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What Sustainable Solutions Make Sense for Plastics?

Plastics Today

The tension between engineering and marketing is never more apparent than in sustainable packaging decisions.

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For PLASTICS' CEO Seaholm, NPE to Shine Light on Sustainability Successes

Mold Making Technology

A lot has changed at the Plastics Industry Association (PLASTICS) since Matt Seaholm took over as present and CEO of the trade association about two years ago. Internally, under his leadership PLASTICS has brought in new, high-level talent. At the heart of it, we are the Plastics Industry Association.

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3D digital technologies tackling mental injury prevention in healthcare

Manufacturer's Monthly

Project lead and RMIT Senior Lecturer Dr Olivier Cotsaftis worked with doctors, nurses and non-clinicians at Peninsula Health for three years to understand the psychosocial hazards in their workplace and find design-led solutions to prevent mental injury. Most importantly, the furniture was sound absorbing.

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EWB asks for ‘globally responsible’ engineers

E&T

Whether it’s the threat of nuclear disaster, human-caused climate change, or the spread of hate speech on social media, engineers have had a hand in making these things possible. Part of the issue is that engineers are very good at delivering technical solutions to problems. Want to propel a car forward?

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Fossil fuels firms should pay to have their emissions cleaned, study says

E&T

“The technology exists – what has always been lacking is effective policy,” said Myles Allen, a professor of geosystems science at the University of Oxford and one of the scientists behind the proposal. As the price increases, the development of affordable carbon capture and storage technologies could eventually make up the difference. . “A

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Moldmaking, the Relentless Pursuit of Innovation … Oh Yea!

Mold Making Technology

Dave attended the conference in 2022 and found enough value to return this year for more opportunities to learn and network in the small-group setting headlined by mold builders and molders sharing best practices and technology solutions for better moldmaking. It helps us determine what kind of moldmaker we want to be in the future."

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How are businesses adapting to the raw materials crunch?

E&T

Yet what is often missed in these stories is how much deeper – and more complex – the issues are. Perplexingly, few of the problems facing global industry have a simple cause and effect – or a straightforward solution. This makes addressing issues far more challenging. Climate change is also a disruptive issue, Sweeney says.