Feb 17, 2020 | Industry News
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...
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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...
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...
Feb 13, 2020 | Industry News
AVA Biochem has entered into a Joint Development Agreement with the Michelin Group with the common goal to implement 5-HMF in various materials and chemical applications. Applications of 5-HMF...
Feb 12, 2020 | Industry News
Scientists from the Universities of Bath and Birmingham have developed a new way of chemically recycle plastics that converts plastics back into their constituent chemical molecules. Using this...
INEOS and UPM Biofuels have announced a long-term agreement to supply a renewable raw material for new polymers. These new sustainable materials will be used in a wide range of products like...
Feb 11, 2020 | Industry News
M&M predicts the slip additives market to reach USD 284 million by 2024, at a CAGR of 5.0%, from USD 223 million in 2019. The growth of the slip additives market is primarily triggered by the...
Feb 11, 2020 | Product News
LANXESS will be showcasing its sustainable solutions at the Tire Technology Expo. It will showcase a wide range of environmentally friendly Rhenodiv release agents, Rhenomark tire marking paints...
ECHA has added Diisohexyl phthalate, PFBS and two new substances to the Candidate List. Diisohexyl phthalate is used as a plasticizer in PVC and PFBS is used as a flame retardant in polycarbonate...