Червень 2023

Toyochem Co., Ltd., the polymer and coatings arm of Japan’s Toyo Ink Group, announced that it completed construction of a new polymer pilot facility at its Kawagoe Factory, a manufacturing complex located in Kawagoe City, Saitama Prefecture in Japan. The new Facility, which came online in April 2023, is engaged in the prototyping and medium-scale…

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Tool Gauge, a U.S. manufacturer of complex, high-value plastic and metal assemblies for global aerospace original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), and Victrex, a global player in PEEK- and PAEK-based polymer solutions, announced that they will collaborate to develop a new co-molding technology for the aerospace industry. This new technology will use formed carbon composites combined with carbon…

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Bluepha Co. Ltd (“Bluepha”) and TotalEnergies Corbion have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to accelerate the market adoption of PLA/PHA-based solutions in China. The collaboration aims to bring together the expertise and resources of both companies to further advance the development of high-performance biopolymer solutions, combining Bluepha® Polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHA) with Luminy® Polylactic Acid (PLA) technology. Expanding Application Possibilities…

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The Mitsubishi Chemical Group (the MCG Group) announces that in April 2023, it has signed an R&D collaboration agreement with TNO, an independent Dutch research organization, for the R&D Hub for Plastic Waste Processing (R&D Hub) which was launched by the Low-Carbon Emitting Technologies (LCET) initiative of the World Economic Forum (WEF). They are the…

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Avantium N.V. announces that it has been awarded a €1.5 million grant by the EU Horizon Europe program for its participation in the research and development program HICCUPS1. This program aims to demonstrate the utilization of CO2 as a feedstock for the production of polyesters. The €1.5 million grant will be paid out in tranches to Avantium…

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The Gund Company announces that it has acquired Vanderveer Industrial Plastics of Placentia, CA on May 1, 2023. Custom-engineered Composite and Specialty Thermoplastic Materials “Since the 1951, Vanderveer Industrial Plastics (VIP) has thrived by fabricating custom-engineered composite and specialty thermoplastic materials for the aerospace, semiconductor, and renewable energy equipment markets,” stated Steve Gund, president of…

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Chevron Phillips Chemical has joined Circulate Capital, an investor advancing a circular economy for plastics in growing nations, to launch a $65 million initiative to combat plastic pollution in Latin America and the Caribbean. CPChem is one of a group of investors pledging to support the initiative, which will initially target Brazil, Chile, Colombia and Mexico…

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In view of the upcoming UN conference which aims to develop a legally binding agreement on plastic pollution, Covestro is emphasizing the need for more innovative recycling technologies, required to boost the currently low recycling rates of used plastics. Covestro has already achieved success with the development of its novel chemical recycling. In addition, the company plans to…

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The Association of Plastic Recyclers (APR) has granted Critical Guidance Recognition to Polyplastics USA for flexible multilayer laminated polyethylene (PE) films for stand-up pouches with up to 20% TOPAS® 8007F-600, 7010F-600, and 6013F-04 cyclic olefin copolymer (COC) grades. The APR recognition demonstrates that Polyplastics’ TOPAS COC delivers significant thermal improvement and is compatible with the PE recycle stream. Intended to Improve the…

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SABIC collaborated with China’s Blovelight, Ltd., to develop one of the first integrated, single-mode fiber optic lens arrays that are well-suited for a wavelength-division multiplexing (WDM) module. Makes Single-mode WDM Communications More Affordable A WDM module enables simultaneous transmission of multiple wavelengths of light over a single fiber, achieving a significant increase in bandwidth capacity. This…

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