Sep 25, 2020 | Product News
Toyo Ink Europe Specialty Chemicals S.A.S. (TIESC) has developed a whole new range of Lioplax® black plastic masterbatch for NIR sorting and subsequent material recovery. The new packaging...
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Sep 24, 2020 | Industry News
The Fire Retardant Additives division of Huber Engineered Materials is preparing a plan for a major sustainability project and s investment in a new power plant at its Martinswerk facility in...
A research group led by Prof. Sabine Laschat at the University of Stuttgart investigate the use chitin and its derivatives to develop materials in a water-based process. The materials developed will...
Sep 23, 2020 | Industry News
NatureWorks has announced a slate of manufacturing technology projects, including lactide monomer purification efficiency, that will increase the availability of the full Ingeo™️ (PLA) biomaterials...
BASF will invest €16 million into Pyrum Innovations AG, a technology company specialized in the pyrolysis of waste tires. BASF will uptake most of the pyrolysis oil and process it into new chemical...
Sep 22, 2020 | Industry News
The global metallic stearates market is anticipated to expand at a CAGR of ~5% from 2020 to 2030. Metallic stearates are used as acid scavengers, lubricants, and release agents in the plastics...
A research team has demonstrated a promising way to efficiently convert carbon dioxide into ethylene. The scientists developed nanoscale copper wires with specially shaped surfaces to catalyze the...
Sep 21, 2020 | Industry News
AmSty, INEOS Styrolution and Trinseo signed a Joint Development Agreement to jointly explore recycling options for polystyrene. The companies are aiming at an economy where post-consumer polystyrene...
LyondellBasell has announced the successful start-up of its MoReTec molecular recycling facility at its Ferrara, Italy, site. LyondellBasell's proprietary MoReTec advanced recycling technology aims...
Sep 18, 2020 | Product News
Avient Corporation featured its MEVOPUR™ ProTect oxygen-scavenging additive masterbatch at Medtec China 2020. The recent addition to the proven MEVOPUR medical and pharmaceutical portfolio limits...