Multifunctional Heat Resisting Silicone Gloves

 Gloves play an important role in our daily life. There are many occasions when gloves are needed in daily life, such as kitchen, bathroom, toilet, barbecue, car cleaning, etc. It… Read more

What Are The Ways Of Surface Treatment Of Dark Marks On Silicone Products?

Product surface appearance appear dark mark, lack of material and the phenomenon of trace sulfide in silicone products processing surface appearance of unhealthy phenomenon is one of the factors that… Read more

Surprise! Silicone Food Mat Safety Performance Is High, Has Passed FDA Inspection, Do Not Prepare A?

In restaurants and hotels in developed countries in Europe and the United States, food-grade silicone meal MATS are very common. They are so widely used in daily life. Silicone food… Read more

What Are The Properties Of Silicone Ice Cups?

1. The silicone ice cup has certain mechanical properties, such as tensile strength and elongation2. Suitable elasticity and hardness, small permanent deformation of silica gel ice mold compression3. High and… Read more

There Are Two Different Forming Processes In Silica Gel Products

In our daily life, we use a lot of silica gel products, which are used in refrigerators, kitchens and hotels. It has become an indispensable part of our daily life.… Read more

Silicone Pad Composition Testing Should Focus On Those Aspects

The testing of silica gel meal mat includes four aspects: resin testing, formula testing, performance improvement and quality diagnosis. And composition of silica gel tableware detection process involves after separated… Read more

Kickstart: M&A players taking more interest in tooling

Good tooling is key to making good parts. Without the right steel in the right place, with the right texture and the right injection and cooling lines, molders cannot make… Read more

Plastics recycling is alive and well, despite what you may have heard

File this under “don’t believe everything you read on social media,” which I think is something most people should know by now.I’ve had two people contact me in the past… Read more

Kickstart: Yes, that's Harry Styles, and yes, there's a plastics connection

What happens when one of the biggest pop music stars on the planet goes on tour, but wants to limit his carbon footprint?For Harry Styles (ask your kids or grandkids… Read more

Film packaging heads up a defining year

Facing the challenges of estimating figures for this week’s film and sheet manufacturers ranking may take the prize for the most complicated special report I’ve worked on to date. This… Read more

Kickstart: Shortages of little chips are adding up to big problems for auto industry

It’s another tough year for the auto industry. New forecasts are showing that the computer microchip shortage is cutting deeper than expected, and that’s hitting companies throughout the supply chain.Consultants… Read more

Kickstart: The link between candy and toothbrushes (other than cavities)

Candy and toothbrushes would seem to come from completely different product development streams, but in a recent conversation on The Landscape podcast with our sister publication Crain’s Cleveland Business, Bill… Read more

Kickstart: A growing UK shortage has one industry losing its fizz

If you’ve thought that you were seeing problems with supply shortages in the U.S., the United Kingdom is looking far worse, seeing a lack of chickens that shut down fast-food… Read more

A changed world: Resin fees, bottle bill endorsements

Here are two things you would never have seen a year ago in the plastics industry: a U.S. Senator tweeting about a resin tax and a group of Plastic bottle… Read more

Kickstart: Will sand sink your battleship?

The Toy Hall of Fame’s list of finalists for 2021 is out, and while there are many items made using plastics, they’re up against what the hall says “may be… Read more

When considering workforce issues, consider both pay and culture

Workforce issues are always a top concern for plastics processors. It seems like every time we write about the topic, we start by saying something like “now more than ever,”… Read more

Kickstart: Plastics vs. 'the murder hornet'

You recall, I’m sure, the discovery of the “murder hornet” in the U.S. last year, shortly after the COVID-19 pandemic began. The insects are officially an Asian giant hornet and got… Read more

Kickstart: The slow recovery

Members of the 202nd Rapid Engineer Deployable Heavy Operational Repair Squadron Engineers (Red Horse) partnered with the 159th Civil Engineering Squadron and New Orleans Parks and Parkways to clear debris… Read more

Vinyl Institute helps family that relied on bottled water for two years

The Vinyl Institute (VI) trade group joined forces with a nonprofit group to provide a well system to a family of five in Smithfield, Va., that lacked safe potable water,… Read more

What Is A Silicone Watch Band?

As the economy continues to develop rapidly, silicone products have been integrated into every corner of our lives. Many products that we come into contact with in life are made… Read more