Jun 21, 2021 | Product News
New flame retardant masterbatches and compounds from Tosaf are either free of halogens such as bromine and chlorine or – for higher processing temperatures – free of antimony. What they all have in...
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Braskem develops polyethylene (PE) wax made from sugarcane ethanol. The PE wax is intended to produce adhesives, cosmetics, paints and compounds used in the transformation of thermoplastic resins...
Jun 18, 2021 | Industry News
Palmer Holland, a North American specialty chemical and fine ingredient distributor, is partnering with LANXESS Color Additives as the exclusive U.S. distributor for its line of specialty colorants...
Jun 17, 2021 | Industry News
The U.S. Plastics Pact has unveiled an aggressive national strategy to ensure all plastic packaging will be reusable, recyclable, or compostable by 2025...
Genomatica has licensed its GENO BDO® biomanufacturing process technology to Cargill, which is using it in its joint venture with HELM, Qore, to produce renewable 1,4-butanediol (BDO). The...
Jun 16, 2021 | Industry News
UniteChem Group has announced major investments to further expand the technical support capabilities for customers in Europe and worldwide. The Center provides extensive testing, analyzing and...
Brightmark will build one of the world’s largest advanced plastics recycling and renewal facilities in Georgia. The total investment is expected to be more than $680 million in a new plant intended...
Jun 15, 2021 | Industry News
Dow announced plans to build an integrated MDI distillation and prepolymers facility at its manufacturing site in Freeport, Texas. This investment supports increasing demand for downstream...
Aditya Birla Group - Advanced Materials business has planned to invest towards increasing business capacity by ~125 KTPA through a brown field expansion at its Vilayat, Gujarat, India location. It...
Jun 14, 2021 | Industry News
Clariant has announced that final agreements regarding the sale of its pigments business have been reached with a consortium consisting of the Heubach Group and SK Capital Partners. As part of the...