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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 5, 2023 | Industry News

Syclus to Build Renewable Ethanol to Ethylene Production Plant using Axens’ Technology

Syclus intends to build and operate a plant for the production of renewable ethylene from sustainable ethanol in Chemelot Industrial Park, Geleen, The Netherlands. With an annual production...

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Jul 4, 2023 | Industry News

Solvay and NJDEP Announce Agreement for Resolving PFAS Claims in New Jersey

Solvay Specialty Polymers USA, LLC, a subsidiary of Solvay S.A. (Solvay) and the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) announce an agreement resolving certain PFAS related claims...

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Jul 3, 2023 | Industry News

Teijin’s Carbon Fiber & PAN Precursor Fiber Receives ISCC PLUS Certification

Teijin Limited announces that its Tenax™ Carbon Fiber and the polyacrylonitrile (PAN) precursor fiber produced at Teijin’s Mishima Plant in Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan have received ISCC PLUS...

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Jul 3, 2023 | Product News

PPG Introduces Performance Silica for Tires Offering 50% Energy Savings

PPG announces the launch of their PPG AGILON® performance silica technology which in research demonstrates energy savings and other manufacturing benefits for tire makers. The research showed that...

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Jun 29, 2023 | Product News

Ampacet Unveils Acetaldehyde Scavenger for PET and rPET Applications

Ampacet introduces AA Scavenger 0846, an additive designed to reduce the level of acetaldehyde in PET and rPET bottles and preserve the organoleptic properties of water. One of the most common...

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Jun 28, 2023 | Article

Optislip™ – Optimum Slip and Anti-block Additives by Cargill

By SpecialChem

Hear from Michelle Downham about Cargill’s Optislip™ range of slip and anti-blocking additives and how the acquisition of Croda is shaping their polymer additives business with tremendous benefits...

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Jun 28, 2023 | Industry News

Origin Materials Commences Startup of World's First Commercial CMF Plant

Origin Materials, Inc., with a mission to enable the world’s transition to sustainable materials, announces it has begun startup of Origin 1, the world’s first commercial CMF plant, located in...

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Jun 28, 2023 | Industry News

Lummus Technology and MOL Group Partner for Chemical Recycling of Plastics

Lummus Technology and MOL Group announce their agreement to cooperate in the deployment and integration of chemical recycling of plastics at MOL’s assets in Hungary and Slovakia. Chemical...

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Jun 27, 2023 | Industry News

SASA Polyester to Build Propane Dehydrogenation Unit with Honeywell's Technology

Honeywell announces that SASA Polyester Sanayi A.Ş. will build the world’s largest Propane Dehydrogenation (PDH) unit in Yumurtalık, Türkiye using the latest generation of Honeywell Oleflex™...

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Jun 26, 2023 | Article

Achieving Ambitious Sustainability Targets with Palsgaard’s Plant-based Additives

By Ulrik Aunskjær

Hear from Ulrik Aunskjær, Global Business Director of Bio-specialty Additives at Palsgaard, about their plant-based additives that help brand owners to achieve their goals of reducing plastic...

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