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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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Feb 6, 2023 | Product News

Chemours Unveils Rutile TiO₂ Pigment to Enhance Processing Performance in Plastics

The Chemours Company unveils Ti-Pure™ TS-1510, a highly efficient rutile titanium dioxide (TiO2) pigment designed to enhance processing performance in plastics applications, including polyolefin...

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Feb 6, 2023 | Product News

Heubach Presented Color Solutions Supporting Plastics Sustainability at PlastIndia 2023

For Heubach, this year´s PlastIndia was all about sustainability. The company showcased a range of organic and inorganic pigments, dyes and comprehensive color solutions that support the plastics...

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Feb 3, 2023 | Industry News

Azelis to Acquire Lidorr Elements, a Specialty Chemicals Distributor in Israel

Azelis announces that it has signed an agreement to acquire 100% of the shares of Lidorr Elements, one of Israel's specialty chemical distributors in industrial materials, crop-protection, and care...

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Feb 3, 2023 | Industry News

BYK Expands Production Capacity for Surface Additives in China

For BYK, the Shanghai integrated site is the second production facility in China following BYK Tongling. The total investment of the phase II project (SCIP II), covering an area of 1.16 hectares, is...

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Feb 2, 2023 | Industry News

Braskem & Nexus Circular Partner for Circular Feedstocks Supply Agreement

Nexus Circular and Braskem S.A., announces that they have signed a 10-year definitive commercial agreement for the supply of circular feedstocks from a new advanced recycling facility. Braskem...

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Feb 2, 2023 | Industry News

Orion Engineered Carbons to Reduce Air Emissions at Carbon Black Plant in Texas

Orion Engineered Carbons says it will sharply reduce air emissions at its Borger, Texas, plant with new control technology. The $60 million project also involved upgrading the site’s cogeneration...

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Feb 1, 2023 | Industry News

New Additive Completely Breaks-down PFAS into Less Harmful Products

Researchers in ACS’ Environmental Science & Technology Letters report a new type of additive for “ball milling” that completely breaks down PFAS at ambient temperature and pressure. Per- and...

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Jan 31, 2023 | Industry News

Evonik & Partners Launch PlasCO₂ Project for C4 Chemicals Production

Evonik launches the PlasCO2 project together with three partners. The aim is to use carbon dioxide (CO2) as a raw material in the production of C4 chemicals. The German Federal Ministry of Education...

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Jan 31, 2023 | Industry News

Perstorp Japan to Acquire ISCC Plus Certification for Its Ongoing Project

Perstorp has already obtained ISCC PLUS certification for two plants in Sweden and one in Germany, and is expanding sales of its Pro-environment product line globally. And Perstorp Japan is...

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Jan 30, 2023 | Product News

Heubach to Launch Ultramarine Blue Pigments Range at PlastIndia 2023

The Heubach Group to launch its new product line Ultrazur™ at PlastIndia 2023. It is a range of Ultramarine Blue pigments in four shades from greenish to reddish for a variety of standard and...

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