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...A further £46mn was transferred to an account in the name of Stunt & Co Ltd, a company owned by James Stunt, the former husband of socialite Petra Ecclestone, the trial heard....
...O-rings are plastic parts used to create seals in aircraft and other industrial products....
...One such area is 3D printing, also known as “additive manufacturing” because shapes are built up layer by layer in metal or plastic, rather than by moulding or cutting from a larger object....
...Because it involves building up parts in layers of plastic or metal, rather than milling or cutting away material, 3D printing is also known as additive manufacturing....
...Roughly half of these aircraft is made of carbon fibre plastic and other composite materials....
...There is a dearth of green alternatives to the fossil fuels used to make steel, cement or plastics, he adds....
...The French company has developed a bio-based plastic composite with hemp fibres to add stability....
...Yet Christoph Laimer, a Swiss computer programmer, has done just that — he has 3D-printed the parts for his own tourbillon out of plastic, except for a few pins and screws. “It’s a design of my own....
...“If you pour water over plastic it is no big deal. But if you pour it over metal everything will corrode.”...
...Samsung has ditched unpopular features of the Galaxy S5 such as its “cheap” plastic exterior, and reviews of the new phone have been broadly favourable since its unveiling in Barcelona last month....
...The South Korean group is expected to ditch the plastic backing for a more solid metal and glass frame and include innovations aimed at catching the eye of a fickle consumer....
...GM’s research is exploring the potential for mixes of carbon fibre and plastics to make the manufacturing process simpler....
...the plastic casing of earlier models, while the screen on one version spills over on to the edges of the device....
...Materials and design Materials will be where some premium smartphone makers try to stand out, with Samsung and HTC said to be moving from plastic cases to more solid metal and glass (such as the next generation...
...Last month, the US Treasury placed sanctions on Gennady Timchenko, the co-founder of Gunvor, and claimed that Russian president Vladimir Putin was a secret investor in the company....
...instead of plastic....
...BMW’s electric i3 model is built using carbon-fibre-reinforced plastic to accommodate the car’s chunky battery. This is seen as the material’s breakthrough into the mainstream....
...Surprisingly, it still has a plastic rather than metal casing. In contrast, the HTC One, due to go on sale today in some markets, has a much nicer metal case....
...Answering a reporter’s question about why smartphones such as the Galaxy S3 were often made of plastic rather than the iPhone’s glass and metal, Mr Chang explained that there are “engineering limits with...
...As a long time iPad user, I’ve grown accustomed to the feel of cold metal beneath my fingers....
...Machines based on advances in electronics, laser technology and chemistry can now “print” complex three-dimensional objects, building them up layer-by-layer from granules of plastics or metal....
...RPC , the plastic packaging maker, dropped 8 per cent to 365.4p after delivering better full-year results than expected....
...Meanwhile, a survey by Boston Consulting showed companies in the electrical appliances, furniture, car parts, electronics products, basic metals, machinery and plastic industries were among the most likely...
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...Rising prices for materials such as metals and plastics have led to the growth of some parts of the recycling industry, prompting the development of cutting-edge technologies that can retrieve these materials...
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