News Trends: Material innovations in the textile and fashion industry, H2...
RESEARCH BRIEF: In the past decade, apparel and fashion have been increasingly described as industries too stubborn to change. The current evolution of fashion is heavily shaped by globalization as...
View ArticleNews Trends: Thermal management 2023 review
RESEARCH BRIEF: Thermal management is an ongoing challenge for electronics infrastructure developers, due to the demands to increase compute power density, improve charging and data transfer speeds,...
View ArticleThe use of nonwood fibers in pulp and paper packaging
RESEARCH BRIEF: Supply concerns and fears of deforestation prompt interest in nonwood pulp. Demand for pulp and paper packaging is on the rise, but concerns surrounding deforestation and fears that...
View ArticleInvestment Trends: Metamaterials
RESEARCH BRIEF: Metamaterials have precisely controlled patterned micro- or nanostructures, allowing them to interfere with light, sound, or other wavelength regimes to enable characteristics that...
View ArticleMaxwell Labs
COMPANY PROFILE: Passive radiative cooling thermal compounds, coatings, heat sinks, and cold plates
View ArticleIndustrial Digital Twins
TECH HUB: A digital representation of an industrial physical asset or process built on information from the physical world.
View ArticleTechnology Lanscape: Paper bottles
RESEARCH BRIEF: Until the last couple of years, the concept of paper bottles has been viewed as intriguing and out of the box but impractical. Today, innovation, plastic pollution, and the need for...
View ArticleAlpla doubled down on recycling to achieve its packaging targets
CASE STUDY: Alpla is a global developer and manufacturer of rigid plastic solutions, such as packaging systems, bottles, closures, and injection-molded parts. Its product portfolio consists mainly of...
View ArticleInnovation Cluster Highlight: Industry 4.0 Accelerator
RESEARCH BRIEF: Innovation clusters seek to stimulate innovation activity by creating localized communities of independent organizations that are all focused on developing new technologies relevant to...
View ArticleFairbrics: CO₂-derived monoethylene glycol (MEG) and polyester
RESEARCH BRIEF: Benoît Illy and Tawfiq Nasr Allah founded Fairbrics in 2019. The company is based in Clichy, France. In January 2023, Fairbrics secured EUR 22 million, supported largely by Horizon...
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