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  • 经过多年的稳定但不惹人注意的增长,global carbon fiber industry seems poised for a boom. The market is forecast to experience double-digit growth annually for the next five years, making stides in major sectors such as wind energy, aerospace and sporting goods. To know more about the factors that will drive down the cost of end products, the key drivers of the carbon fiber industry, the growing end user segment, factors leading to increased interest in the carbon fiber market, etc. Despite the factors hindering the market's potential, there is a huge opportunity for existing & new carbon fiber producers. Read more inGlobal carbon fiber market to see double-digit annual growth, expected to reach US$3 bln in 2018
  • Printed electronics is one of the most important new enabling technologies, and will have a major impact on most business activities from publishing and security printing to healthcare, automotive, military and consumer packaged goods sectors. An important step towards enabling desktop manufacturing using very low cost, ubiquitous printing tools, has been demonstrated by a pen-on-paper approach as an affordable, portable fabrication route for printed electronic and optoelectronic devices. In another development, costly printers and printheads typically required for inkjet or other printing approaches are replaced with an inexpensive, hand held writing tool. Read more inDevelopments that will trigger a boom in the business of printed electronics
  • A newly produced liquid plastic additive's unique formulation allows the microorganisms to consume the polymer chain by the addition of the additive at 1% by load weight. The microorganisms initiate hydrolysis which is the first phase of biodegradation in the environment. Another development in liquid color and additive system for polymers is a full system designed to integrate liquid into our customers' operation, not as a replacement to color resin concentrates, but as alternatives for specific manufacturing processes. Read more inLiquid biodegradable plastic additive offers competitively priced solution for plastic manufacturers
  • As per an estimate, upholstery and bedding are the first items ignited in house fires. Furniture cushions are made of flammable polyurethane foam that, when burned, puddles at high temperatures, a quality called the “melt-dripping” effect that further spreads fires. Furniture foam must be treated with flame-retardant chemicals that are known to be harmful to human health and the environment. Scientists are reporting development of an exceptionally effective new retardant that appears safer and more environmentally friendly. Also, a new generation of nonhalogenated, sustainable flame retardant technology for polyurethane foam has been developed. Read more inFlame retardant nanocoating helps fight furniture fires without toxic materials
  • Newly developed polymer opals can produce much brighter colour at lower cost than conventional holograms, and would be more difficult to forge. Also, the thin, flexible material changes colour when force is exerted on it, which could have potential use in sensing applications by indicating the amount of strain placed on the material. The materials could be used to replace the toxic dyes used in the textile industry, or as a security application, making banknotes harder to forge. Read more inPolymer opal film mimics vivid colours of nature
  • A new polymer material helps detect chemical that is often the key ingredient in explosive devices. Detection is quick and safe in trace amounts by a new polymer created by a team of Cornell chemists. The polymer, which potentially could be used in low-cost, handheld explosive detectors and could supplement or replace bomb-sniffing dogs. Read more inBomb sniffing dogs could be replaced with bomb-detecting polymer