Patients with ICU delirium more likely to die

Delirium, a condition developed by many patients in hospital intensive care units, is associated with higher mortality rates, more complications, longer stays in the ICU, and longer hospitalisations

Statins linked to improved survival in inflammatory breast cancer

Early study results show benefits from the commonly used drug to lower cholesterol in most dangerous form of disease

Bio-based long carbon chain nylon

Specialty rubber output to rise

Sustainability as megatrend in Asia

Asia's economy has bottomed and growth will pick up starting into 2013. This has been the forecast of the International Monetary Fund (IMF). The region is expected to grow by 5.9% in 2013, with China – the world’s second largest economy – to grow at a healthy 8.2% in 2013. The gradual recovery of the United States and European economies is seen as one factor that will further strengthen these positive predictions.

High-performance additives for packaging

Plastic additive is a diversified industry with various types of additives such as property modifiers, property extenders, property stabilisers and processing aids and is set to demonstrate a high growth rate over the next few years. Major end use markets served by the industry include commercial construction, automotive, consumer appliances industry and general manufacturing industries. The plastic additive industry being energy and capital intensive, oil and gas are considered as major raw mat

Polymer nanoparticles that heal

Researchers at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center have modified electrically-conductive polymers, commonly used in solar energy applications, to develop revolutionary polymer nanoparticles (PNs) for a medical application. When the nanoparticles are exposed to infrared light, they generate heat that can be used to kill colorectal cancer cells.

Extruder for PET bottle recycling

PET Bottle-to-Bottle recycling is, from both an environmental and economic viewpoint, an extremely interesting process. An increasing number of processors manufacture new bottles from post-consumer PET bottles which are in most cases suitable for food contact containers. Gneuss Kunststofftechnik GmbH (Bad Oeynhausen, Germany) has the ideal concept via its Multi Rotation System (MRS) extruder, Melt Filtration System and Online Viscometer. This system has unrestricted FDA approval for PET reproces

Raymond Wong: Optimised design for greater efficiency

The Kreyenborg Group is a family-owned group of companies that has been recognised for more than 50 years as the global market leader for screen changers. Kreyenborg offers the appropriate machine for each filtration application, and its portfolio ranges from discontinuous and continuous systems to fully automatic backflush screen changers and melt filters. The International Plastics News for Asia (IRNA) talked to Mr.Raymond Wong , Area Sales Manager of Kreyenborg|BKG based in Kuala Lumpur, Ma

Ultra System develops new compounds

IMCD acquires the business of Safic Pacific in Australia

AXION enters SE Asia rail market with composite railroad ties