PLASTICS INNOVATION FOCUSES ON PROCESSES AND BIOMATERIALS
August 1st, 2013
IT is 36 years since ICI developed a commercial version of the thermoplastic polyetheretherketone (PEEK). When the industry gathers at the K 2013 trade fair in Germany in October, no-one will be unveiling a compound as revolutionary as PEEK.But the European plastics sector is anything but static: “Innovation is moving away from individual molecules to materials and system solutions,” explained Dr Jens Rieger, senior vice president for research, advanced materials and systems research, at Germany’s global chemicals giant BASF.Big themes at K 2013 are ...
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