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Aging population inspires plastics, design.(News)
Plastics News, October, 2006 by Miel, Rhoda
Byline: Rhoda Miel The business worlds of design and plastics are coming face-to-face with the changing realities of the real world. With the global population aging - especially in North America and Europe - consumers will be looking for products that allow them to hang onto their existing lifestyle for as long as possible.
That means products that are easier to hang onto and easier to use. And at the same time, they'll be relying more on the medical industry as they encounter the implications of getting older. As a result, designers are looking for ideas that will make products more accessible to a wide group of users, and plastics suppliers are reaching out to those designers with information on resins that fit into that demand. "We have a...
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