Materials
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EPS says manufacturers are accelerating automation in direct-to-object printing systems. Skills shortages, labour costs, and integration demands are reshaping decoration technology.
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FuturaSun is adding anti-soiling glass to its PV modules line. The Silk Nova Pure range uses integrated technology from Kastus Technologies to reduce dirt accumulation, cut cleaning requirements, and support stronger energy yield across solar installations.
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Kimball Electronics has expanded medical manufacturing through its Helvoet acquisition. The €90m transaction adds Dutch and Indian CDMO capacity in micro-moulding, diagnostics, microfluidics, and drug delivery components.
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Airbus has marked a Belfast wingset milestone under direct ownership. The Northern Ireland site has delivered its 500th A220-300 wingset, reinforcing its role as the exclusive production centre for the aircraft’s advanced composite wings.
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Surventis has launched as an independent automotive coatings business today. The former BASF Coatings operation is backed by Carlyle and QIA, with BASF retaining 40%.
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Finnish researchers have identified barriers slowing circular plastics transition progress. The study points to regulation, technology, markets, behaviour, and collaboration as interdependent constraints.
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Chaffin Works will host a Tubex recycling hub near Cambridge. The 2026 collection point adds local capacity for used tree shelters as the programme approaches two million shelters collected and recycled.
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UKNNL and Manchester are formalising a deeper nuclear partnership agreement. The MoU links fuels, materials, decommissioning, waste, and skills.
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Trelleborg has opened an automated European industrial service centre. The German facility combines logistics, clean-room handling, assembly, and materials innovation.
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Syensqo and Bucci are targeting scalable automotive composite production. Their partnership will combine advanced materials, forming technology, and component manufacturing expertise.
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