All over the world the use of lighting systems with LED (light emitting diodes) technology is on the increase. They can be found in applications such…

Magnetizable plastics have been familiar for some considerable time and are sometimes injection moulded into complex moulds and then magnetized as a…

Ever more stringent requirements placed on the static and dynamic load-bearing capacity of plastic components – including those used to substitute…

The current trend is very much towards replacing light alloy and metal parts by plastic. And it is not always the price that plays the main role but…

Combinations of new additives – even on the nanoscale – have made it possible to further increase the wear resistance of LUVOCOM® PEEK compounds. One…

The centuries-old principle of transforming rotational into linear motion and vice-versa was used in ancient times to move heavy loads and in pumping…

Today it is difficult to imagine modern automobiles without plastics. They are used in interiors, for bumpers and body parts and even in heavy-duty…

Lehmann&Voss&Co., renowned as a producer of tailor-made high-performance compounds, is expanding its product portfolio to include thermoplastic…

The use of carbon fibres in thermoplastic compounds is nothing new. Carbon-fibre reinforced materials have been indispensable in the fields of…

In medical applications, plastics have to fulfil several basic requirements in addition to physiological properties such as biocompatibility: an…