These sheets of plastic film may look seemingly innocuous, but increase the temperature around them and they transform into beautiful and elaborate origami models before your very eyes. Developed by ...

Japanese scientists have developed a new type of plastic that’s strong at room temperature, but can be easily broken down on demand into its base components. In seawater, it starts to break down into ...

NEC has developed a shape-memory plastic that can be formed at room temperature . The plastic can be heated and cooled, remaining pliant for for several minutes during which it can be processed. The ...

Ensinger Group has purchased the assets of Poly-Tech Industrial Inc., a plastic shapes firm in Huntersville, N.C. No purchase price was disclosed. Poly-Tech was founded in 2001 by Dan Cedrone, who ...