An intensive world-wide effort to develop technology for manufacturing plastics from vegetable oil, rather then petroleum, has led researchers in Canada to a process for making polyurethane (PUR) ...

The executive team at rubber, polyurethane and plastics manufacturer Molded Dimensions believes the most effective way to grow its molding business is through acquisitions. And it's starting with the ...

Durable, flexible polyurethane is commonly found in sports shoes and other products, and is tough to get rid of. PressReleaseFinder / flickr A common fixture in refrigerators, furniture and footwear, ...

Watch the process of machining new bushings from polyurethane plastic, highlighting material handling and precision ...

Scientists have identified a strain of bacteria that can feed on toxic polyurethane-based plastic products. Since the 1950s, we have produced more than 8 billion tons of plastic, with the majority of ...

Amerityre Corp. has submitted prototypes of its polyurethane car tires to an independent laboratory for testing, trying to succeed where all past attempts have failed. The move excited shareholders.

CHARLOTTE, N.C.—When Philpott Rubber Co. purchased Urethane Products Industries Inc. in December 2012 to create Philpott Industrial Plastics Enterprises, it was looking to add a business that could ...

A new German project shows the growing importance of polycarbonate-urethane as a medical implant material. Engineers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Manufacturing Engineering and Automation IPA in ...

Low-cost tooling and extreme wear and abrasion resistance are some of the benefits cast urethanes can offer—properties that could serve a wide variety of end markets. But that doesn’t mean they do. “I ...

It’s not exactly a house made of gingerbread, but a company based in Princeton, Ill., has devised its own construction material made from food–a spray of foam insulation manufactured from soybean oil.