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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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Mar 10, 2023 | Industry News

BYK Opens Its Second Manufacturing Facility in China

BYK officially opens its second manufacturing facility in China, expanding existing premises with laboratories and administration in Shanghai. With an initial output of 4,750 tonnes, the integrated...

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Mar 8, 2023 | Industry News

Neste to Establish Algae Pilot Production Facility to Strengthen Raw Materials Pool

Neste, a producer of sustainable aviation fuel, renewable diesel and renewable feedstock solutions for various polymers and chemicals industry uses, aims to establish an algae pilot production...

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Mar 7, 2023 | Industry News

SABIC Announces Catalysts Production Project in Saudi Arabia

During the ceremony, SABIC announced a strategic project to manufacture catalysts with the aim of transforming Saudi Arabia into a manufacturing hub for specialized materials in line with the...

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Mar 7, 2023 | Product News

Avient Exhibits Additives & Colorants for Recycling at Plastics Recycling Conference

Avient Corporation exhibits and participates at the Plastics Recycling Conference, highlighting its polymer solutions that help make plastics more recyclable and improve recycled resin. Avient...

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Mar 3, 2023 | Industry News

Researchers Develop New Processes to Degrade PUR & PVA Using Enzymes

A team from the University of Greifswald, together with Covestro and teams from Leipzig and Ireland, develop two new processes where enzymes as biocatalysts can degrade polyurethane and polyvinyl...

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Mar 2, 2023 | Industry News

Nova Institute Highlights Bio-based Feedstocks’ Global Trends 2022-2027

The major feedstock used for bio-based polymer production are sugars (29%), starch is used with 18%. These feedstocks are gained from high-yielding sugarcane and maize resulting in high area...

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Mar 1, 2023 | Industry News

Mitsui & Partners to Implement Projects for Achieving Carbon Neutrality in Japan

Sumitomo Chemical Co., Ltd., Maruzen Petrochemical Co., Ltd., and Mitsui Chemicals, Inc. sign a memorandum of understanding to jointly study the feasibility of implementing collaborative projects at...

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Feb 28, 2023 | Industry News

Grolman Group’s Net-zero Targets Get Validated by Science Based Target Initiative

Grolman Group’s ambitious net-zero targets have been validated and published by the Science Based Target Initiative. Grolman Grioup claims to know that there is not just one way to achieve net-zero...

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Feb 27, 2023 | Product News

Avient Exhibited Additives & Colorants Solutions at MD&M West

Avient exhibited at Medical Design and Manufacturing (MD&M) West as part of the IME West show, highlighting its polymer solutions and services that can assist healthcare OEMs and molders in solving...

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Feb 27, 2023 | Industry News

Orion Receives EcoVadis Gold Rating for Its Sustainability Initiatives

Orion Engineered Carbons announces that it has received a gold medal rating from EcoVadis, an independent organization that assesses the performance of companies in a wide range of sustainability...

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