In this interview, Sammi Sadler, Senior Applications Engineer at Instron, provides insights into how automation is being introduced for plastics testing and the opportunities this can bring. How would ...

Polymer-based—or plastic—synthetic materials have a hold on the fashion industry, currently making up about two-thirds of all fibers used in textiles with no signs of slowing down. At the same time, ...

The Ocean Legacy Foundation (OLF), a nonprofit organization based in Richmond, British Columbia, has expanded its affordable plastic testing and production support services designed to support ...

The organization says its new standard will help test biodegradability rates of plastics in cold aquatic environments.

Taking steps to automate a lab can deliver more repeatable test results and higher throughput. Plastics laboratories often face the task of examining a substantial number of comparable samples while ...

CS Analytical Laboratory has added two new instruments to bolster its plastics additives testing capabilities in alignment with updated USP 661.1 methods for testing individual plastic materials used ...

Global laboratory-based testing services leader Element Materials Technology has announced an expansion of its lab in Sweden specialized in plastic pipe testing. Element said the investment is ...

COLUMBIA, Md.—Shimadzu Scientific Instruments has introduced a new line of tabletop testing instruments known as the Autograph AGS-V Series, company officials said June 17. Shimadzu officials said the ...

NSF International has acquired PSILab Inc., an advanced product testing and consulting laboratory. PSILab is in Longmont, Colo., and specializes in plastic pipe, pipe materials and polymeric composite ...

This simple snapshot video of the IT503 details key system attributes, including easy display access, interlocking doors and data capture and reporting. All weights, strikers and anvils for the IT503 ...

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. is investing $140 million to expand its existing laboratory plastics production to support global demand for COVID-19 testing and the development of therapies and ...