A long life span of PVC products ranging from 5 to 50 years makes this one of the prime reasons for its use in the building & construction industry. To gain an insight into the fire resistance of a PVC product, the amount of smoke, toxic gases and heat released by PVC, disposal of a PVC product at the end of its life cycle and the superiority of PVC to asbestos or glass or fiberglass reinforced product, read PVC and Fire

As manufacturers increasingly design small devices such as hearing aids, ear canal implant devices, micro pumps and micromanipulators, a growth opportunity & technical challenge exists for injection moulders to manufacture micro sized plastic parts for medical industry. Read in Challenges facing injection moulding of micro sized parts for medical industry

Radiation cross-linking of end products made from polyethylene has been industrially carried out for almost half a century. A novel approach has been developed in which PE is modified by radiation before conversion to end products, offering a unique opportunity to develop polymers from different polyethylene grades for different applications. This radiation modification of PE renders a unique method for the manufacture of a range of novel polymers with unique characteristics, normally not attainable by the non-modified PE. Read in A new method of cross linking of PE improves properties & widens scope