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Sustainability / Natural Solutions


Due to the growing awareness for a more circular economy, the industry is now on a constant lookout for renewable feedstocks and recycling solutions.

Biobased additives and polymers are being increasingly used now but there is still scope for improvement for their use in demanding applications and there is a need to find new solutions for end-of-life challenges.

Recycling of plastics is the need of the hour and researchers and companies alike are investing their time for new ways of recycling, like using NIR-sortable additives and masterbatches or using more recycled content in the polymers.

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Jul 18, 2023 | Industry News

Circa Group Pursues Patents for Two New Solvents for CO₂ Capture Processes

Circa Group AS applies for patents for two new solvents for CO2 capture processes. As both the interest and the urgency to capture and transform carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions increase, Circa has...

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Jul 17, 2023 | Industry News

Toray to Ramp Up Carbon Fiber Production in South Carolina and Korea Facilities

Toray Industries announces plans to increase regular tow carbon fiber production capacity at two facilities. Capital investments will add lines to the Spartanburg plant in South Carolina, USA of...

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Jul 17, 2023 | Industry News

Röhm's Worms Site Welcomes New Research Center for Methacrylate Chemistry

Röhm officially opens a new innovation center at its site in Worms, Germany, together with the managing partner of the Thelen Group, the real estate investor and general contractor for the project...

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Jul 14, 2023 | Industry News

Researchers Develop a Novel Way to Recycle PET-based Plastics Using Electricity

Chemists at University of Colorado, Boulder have developed a new way to recycle a common type of plastic found in soda bottles and other packaging. The team’s method relies on electricity and some...

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Jul 13, 2023 | Industry News

Researchers Develop a Novel Recycling Method to Recycle Fiber-Reinforced Plastics

Researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Production Technology IPT in Aachen have developed a novel recycling process to recover the fiber composite material of used pressure tanks in a peeling...

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Jul 13, 2023 | Industry News

Technip Energies & LanzaTech Collaborate for Transforming Waste Carbon into Ethylene

Technip Energies and LanzaTech sign a Joint Collaboration Agreement to create a new pathway to sustainable ethylene utilizing their combined technologies. Together LanzaTech’s carbon capture and...

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Jul 12, 2023 | Industry News

LyondellBasell Acquires Mepol for Expanding Advanced Polymer Solutions Unit

LyondellBasell completes the acquisition of Mepol Group, a manufacturer of recycled, high-performing technical compounds located in Italy and Poland. Mepol and its subsidiaries Polar and Industrial...

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Jul 12, 2023 | Industry News

Azelis Collaborates with Solvay for Blowing Agent Distribution in EMEA Region

Azelis announces the signing of a letter of intent with Solvay, a global leader in advanced materials and specialty chemicals. This latest win is for Solvay’s sustainable blowing agent Alve-One®...

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Jul 11, 2023 | Industry News

Avantium Partners with SCGC to develop CO₂ Based Monomer & High-value Products

Avantium N.V., a technology provider in renewable chemistry, announces that it has agreed to partner with SCG Chemicals Public Company Limited (SCGC), a leading integrated chemical player in Asia...

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Jul 10, 2023 | Product News

CAI Performance Additives Unveils Functionalized ABS for Reinforced Materials

CAI Performance Additives launches their latest product, ST-4210™, a highly functionalized Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene (ABS) that is used to improve the compatibility and mechanical properties...

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