The Plastics and Rubber Association of the Manufacturers Association estimates that within two years, 10% of the plastic and rubber factories in Israel will use nanotechnology. This will lead to an annual increase of about 80 million dollars in the export of plastic and rubber products that will be produced with nanotechnology
Avi Blizovsky
The plastic and rubber industry in Israel is entering the age of nanotechnology, (use of small particles to improve product properties) in plastic products for the home, in plastic products in the field of packaging, in plastic products for agriculture, in plastic products for construction, in plastic products for the automobile, aircraft, space and medical industries. This is what Meir Bar-El, VP of the Manufacturers' Association and director of the Plastics and Rubber Association said.
Bar-El estimates that within two years about 10% of the large and medium-sized plastic and rubber factories in Israel (about 15 factories) will use nanotechnology in the products they produce. Something that will result in an annual increase of about 80 million dollars - in sales for export of those products that will be produced with this modern and advanced technology.
The Director of the Plastics and Rubber Branch at the Manufacturers' Association notes that the adoption of nanotechnology will allow the Israeli plastics and rubber industry to improve its competitiveness abroad and market new products more easily, while increasing sales. He also said that the plastics and rubber industry in Israel has a great advantage, as it is assisted by the Plastics and Rubber Institute at the Shenkar Higher School of Engineering and Design, which has accumulated a lot of knowledge in this field. He added that these technologies are already being used by plastic and rubber manufacturers in Japan, Europe and the USA. In order to enter the age of nanotechnology, says Bar-El, the Plastics and Rubber Association of the Manufacturers Association, the Plastics Engineering Department in Shenkar and the Center for Plastics and Rubber in Shenkar, in collaboration with the Magnet Project of the Office of the Chief Scientist, held a special meeting on February 6 at Shenkar High School for engineering and design.
Prof. Amots Weinberg, president of Shankar, points out that Shankar is the only academic institution that trains plastic engineers and awards its graduates with a Bachelor of Science degree (B.Sc). The school operates the National Center for Polymer Science named after Yosef Segol (one of the founders of "Plastic Crown"), which deals with research and development in nanotechnology for plastic materials for the plastic and rubber industry in Israel. The Polymer Science Research Center in Shankar is involved in a number of nanotechnology studies in companies in Europe and the United States and serves as a central laboratory for the Israeli industry for testing, development and industrial research for polymeric materials, production methods and process characterization for the automotive and aviation industries, for the field of medicine, for electronics, for agriculture, for food packaging and more.
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