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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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Dec 15, 2023 | Industry News

BASF Completes Capacity Expansion for Key Specialty Amines at Louisiana Site

BASF has completed its capacity expansion for key specialty amines manufactured at its Geismar, Louisiana site. As a result, BASF will be able to produce more of its key polyetheramines and amine...

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Dec 14, 2023 | Industry News

Sabic, Scientific Design and Linde Partner to Decarbonize Ethylene Glycol Process

SABIC, Scientific Design (SD), an affiliate company licensing leader in Ethylene Glycol Technology and Linde Engineering, a subsidiary of Linde, have entered into a Memorandum of Understanding to...

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Dec 13, 2023 | Industry News

Synthos and OMV Join Forces for Sustainable Butadiene Supply for Rubber in Tires

Synthos announces signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with OMV, an Austrian multinational integrated oil, gas, and petrochemicals company. Under the MOU, the two companies will...

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Dec 12, 2023 | Product News

BASF to Offer Butanediol and Polytetrahydrofuran with Reduced Carbon Footprints

From early 2024 onward, BASF will offer its products 1,4-butanediol (BDO) and polytetrahydrofuran (PolyTHF®) as ‘LowPCF’ products. BASF has calculated the individual product carbon footprints...

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Dec 11, 2023 | Industry News

Covestro to Revamp Dormagen's TDI Production with Multimillion-euro Upgrade

Covestro is investing a mid to high double-digit million amount in the modernization of its production facility in Dormagen by 2025, in order to further strengthen the sustainability and...

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Dec 8, 2023 | Industry News

Orion's Cologne Plant Earns ISCC PLUS Certification for Circular Carbon Black Solutions

Orion S.A. announces that a fourth plant has earned International Sustainability and Carbon Certification (ISCC PLUS). The company now leads its industry with the number of certified carbon black...

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Dec 8, 2023 | Product News

Birla Carbon Showcases Its Wide Range of Solutions for Plastics at Plastivision 2023

Birla Carbon will be participating at Plastivision India 2023, from December 07 – 11, 2023, at the Bombay Exhibition Center, Goregaon, Mumbai. Birla Carbon will showcase its plastics solutions at...

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Dec 7, 2023 | Product News

FRX Innovations' Green Flame Retardants Drive New Product Launches Globally

FRX Innovations announces commercial product launches of new Nofia® based products by two globally recognized chemical companies, and one important regional producer, this quarter. Each...

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Dec 7, 2023 | Industry News

New Research Highlights Potential of Bentonite Clay Filters for PFAS Elimination

PFAS filters available for industrial waste usually consist of activated carbon (PFAS-per- and polyfluorinated alkyl compounds). Since this is comparatively expensive, research is looking for...

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Dec 5, 2023 | Industry News

Dow to Build World's First Net-zero Integrated Ethylene Cracker Facility in Alberta

DOW announces that its board of directors has declared Final Investment Decision on the Company's Fort Saskatchewan Path2Zero investment to build the world's first net-zero Scope 1 and 2 emissions...

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