FDM stands for fused deposition modeling, but what does that mean, and how does it differ from other 3D printing methods? Let ...

A closer look at this subgroup of the basic materials sector and some of the best metals stocks to invest in. Investing in plastics stocks offers a mix of stability from traditional industrial demand ...

Port Richey, Florida-based Seaway Plastics Engineering provides outsourced design and manufacturing to medical device OEMs, including precision injection molding, liquid silicone rubber and complex ...

For global packaging and recycling company ALPLA, designing a recyclable package now starts well before the package even exists — with the initial customer price quote. Based near Atlanta, Jonathan ...

A tractor making piles of compost. Firms are developing bacteria and enzymes that might one day be used to break down microplastics in compost. Credit: Shutterstock Synthetic polymers have been on the ...

Pretty Plastic has designed the Basic Third facade. Basic Third is a demountable facade system that transforms post-consumer PVC waste into a versatile architectural surface. Developed as Pretty ...

Plastics are inherently dielectrics or electrical insulators, with electrons tightly bound within their covalent polymer chains, preventing the free flow of charge. This property makes them ...

Veronica Beagle is the managing editor for Education at Forbes Advisor. She completed her master’s in English at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa. Before coming to Forbes Advisor she worked on ...