to support ...

Taking steps to automate a lab can deliver more repeatable test results and higher throughput. Plastics laboratories often face the task of examining a substantial number of comparable samples while ...

Global laboratory-based testing services leader Element Materials Technology has announced an expansion of its lab in Sweden specialized in plastic pipe testing. Element said the investment is ...

Interseroh has announced that its Centre of Competence for Plastics Recycling in Maribor, Slovenia, was awarded its official international accreditation in March, making it the only recognized ...

NSF International has acquired PSILab Inc., an advanced product testing and consulting laboratory. PSILab is in Longmont, Colo., and specializes in plastic pipe, pipe materials and polymeric composite ...

Plastic pollution has become a significant environmental and human health issue at a global scale. Yet despite increasing concern over the harmful effects of micro- and nano-plastics (MNPs), no ...

COLUMBIA, Md.—Shimadzu Scientific Instruments has introduced a new line of tabletop testing instruments known as the Autograph AGS-V Series, company officials said June 17. Shimadzu officials said the ...

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. is investing $140 million to expand its existing laboratory plastics production to support global demand for COVID-19 testing and the development of therapies and ...

WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Mitsubishi Plastics, Inc., in collaboration with Union Industry Co., Ltd., has developed an easy-to-install compact adsorption chiller with an integrated cooling tower ...