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Photo Credit: VTT We recently heard from Finland’s VTT Technical Research Center regarding the newest development of it Integrated Computational Materials Engineering (ICME) toolbox ‘ProperTune’. Essentially the center’s team, led by research team leader Antti Puisto, has expanded the application of the ProperTune beyond hard materials like metals to now model and design soft materials like wood, polymers and plastics. A key contender for soft materials is bacteria. The team’s…

Shell Chemical Appalachia LLC, a subsidiary of Shell plc, has begun to operate its Pennsylvania chemical project called Shell Polymers Monaca (SPM). It’s the first major polyethylene manufacturing complex in the northeastern United States and has a designed output of 3.5 billion pounds (1.6 million tons) annually, which it expects to reach by the second half of 2023. Strategically located within a 700-mile radius of 70% of the US polyethylene…

Digitalization was a unifying theme of K 2022. (Photo: Messe Duesseldorf/ctillmann) Industry 4.0 … digitalization … industrial internet of things (IIoT) … smart factories – for some people, the constant background buzz of such terms may bring on an attack of MEGO (My Eyes Glaze Over). But make no mistake: This is the sound of the future of manufacturing in advanced industrialized countries. That message was brought home at the…

Digitalization was a unifying theme of K 2022. (Photo: Messe Duesseldorf/ctillmann) Industry 4.0 … digitalization … industrial internet of things (IIoT) … smart factories – for some people, the constant background buzz of such terms may bring on an attack of MEGO (My Eyes Glaze Over). But make no mistake: This is the sound of the future of manufacturing in advanced industrialized countries. That message was brought home at the…

DSM Engineering Materials has entered into a strategic partnership with Compounding Solutions, a supplier of custom thermoplastic medical-grade compounds and concentrates. The partnership will provide medical device customers with streamlined access to DSM’s Care portfolio, including Arnitel Care, an alternative to existing catheter materials. Additionally, medical device companies will be able to speed time to market through Compounding Solutions’ efficient catheter material customization, quick development turnaround time, and reliability of…