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Celebrate Earth Day With these Earth-Friendly Material Innovations
This Earth Week, we’re featuring some of our favorite material and product lifecycle stories to inspire and equip you with best practices for your sustainability journey. We are all aware that there …
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Hot Topic – Stretch
In the world of textiles, stretch can be defined as its fiber’s ability to lengthen a certain amount and return to its original size. Moreover, stretch fabric is a textile that can stretch. There …
Hot Topic – Gloss
Gloss refers to a material’s ability to reflect light in a focused manner. This phenomenon is technically described with the term specular reflection, which states that a material whose surface is …
Human-centric, eco-transformative mobility experiences charting the future on wheels
Integrating autonomous vehicles into smart cities’ public transport networks with on-demand services is undoubtedly a watershed moment for the people and planet-focused mobility sector, enabling …
Ask an Expert: Corporate Sustainability Initiatives
Taking a systems approach to a complex problem A shady collaborative recycling scheme has once again been revealed. This scheme was headed by Dow in collaboration with Sport Singapore and Decathlon. …
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Top 5 Materials – April 2023
Each month, our research team juries in new materials into our material database. Here are five of our favorite and selections from this month: PureFive™ UPR PP Manufacturer: PureCycle …
Discover A New Generation of Sustainable Materials With Titan Bioplastics
Plastics have revolutionized modern society and have become an indispensable part of our daily lives. However, plastic pollution is now a serious environmental threat, endangering the healthof our …
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Material + Design Trends: Thermoplastic Concentrates
In this seminar, learn from our EVP of Research and industry expert Dr. Andrew Dent as he shares his top material and design trends from Thermoplastic Concentrates. …
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Join Material ConneXion at Milan Design Week
Material-Minded Design Thursday, April 20th Materially and Material ConneXion @ Triennale Milano 11am Agora of the Triennale Milano Learn more and RSVP to Triennale → Friday, April …
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Sustainable Materials Got the Red Carpet Treatment at This Year’s Oscars
With such a large viewership, large events such as The Oscars are a great opportunity to bring awareness to different causes. The 95th Annual Academy Awards which took place this past Sunday were no …
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Material Pulse – Rubber Innovations
Circling back to natural, renewably sourced options Foams, applicators, liners, soft-touch sections on packaging as well as a host of other uses rely on the compliant yet sturdy properties of rubber. …
Digital Fashion & Consumerism
Satiating infinite desire with finite resources Increasingly, assertions of blame and evolving vocabulary dominate sustainability discourse. This tension is best exemplified by the fashion industry, …
Demystifying plastics: Overcoming (mis)conceptions to create a sustainable product portfolio
Plastics as a class of materials is currently undergoing a PR nightmare, with its favorability ratings at ‘underwater’. Ask the average consumer about their opinion on the material, and there will be …
Maximizing Efficiency and Innovation with Artificial Intelligence
Maximizing Efficiency and Innovation with Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the Chemicals and Manufacturing Industry Over the past few months, generative AI has become pervasive in the creative …
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How It’s Made – Ubiquitous Energy and the Industry’s Push to Net Zero
Who needs solar panels? There’s currently an industry-wide push to get the built environment to net-zero. In other words, architects and builders are trying to find ways to reduce the carbon emissions …
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