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XAAR 1003 PRINTHEAD DELIVERS FOR INDUSTRIAL 3D PRINTING

The Xaar 1003 printhead is proving instrumental for industrial 3D printing manufacturer dp polar GmbH, enabling its revolutionary AMpolar i2 to print Additive Manufacturing parts on a truly industrial scale.
Based in Germany, dp polar designs, develops and delivers industrial 3D printing systems for the automotive, aerospace, mechanical engineering, and consumer industries.

DOMO Chemicals and ZARE boost Sinterline 3D-printed parts manufacturing

DOMO Chemicals-ZARE partnership strengthens 3D-printed parts proposition

Sinterline® Technyl® PA6 powders combined with ZARE parts production capabilities will be a reference for OEMs and Tier parts suppliers
Partnership will also take advantage of the HUB by Sinterline platform

Neste and Covestro join forces - renewable raw materials for plastics production

Neste and Covestro start a strategic cooperation in Europe to promote the use of sustainable raw materials in the production of plastics. Covestro is to be supplied with material from renewable sources, which will replace an important part of the fossil raw materials previously used for the production of polycarbonates. The high-performance plastic is used, for example, in car headlamps, LED lights, electronic and medical equipment and automotive glazing.

ELIX Polymers joins the fight against COVID-19 with biocompatible ABS grades for medical devices

Leading ABS producer ELIX Polymers is collaborating with a large group of companies within ClusterMAV, the Advanced Materials Cluster of Catalonia, Spain, in the fight against COVID-19. The partners are working in collaboration with the National Federation of Innovative Business Groups and Clusters (FENAEIC), which focuses on promoting collaboration between federations, clusters and their partners, within the European Cluster collaboration platform.

Heraeus AMLOY receives German Innovation Award

The German Design Council honors amorphous alloys from Heraeus AMLOY gold in the "Materials & Surfaces" section of the "Excellence in Business to Business" competition class.

Major suppliers in electronics assembly materials awarded U.S. Patent for Innolot/Loctite 90ISC alloy

MacDermid Alpha Electronics Solutions, Henkel and Heraeus solution provides high reliability for high-temperature applications

ABS like resin at Weerg

Enhanced the production line dedicated to 3D Printing
Weerg, a revolutionary Italian e-commerce company offering CNC machining and 3D prints online, confirms its vocation for innovation by inaugurating a new line for the production of 3D resin prints proposed in two versions: ABS like grey and Tmax transparent. This new material, which joins the Nylon PA12, until now the absolute protagonist of the additive manufacturing department of the Venetian company, is printed with MSLA LED with the exclusive proprietary 4KSPER™ technology, developed by the internal R&D department by implementing and redesigning systems already existing on the market.

BigRep Launches ABS & ASA Advanced Materials

Opening a New Dimension for Large-Format 3D-Printing in the Automotive & Consumer Products Industries.
BigRep is expanding its materials portfoli o with versatile & impact-resistant ABS and weather- & UV-resistant ASA: Cost-efficient and sustainable, engineering-grade filaments, p roviding digital solutions empowering production.

MakerBot Adds PC-ABS and PC-ABS FR Specialty Materials for Functional Prototyping and End-Use Applications on METHOD X

MakerBot Continues to Rapidly Expand Industrial-Grade Materials for the METHOD Platform

MakerBot, a global leader in 3D printing and subsidiary of Stratasys (Nasdaq: SSYS), continues to rapidly expand its METHOD materials portfolio with PC-ABS and PC-ABS FR. The addition of these two new materials brings the number of MakerBot materials for METHOD to 10, underscoring the company’s efforts to deliver a wider range of industrial-grade solutions to open more additive manufacturing applications for engineers.

Braskem rallies with partners to donate material to hospitals and communities in the fight against coronavirus

Company will donate thermoplastic resins that will be transformed into 3 million masks to be given away

Donation of thermoplastic resins to produce masks and medical gowns; More than 60 million masks or 1 million coats can be produced;
Donation of food staples for three months to over 1,200 households that work in recycling;
50,000 families around its plants in Brazil will receive personal hygiene and cleaning products;
Support to the Alagoas government in setting up a field hospital;
Supply of raw materials for 3D printing at 8 research centers to produce hospital protection masks.

Henkel donates around 50,000 litres of disinfectant

As part of its global solidarity program in the fight against the corona crisis, Henkel has announced that it will make production capacities available at short notice for the manufacture of disinfectants. Within just one week, a production plant at the Düsseldorf site was converted and the first 25,000 liters of hand disinfectants were produced. Henkel donated them to surrounding hospitals and public institutions. Next week, production will continue and about the same amount of disinfectant will be produced again.