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Masterbatch producer Gabriel-Chemie will be highlighting its expertise in laser marking additives at PDM12 on 29-30 May. 14 May 2012

The Plastics Consultancy Network (PCN) will be offering its “Ask the Consultant” drop-in advice service to visitors to PDM12, taking place 29-30 May at ExCel London. 11 May 2012

ECOmove’s Qbeak electric concept vehicle has won the 2012 European Electric Vehicles Early Stage Investment Opportunity Award. 2 May 2012

A designers forum at Materialise's World Conference enjoyed presentations on left-field artistic, historical and consumer-oriented applications for additive manufacturing. 25 April 2012

The first PEEK craniofacial test implants to be produced by the laser sintering additive manufacturing process have been presented by Munich-based Eos, a specialist in the technique. 25 April 2012

Turner Prize winning artist Jeremy Deller will be creating a plastic version of the iconic prehistoric monument Stonehenge as part of Glasgow’s International Festival of the Visual Arts. 16 April 2012

Plastics Design and Moulding Exhibition and Summit (PDM12) organisers have confirmed the programme of the two-day PDM12 Summit. 11 April 2012

RPC Containers is expanding its range of Euro Squeeze bottles with two new sizes – 750ml and 250ml. 11 April 2012

Luton-based moulder Certwood has been awarded two Fira International awards for its Storsystem education storage shelves; one for innovation and one for ergonomic excellence. 11 April 2012

Dassault Systèmes has launched SolidWorks Plastics 2012, a new range of software tools that enable users to avoid potential manufacturing defects during the early stages of plastics part and injection mould design. 11 April 2012

A series of 50 plastic skulls daubed with household gloss paint are up for sale at the Damien Hirst exhibition at the Tate Modern. And one can be yours for a mere £36,800. 10 April 2012

The lightweight Pelé Sports Trinity 3E football boot has won the ISPO BrandNew Award in the footwear category for being “the most innovative product of the year” with a little help from PebaxFoam, the lightweight TPE foam from Zotefoams. 10 April 2012

3D design systems specialist Dassault Systèmes has joined the Bristol-based National Composites Centre as an associate member. TenCate Advanced Composites, which supplies advanced thermoplastic and thermoset composites principally for aerospace applications, is now a tier 2 member. 2 April 2012

Film insert moulding (FIM) specialist MacDermid Autotype is looking to sell its expertise at the designer interface. The company offers the advice: "Talk to us about FIM at the conceptual stage – right at the start of the project." 27 March 2012

Application-specific development work on thermoplastic elastomers is building on their advantages over rubber and other traditional materials – including the ready processability of TPEs by injection moulding, extrusion or blow moulding. 23 March 2012

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