Consumer Products 
Motorola has unveiled a mobile phone made from recycled water bottles. According to the manufacturer, the Moto W233 is the world’s first carbon neutral phone. The device has earned Carbonfund.org’s CarbonFree Product Certification after an extensive product life-cycle assessment.
6 January 2009
Liquavista has teamed up with leading product design group Seymourpowell to create design concepts that showcase Liquavista’s colour display technology.
2 January 2009
What do canoes, children’s slides, diesel tanks and traffic cones all have in common? They are all manufactured by rotational moulding, a plastics manufacturing process that is to feature its own dedicated Rotomoulding Pavilion at the Plastics Design & Moulding Exhibition and Conference (PDM 09) taking place at the Telford International Centre from 19-21 May 2009.
23 December 2008
In early 2008, Chinese authorities banned 600 toy makers from exporting, as part of a drive to increase quality. The weakening economy and rising costs have since forced thousands more out of business, throwing the Chinese industry into some turmoil and leading to riots by laid off workers at toy factories in Southern China.
23 December 2008
Sales of the Hippo brand of rotationally moulded telephone cabinet have increased 10% since supplier Storacall TeleAcoustics commissioned Thompson Technik in the UK with a brief to improve its quality, function and appearance.
18 December 2008
A British sailing boat heavily composed of plastic looks set to become the world’s fastest speed sailing craft, according to advanced composite materials manufacturer Gurit.
16 December 2008
Chinese manufacturers are being urged to compete globally through industrial design as well as cost, Steve Toloken hears at a Guangzhou design conference.
12 December 2008
Nypro Hungary Muanyagtechnika drastically reduced its workforce during the past year, trimming about 400 jobs as work was transferred to undisclosed facilities in China.
11 December 2008
The importance of plastics in today’s world is being emphasised by the inclusion of the polypropylene chair in the latest issue of stamps by Royal Mail to celebrate British Design Classics.
5 December 2008
The winners of the third Bioplastics Awards, organised by European Plastics News, were announced in Munich, this week, with the awards going to organisations from around the world.
4 December 2008
Pegas Nonwovens is negotiating with the Czech Republic government agency Czechinvest to obtain investment incentives to allow it to install a ninth production line in the central European country.
2 December 2008
Two premium washing machines will soon be fitted with a cover plate with 100% recycled content that has been recovered from UK-sourced waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE).
1 December 2008
UK contract plating specialist Quality Plated Plastics has moved into new premises in Great Barr, Birmingham following an investment in excess of £2m.
27 November 2008
Nova Chemicals in early December will begin a temporary shutdown of its Beaver Valley styrenics plant in Monaca, Pennsylvania, in the US.
26 November 2008
There are a lot of things companies can do that create an appearance of being green and sustainable. But Kim Jeffery, head of Nestlé Waters North America, wants to do things that actually enhance sustainability and the environment.
24 November 2008
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