Design 
The recently inaugurated clock tower, the central tower of the Abraj-Al Arab development in Makkah, Saudi Arabia, features fibre reinforced polymer (FRP) composite materials and structural engineering composites specialist Gurit.
23 January 2012
Time is running out to enter the 24th DuPont Awards for Packaging Innovation. The deadline for entries is 24 February and products commercialised no earlier than January 2010 are eligible.
20 January 2012
Specially designed polyurethane bellows, manufactured by Beakbane for the National Oceanography Centre (NOC), will play a crucial role in a pioneering project that will explore Lake Ellsworth, an ancient lake trapped 3km below the ice of Antarctica.
19 January 2012
Custom Composites, part of the Attwater Group, has launched a range of products for the international marine sector, including masts, tiller extensions and safety rails.
17 January 2012
The Fraunhofer Umsicht institute in Oberhausen displayed a sport shoe at Euromold 2011 with a prototype outer sole made for the first time by selective laser sintering (SLS) of a thermoplastic polyurethane powder developed by the institute.
16 January 2012
Rapid prototyping has traditionally been seen as a way of testing whether a design will work before taking it to full production. With tooling costing potentially hundreds of thousands of dollars, it’s of obvious benefit to make sure the design works before you get to this stage.
13 January 2012
Stick-iT, a portable beverage holder made by the Belgian company CP Multi Trading, received the golden innovation award at the 2011 International Exhibition of Inventions in Geneva, Switzerland.
11 January 2012
Can you teach someone to be creative? Well it seems you can. KinneirDufort offers a unique design ideation service – sometimes even involving role-playing - that can help clients with their design issues.
9 January 2012
Continental Tyres has teamed up with Adidas to develop a high-end trail running shoe. The tyre maker’s Traction Compound technology is being used for shoe’s sole to provide “sure grip on wet and dry roads,” said the company.
6 January 2012
An eminent polymer chemist has helped develop “catalytic clothing” which can break down harmful atmospheric pollution such as nitrous oxide arising from industrial and automotive sources.
5 January 2012
Wrexham-based Silvergate Plastics has helped a client develop a car air freshener featuring scented plastic. The fragrances are encapsulated within a slow-release polymer, which the manufacturer says extends the life of the product.
5 January 2012
Cadbury owner Kraft is set to spend £6m on new packaging for its Dairy Milk, Whole Nut and Fruit and Nut bars. The redesigned plastic packs will see the three products stand upright and will feature a resealable flap.
4 January 2012
While UK designs and inventions have traditional gone overseas for production this trend could be reversing with manufacturing coming back to Britain, argues Julia Moore, chief executive of trade association the GTMA.
3 January 2012
Undergoing restoration, the historic tea clipper is getting a new plumbing system thanks to Polypipe's Polypress technology
21 December 2011
Star Prototype has resurrected a finishing process used on Spitfire aircraft cockpit canopies to polish polycarbonate parts for a door access security control.
21 December 2011
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