Sunday, March 9, 2014



Plastics, Polymer and Beyond

 Looking to use plastics in your business? Looking for a site that gives practically complete information about plastics, its uses and the processes involved? You came to the right place.
Plastics are the most versatile materials in the modern world. It is found in almost any product today. It can be engineered to be tougher than steel or softer than cloth. This property has made plastics a cheaper alternative for conventional materials used in everyday products thus making it a boon to world industry. Plastics can be found in items from toys to weapons, from simple transparent packaging to complex machines.

What many may not know is that plastics are made from organic polymers from plant or animal tissue but plastics we know today are made from petrochemicals or in layman terms, oil. Its properties can be tweaked to become hard or soft, light or heavy, dull or colorful by adding other substances.
That is but part of the comprehensive information both objective and personal regarding plastics offered by this site. Few sites also offer personal experiences, manufacturing information, issues and even training. There’s no other avenue to get every bit of information about plastics than in a forum where manufacturing experts and researchers can converge and share information through discussion.
 This site discusses everything about plastics with regards to product development from design, tool making and prototyping. Manufacturing discusses various processes such as molding, compounding, injection, extrusion, compositing, testing and quality assurance. It also discusses plastic types and materials. Businessmen will be at home with industry news and topics which include education and training, regional plastic groups and associations, events, trade shoes and seminars, and news regarding fellow entrepreneurs and investors. Also discussed are some miscellaneous topics regarding plastics as well as items for sale and career opportunities.
What’s best about this site, ( http://www.theplasticsforum.com/ ), is that membership is free and include updates through RSS feeds.