HONOLULU, Hawaii (HawaiiNewsNow) - The worldwide demand for Plexiglas is so high Hawaii-based company Min Plastics went a month without getting new material. The supply line’s moving again but it’s ...
Thermoplastics are amazingly versatile materials. Apply some heat, add a little force, and within seconds you’ve got a part. It’s not always quite that simple, but as [maxelrad] discovered, sometimes ...
Wedged onto kindergarteners’ desks, professors’ lecterns and cashiers’ counters, Plexiglas barriers have become a ubiquitous COVID-19 precaution, nearly as pervasive as masks and hand sanitizer. But ...
Acrylic polymers such as poly(methyl methacrylate)—the plastic used in Plexiglas—are durable materials with a huge variety of commercial applications. But the all ...
Today, plastics recycling is primarily limited to the collection of sorted PET or polyethylene beverage bottles. The plastic collected is of identical chemical composition, with polymer molecules of ...
Increased demand for Plexiglas barriers has led to shortages and price increases in Vancouver, and one business owner says that could affect her plans to reopen. North Shore Plastics owner Martin ...
History might have been made in Moraga this week if a sheet of Plexiglas hadn't popped out of a telephone booth. But it did, and with the Plexiglas went the dreams and aspirations of a whole lot of St ...