Thermoplastic composites are offering potential solutions to the challenges of extracting deepwater oil and gas. The insatiable demand for oil and gas has driven the exploitation of offshore resources, which are deeper and more difficult to drill and...
According to the forecast of the well-known market research organization Research and Markets, the global demand for PEEK (polyetheretherketone) will reach a peak in 2018. By then, its market value will exceed RMB 5 billion and rise to RMB 5.194 bil...
With the rapid development of science and technology economy, domestic industrialization has made great progress. The rise of various heavy industries and emerging industries has made the demand for materials more and more extensive, no longer limite...
When Dentronix, a subsidiary of the Swiss Coltene/Whaledent Group, was designing a new “heat-resistant” bite bar, it needed a material that could withstand the high temperatures of a dry heat sterilizer. The company chose PEEK, a high-performance pol...
Solvay Specialty Polymers, a supplier of high-performance thermoplastics for a range of market applications including implantable and non-implantable medical devices, will showcase its diverse portfolio of advanced materials for healthcare applicatio...
On August 15, 2014, Thornton Cleveland, the high-performance polyaryletherketone solutions division of Victrex, announced that it would increase the price of its VICTREX polyaryletherketone polymer products by at least 6.8% from October 1, 2014 (or a...
Celanese Corp. and U.S. wire and cable maker Southwire Co. LLC have developed an overhead transmission line made of thermoplastic composites to replace traditional wires that use aluminum as conductors and are reinforced with steel. The transmissio...