Лютий 2023

RePEaT Co., Ltd. announced that it has signed an agreement to license its chemical recycling technology for polyester products to Zhejiang Jianxin Jiaren New Materials Co., Ltd., as the world’s first company to be licensed by RePEaT. DMT for Chemical Decomposition of PET RePEaT is a joint venture established last month by Teijin Limited, JGC Holdings…

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Teknor Apex is excited to announce the new Monprene® S3 CP-15170 BLK, an eco-conscious thermoplastic elastomer (TPE) made with 35% sustainable content that includes UBQ™ and post-consumer recycled material. UBQ™ is a sustainable plastic substitute converted entirely from organic and unrecyclable waste. Biobased and highly recyclable, UBQ™ offers a climate-positive solution towards a circular economy. By replacing oil-based…

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SK Geo Centric announced on January 30 that it has obtained the “Global Recycled Standard (GRS)” from Control Union, an international green certification body. Compliant with Social and Environmental Standards SK Geo Centric received its GRS certification for polymers made with renewable raw materials. Usually, polymers are made using Naptha, but SK Geo Centric also produces…

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LyondellBasell and KIRKBI A/S, the family-owned holding and investment company of the LEGO® brand, announce they have signed an agreement to make an investment in APK, which specializes in a unique solvent-based recycling technology for low density polyethylene (LDPE). Easy Recycling of Multi-layer Packaging Materials APK aims to increase the recycling of multi-layer flexible packaging materials – which…

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At CHINAPLAS 2023, BASF will present its market-leading products and sustainable solutions for all phases of the plastics journey: Make, Use, and Recycle. Different Phases of Plastics Journey At the MAKE phase, BASF improves how plastics are made – from product design to the choice of raw materials, including renewable or recycled feedstock and the manufacturing process.…

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Toray Industries, Inc., and Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd., announced that they have agreed to build a supply chain for plastics made from biomass naphtha. They would manufacture biomass styrene monomer derived from biomass naphtha and acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS) resin made from that monomer. Idemitsu will leverage the mass balance method to manufacture eco-friendly biomass raw materials. Toray’s…

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TotalEnergies and Intraplás are collaborating to bring sustainable solutions to the packaging market, without compromising on performance and food safety. Intraplás is launching commercial products using TotalEnergies RE:newable polymer – a range of the RE:clic portfolio – coming from renewable sourcing therefore allowing for a substantial reduction of the final product’s carbon footprint. Zero Compromise on…

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DSM Engineering Materials announces the launch of Lucidiris™. Lucidiris™ helps customers reduce time to market when developing colors of high-performance materials for a variety of applications. Besides predicting color and mechanical properties, it can predict the envelope of potential color space within critical mechanical properties and prescribe recipes for targeted color properties. Lucidiris™ has been developed…

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Research at Hokkaido University brings a new level of control to making long and geometrically interlinked polymer molecules from several different alternating molecular units joined in a controlled sequence. The process could open new avenues for producing a wide range of advanced materials, with applications in many fields, including drug delivery, data storage, microelectronics and…

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GDO Mexico, an Automotive supplier of interior parts in Mexico, selected ELIX Ultra HH4115PG for the chrome-plated dashboard trim of a premium electric vehicle manufacturer thanks to the good chrome-plating performance of this grade. Good for Decorative Interior Parts and Radiator Grilles Good local technical support was very important for this high requirement application and this was…

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