Dec 14, 2020 | Industry News
Avient Corporation’s Avient ColorWorks™ has launched ColorForward™ 2022. ColorForward™ 2022 trend watchers expect the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic to linger for some time. It will drive societal...
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Dec 11, 2020 | Industry News
New technology developed at VTT enables the use of pectin-containing agricultural waste, such as citrus peel and sugar beet pulp, as raw material for bio-based PEF-plastics for replacing...
In cooperation with RAL, Covestro has introduced 15 trendy colors of the color matrix RAL Colour Feeling 2021+ in its polycarbonate plastics. RAL Colour Feeling 2021+ is an important guide to the...
Dec 10, 2020 | Industry News
The European Commission has approved, under the EU Merger Regulation, the proposed acquisition of BASF Colors & Effects by DIC. The approval is conditional on full compliance with a commitments...
SOCAR Polymer has expanded its portfolio of high-performance polypropylene resins with the addition of its first pair of random copolymers (RCPs). Milliken’s Millad® NX® 8000 family of clarifiers...
Dec 9, 2020 | Industry News
Eastman has announced that the company is now producing Eastman 168™ non-phthalate plasticizer at its Mauá plant in the state of São Paulo, Brazil. It's the first site in the country to produce this...
Huntsman Corporation has announced its agreement to acquire Gabriel Performance Products. Gabriel Performance Products is a North American specialty chemical manufacturer of specialty additives and...
Dec 8, 2020 | Industry News
CHINAPLAS 2021 will stimulate development in the industries, but also keep the momentum going in the exploration of business opportunities in the new era. CHINAPLAS 2021 will be held at Shenzhen to...
Cargill, IFPEN and Axens are joining forces to develop and scale biobased acrylic acid. The collaboration leverages Cargill’s experience with bio-based materials, IFPEN’s expertise in the field of...
Dec 7, 2020 | Industry News
Safic-Alcan has entered into an extended distribution agreement with Orion Engineered Carbons in South Africa. The extended distribution agreement covers specialty carbon blacks and rubber carbon...