Automotive
Plastics are vital to a wide array of safety and performance features in our cars and trucks. Explore the latest innovations.
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Road Trip! How to Keep Food Fresh and Reduce Packaging Waste Eating on a road trip can be tricky. Done right: healthful, fresh snacks. Done wrong: a dubious bread/meat/cheese combo. We vote for healthful and fresh. Here's How
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What Protects Us? (Hint: Plastics) More and more, we’re relying on new and rapidly evolving hi-tech materials (plastics) to keep us safe. Materials that we created over the past century… and mostly just over the past few decades. Explore Here
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Shouldn’t It Be Easier to Fix Our Cars? Reversible Bonding Research May Show the Way. Today’s cars and trucks are technological marvels. Due to modern innovations, we now drive the safest, best-designed, most fuel-efficient cars. Ever. Learn More
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Recycling Plastics: A Win-Win Scenario for Automakers Automakers looking to lighten their environment footprint are turning to recycled plastics as a material of choice for a wide range of high-quality vehicle parts. Learn More
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Automobile Safety Using Plastics More than Ever Tough, lightweight plastics have helped protect drivers and passengers for decades, and they continue to inspire new innovations in automotive safety. Learn More
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Automotive Plastics Play Key Role as Automakers Seek to Build Fuel-Efficient Vehicles Lightweight, durable plastics enable automakers to achieve environmental goals—without compromising the advanced safety and design features today's consumers look for in their vehicles. Learn More
Innovation of the Week
An innovative startup creates colorful, one-of-a-kind Bluetooth speakers from recycled plastic bags and wraps.
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