	Vision and Mission. A company's vision and mission is the driving force behind what they do. So what drives Future Materials? ---more
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Research News
	Turning plastic bags into steel Your plastic shopping bag could one day be turned into steel to make your next car, according to Professor Veena Sahajwalla at the University of NSW. ---more

Tin Tacks
	A sputtering failure When manufacturing on components for Truscan commenced, some batches of the electrodes suffered from a loss of capacitance. The problem was so bad in some cases that whole batches of the product had to be rejected. The first step in addressing the problem was to characterise the titanium coating to find out what might be wrong with it. ---more

Know your material
	Improving the performance of cast iron Cast iron is a brittle material and it is advantageous to process it in such a way to improve its ability to stretch and plastically deform without fracturing. This can be achieved by the addition of a small amount of magnesium. ---more

Sensational Materials
	A cheap alternative to small parts manufacturing New technology developed at Monash University will make production of tiny parts with a diameter less than one millimetre simpler and could save industry millions of dollars. ---more


	Aussie alloy shapes engines of the future A high performance magnesium alloy developed by Australia's Cooperative Research Centre for Cast Metals Manufacturing (CAST) has been selected for the cylinder block alloy of a new magnesium intensive engine research project by USAMP, the United States Automotive Materials Partnership. ---more


	Glue less stickers Epatch is an innovative rubber-silicon sticker that can be used as a sign or label in any area. It doesn't involve glue or water, is non-toxic, very durable, and able to be bent, stretched and folded without losing its shape. ---more

Future Materials People
	Plastics are fantastic - Dr John Honig (NSW State Office Manager) The only way Australian companies can compete and prosper is to be ahead of the game technically, he says "We don't have the economies of scale of China or the huge domestic market that are available in the US or Europe. Developing and applying technology is the only ace we can play, and this is where Future Materials has such an important role to play." ---more

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