"Yesterday's waste becomes tomorrow's mobility." These were the words that greeted me just over an hour ago while checking my e-mail. Intrigued, I scanned the message and saw the word bike. What was ...

Linear bearings, also called linear guide systems, have been used in the U.S. since the early 1900s, most commonly in printing and textile industries. Tom Miller, Bearings business unit manager igus ...

Steel bearings are standard in industry, but can be heavy and corrode. Lightweight thermoplastic bearings and assemblies can address these limitations. BNL USA Inc. Foxboro, Mass. Versatile ...

Last year the world produced nearly 311 million tons of plastic, but less than 10% of that was recycled. The truth of the matter is that most plastic ends up in the wrong places; landfills, oceans, ...

‘The Age of Plastic’ was an album by the 1980s British new wave group, The Buggles – a point to which we shall return! More pertinently, it is a term often used to describe the remarkable rise of this ...