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Assessing the options for companies setting challenging goals for plastic reduction
In a move to help tackle the problems of plastic reduction, many companies have set themselves ambitious goals for the...
Conventional plastics and bioplastics: How can we move from the former to the latter
Plastic products are ubiquitous due to their particular material properties – properties that scientists and...
Understanding the materials science of plastics to address end of life challenges
Non-biodegradable plastics build up in landfill or the natural environment as we produce and dispose of them many...
Normalising connectivity – could unconnected devices become the exception?
In this article, Charlotte Harvey, Consultant Mechanical Engineer, considers the growing trend of connected devices...
Breaking up with plastic
Technical steps to rethink, replace and reduce plastic packaging Reducing plastic waste is one of the great challenges...
World-class research laboratories & facilities
Did you know Sagentia owns 100,000 sq ft of dedicated research and development facilities? This R&D real estate...
Agri-tech: Livestock monitoring
Using low-cost wearable and ingestible devices to monitor the health of livestock in real-time - is almost a reality...
Agri-tech: Pollination tracking
While the principles of successful pollination are well understood, there are no current means to monitor the level of...
Industrial
08 March, 2018
Reconstitution Devices: Mixing, Power, Packaging & Regulation
In this article, Charlotte Harvey, Consultant Mechanical Engineer, discusses the challenge of reconstituting...
Energy harvesting: Powering connected drug delivery devices
Drug delivery devices have previously operated without any electrical power but are now increasingly including...
Medical
07 December, 2017
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