An intensive look at typical characteristics, shrinkage predictions and plastic part design for parts made with polypropylene resins.

Informations about properties and applications of metal containing conducting polymers.

Facts, Trends, News about plastics. Semi-personal website developed by a senior member of two prestigious professional associations (the ACS and SPE), giving interesting perspectives on the business, materials and processes.

Polymer Processing, characterization and computer modelling. Various new technologies are described. Solids modelling and quick prototyping vis SLA is also available.

A Cyberwonderland of Polymer fun. Includes on screen polymer reactions. A wonderful learning tool.

Article explores research, over 150 years, that has led to polymers use in medicine, like organ transplants.

About a project at the University of York that aims to produce and fully characterize a novel biocompostable plastic.

Based in the UK and are joint initiatives from the UK's Ministry of Industry (DTI) and the UK national research funding organisation (Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC)). The Plastics partnership aims to promote and develop the plastics industry in the UK.

The P4 project is headed by Prof. Julia Higgins at Imperial College London. It addresses a wide range of research issues in the areas of polymers and polymerisation processes. Provides informations regarding the general activities of the project.

Provides for exchange of opinions, technical information and experience of those in the rubber and polymer-related industries.