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Airbus and Renault Group have signed a research and development agreement that aims to enhance “transversalities and synergies” to accelerate both companies’ electrification roadmaps and improve their respective range of products. This partnership will help Airbus develop technologies associated with future hybrid-electric aircraft. As part of this partnership, engineering teams from Airbus and Renault will join forces to bring to maturity technologies related to energy storage, which remains one of…

An all-time high of 517,385 new industrial robots were installed globally in 2021, representing year-over-year growth of 31%, as the figure broke the previous record high for robot installations in 2018 by 22%. These figures come courtesy of the International Federation of Robotics’ (IFR) new World Robotics report. In addition to a new record for new installations, the stock of operational robots around the globe also achieved an all-time-high of…

Photo Credit: Seed Health We have reported over the last several years on bacteria-based biodegrable bioplastics with PHA (polyhydroxyalkanoate) the most notable in terms of commercial realization and impact. Recently, we were contacted by Seed Health, a microbiome science company, regarding its new environmental research collaboration with MIT Media Lab Space Exploration Initiative, the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Weill Cornell Medicine (WCM) and Harvard Medical School, which will send…

Last week, the FDA announced a Class I recall, the most serious type of recall, for Baxter International’s Incontinence Management System due to risk of radiofrequency (RF) interference with nearby medical equipment. The WatchCare Incontinence Management System (IMS) includes specific Centrella, Progressa, and VersaCare hospital beds and disposable incontinence pads. The system is designed to discreetly alert a caregiver of an incontinence event and is typically used in critical care…

The clock is ticking. Sand is filling the bottom of the hour glass. So if you have not checked out Plastics Technology’s upcoming Extrusion 2022 Conference, best get a move on. Extrusion 2022 is going to be held Dec. 6-8 in Charlotte, N.C. at the Omni Charlotte Hotel in the downtown section of the city. This two-and-a-half day event, which Plastics Technology has held on a yearly basis since 2015, is packed with…

When the United Nations’ (UN) historic plastics pollution resolution to address the full lifecycle of plastics won overwhelming endorsement from member nations in March, the stage was set to begin negotiations for a global plastics treaty. The Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee is currently meeting in Uruguay through Dec. 2 as a first step in laying the groundwork for this treaty. According to Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI), more than 60 nations…