Industry News From Europe
The British steel industry has been in decline for some time and the closure of plants in recent decades has affected not only the communities they serve, but the businesses that buy the raw material and the customers who rely on the end product. Imports of cheaper steel from abroad have played a part in […]
Continue ReadingProtectionist measures support European steel prices despite summer lull, European flat product price rises stalled, at the start of this month. MEPS’ European average coil transaction values registered only single-digit euro increases, in July. Mills, nonetheless, continue to push for further hikes. The extension of EU and UK safeguard measures reduces the attraction of import […]
Continue ReadingCraftsmen understand the importance of lightweight, powerful and accurate power tools. Tailor-made high-performance plastics are the material of choice for the production of these tools. The SCV 18 LTX BL 1.6 cordless sheet shears and the NIV 18 LTX BL 1.6 cordless nibbler from Metabo are perfect examples for this. The Nürtingen-based manufacturer of professional […]
Continue Reading[Materials] [EU] More sustainable recycling of plastics &&&start Plastics belong to the most widely used materials, and they are vital components of all modern technologies. So far, it has been possible to recycle these valuable materials only to a limited extent. In order to offer novel solutions, chemists of Professor Stefan Mecking’s group at the […]
Continue Reading[Materials] [EU] High-strength materials for flexible electronics &&&startResearchers from Tomsk Polytechnic University (TPU), jointly with their colleagues from foreign universities, have developed a method that allows for a laser-driven integration of metals into polymers to form electrically conductive composites. The research findings are presented in Ultra-Robust Flexible Electronics by Laser-Driven Polymer-Nanomaterials Integration articleUltra-Robust Flexible Electronics […]
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