Feb 20, 2020 | Industry News
EU has published a delegated regulation classifying titanium dioxide (TiO2) as a category 2 suspected carcinogen by inhalation under EU Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 on CLP of substances and...
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Feb 20, 2020 | Product News
LANXESS has added a plant-based raw material variant to its Aktiplast PP product range. These processing promoters are used in the production of tires and rubber articles. The processing promoter is...
Feb 19, 2020 | Industry News
A team of bioscience engineers and economists from KU Leuven has mapped out how wood could replace petroleum in the chemical industry. The lignin oil can be processed to manufacture chemical...
OCSiAl has announced the launch of its second synthesis facility for graphene nanotubes with a production capacity of 50 tons per year. The Graphetron 50 facility is the world’s largest plant for...
Feb 18, 2020 | Product News
UBE has developed ETERNATHANE® polycarbonate-based prepolymers and ETERNACOLL® polycarbonate polyols, two large platforms of customizable solutions for increasing the durability, improving...
Feb 18, 2020 | Industry News
Researchers have studied how a common plasticizer effects worm eggs, a common model organism for studying human genetics and biology associated with human reproductive abnormalities. The findings...
Feb 17, 2020 | Industry News
Foster Corporation has announced a new partnership with LioChem. LioChem’s expertise will serve to augment and expand Foster’s current capability in supply of medical color masterbatch by offering...
Ascend Performance Materials has signed an agreement to purchase Poliblend and Esseti Plast GD from D’Ottavio Group. The acquisition includes a manufacturing facility in Mozzate, Italy, the...
Feb 14, 2020 | Product News
Kraton Corporation will showcase its SYLVATRAXX™ 8000 Tread Enhancement Additive series at the Tire Technology Expo 2020. The series is a second-generation polyterpene with high biobased content...
Feb 14, 2020 | Industry News
Huber’s JV company MAGNIFIN Magnesiaprodukte have approved the preparatory work for the construction of a second MAGNIFIN Magnesiaprodukte production site. This planned significant investment will...