Taiwan eyes development of composites for various industries

Taiwan is at the frontier of innovation for new composite materials, very much like how the machineries and IT industries flourished on the island.

Automotive industry to drive growth of magnesium alloys

The future of magnesium alloys in the global automotive industry looks strong with increasing penetration of lightweight materials and rising vehicle production, according Lucintel.

New resource on product inspection

Through its new blog, Mettler-Toledo keeps the food and pharmaceutical industry updated on everything related to product inspection

CHINAPLAS 2016 Exhibitors Showcase: Machinery and Equipment

Exhibitors Showcase featuring Machinery and Equipment - injection molding machines, extrusion lines, blow molding systems, and many more.

Head for another breathtaking record: SIAL CHINA 2016 more international than ever

Asia’s largest food innovation exhibition will welcome 3,000 exhibitors and 66,000 trade visitors in Shanghai

Dragon Era: A taste for the exotic

Vietnam-based company prepares to export its dragon fruit concentrate writes Anthony Evans

ExxonMobil releases mPE resin for stronger shrink films

Enable™ 40-02 metallocene polyethylene (mPE) resin allows the creation of collation shrink films with enhanced stiffness, strength and holding force.

Trends in sports nutrition

Sports nutrition is proving to be a major contributor to the growing consumer health sector further boosted by the World Health Organization’s (WHO) call to curb obesity

Fruit flavored water from Malaysia

Spritzer’s mineral water is sourced from facilities located in a tropical rainforest in Perak, Malaysia

Small unmanned aerial sensor under development through ARPA-E

Heath Consultants Incorporated (Heath) in collaboration with Physical Sciences Inc. (PSI), is adapting the industry-leading laser-based Remote Methane Leak Detector (RMLD®) for mounting on the InstantEye® quadrotor Unmanned Aerial Vehicle.

NASA studies 3D printing for building densely populated electronics

As detector assemblies get smaller and denser -- packed with electronic components that all must be electrically connected to sense and read out signals -- it's becoming increasingly more challenging to design and manufacture these all-important instrument devices.

Special project supports Tanzanian cocoa farmers

Barry Callebaut, the Cocoa Horizons Foundation and Kim’s Chocolates together provide cocoa farmers and their communities with 130,000 seedlings, technical training and agricultural tools, as well as classrooms for their children