Posts Tagged ‘plastic’

100 Percent

100 Percent is a material designed to have a minimal environmental footprint. Made entirely from postconsumer recycled high-density polyethylene (HDPE), it is waste transformed into engineered panels for design applications. 100 Percent is derived from recycled household packaging materials, such as...

April 28th, 2006 | feature, plastic | Read More

Heat Treated Carpet

Carpet is typically used for 7-10 years (residential) or 5-8 years (commercial), and re-carpeting accounts for 55% of all carpet sold. Moreover, carpet has been estimated to require up to two hundred and fifty thousand years to biodegrade. Heat Treated Carpet is a sheet material produced from polypropylene-based...

April 13th, 2006 | feature, plastic | Read More

PLED

One of the most intriguing recent developments in the display industry has been the discovery and development of polymer light emitting diodes (PLEDs). It all started in the Cavendish Laboratory of Cambridge University in 1989, when it was found that ‘organic’ LEDs could be made using conjugated...

April 10th, 2006 | plastic | Read More

AIR-board

Design Composite’s unique bonding technology enables the combination of a rigid, translucent honeycomb core with transparent thermoplastic top sheets, resulting in a panel with exceptional optical features. AIR-board’s common properties include excellent light transmission, outstanding thermal insulation,...

April 4th, 2006 | plastic | Read More

Cellbond

Cellbond manufactures translucent honeycomb panels comprised of an aluminum honeycomb core sandwiched between toughened glass or polycarbonate skins. The use of a bonded sandwich results in a high strength-to-weight ratio and provides excellent resistance to deflection. The honeycomb core also provides...

March 28th, 2006 | plastic | Read More

Plantic

Cost competitive biomaterials are in demand by industry as they are usually sourced from renewable resources. Plantic is a new and developing type of biomaterial based on starch. The first commercial application of Plantic technology is in packaging and display trays. Plantic trays look, feel and function...

March 23rd, 2006 | plastic | Read More

Plastic Logic

Plastic Logic develops licensable manufacturing solutions for printing thin and flexible active-matrix displays. When combined with an electronic-paper imaging film, Plastic Logic’s backplane technology enables highly portable, readable and power efficient displays. The initial application focus...

March 10th, 2006 | interactive | Read More

Geoweb

Presto’s perforated Geoweb cellular confinement system features an engineered pattern of perforations in the cell wall. This hole pattern provides increased frictional interlock with coarse aggregates, crushed rock and concrete. In vegetated systems, the perforations increase root lock-up, creating...

March 8th, 2006 | plastic | Read More

Autoflex MARAG

Autotype, one of the world’s leading developers and manufacturers of film and chemical products, has launched a revolutionary new anti-reflective, anti-glare film that has been inspired from detailed research into the eye structure of night flying moths. Called Autoflex MARAG (MothEye Anti-Reflective,...

March 3rd, 2006 | feature, plastic | Read More

BubbleDeck

BubbleDeck is a method of virtually eliminating all concrete from the middle of a floor slab not performing any structural function, thereby dramatically reducing structural dead weight. BubbleDeck is based on a new patented technique which involves the direct way of linking air and steel. Void formers...

February 27th, 2006 | concrete | Read More