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CIRPLACAR project wins at SIGRAUTO Innovation Awards
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- Published on Wednesday, 19 June 2024
CIRPLACAR, a collaborative project involving LATEP, IMDEA Energía, and the Institute of Structure of Matter, secured second place in the 4th edition of the SIGRAUTO Innovation in Recovery Awards at the X National Meeting on End-of-Life Vehicle Management and Recycling in IFEMA Madrid.
URJC celebrates 20 years of LATEP with a Conference on Circular Economy in Plastics
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- Published on Wednesday, 29 May 2024
On May 28th, Rey Juan Carlos University (URJC) celebrated the 20th anniversary of the Laboratory of Polymer Technology and Materials (LATEP).
The Polymer Technology Laboratory, first accredited laboratory in Spain for determining the Strain Hardening in polyethylene pipe grades
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- Published on Tuesday, 25 April 2023
The recent development of ultra-resistant polyethylene grades for water and gas conduction (PE100RC) represents a significant breakthrough for the industry due to a substantial improvement in the resistance of these new materials to slow crack growth, which is the primary long-term failure mode of polyethylene pipes during service.
LATEP will carry out tests to validate new ultra-resistant pipes
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- Published on Friday, 25 March 2022
LATEP has signed an important collaboration agreement with the company CEIS for the investigation and evaluation of the new PE100RC (Resistant to Crack) pipes.
LATEP finds innovative solutions to reuse recycled polyethylene fishing nets
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- Published on Monday, 21 March 2022
LATEP research team, within its line of research focused on the recycling of plastics and the transition towards a Circular Economy, has carried out a study focused on the search for possible uses for recycled polymer resins obtained from discarded high-density polyethylene (HDPE) fishing nets, which critically affects the marine flora and fauna.
