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Eight Startups Aim to Tackle Plastic Pollution
Rethinking Materials summit includes startups approaching issue through bioplastics and others through circular technologies.
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Polykemi Invests in its Own U.S. Compounding Plant
Gastonia, N.C. is the location for Polykemi’s plant which could start production of compounds as early as 2022.
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OTC Medicine Bottles Made with Less Plastic
With new barrier technology, GSK Consumer Healthcare aims to have transitioned to more sustainable bottles for its Advil portfolio by 2022.
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Inovyn Launches Website for Bio-Attributed PVC
Inovyn’s Biovyn is said to be the world’s first commercially available bio-attributed PVC.
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BASF Issues Price Increases for Caprolactam, Nylon 6 & Copolymer
Increases reflect tight supply and increased demand.
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Cimbar Performance Minerals Acquires Tor Minerals
Acquisition expands Cimbar’s offerings in specialty minerals including flame retardants and TiO2.
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New Safety Requirements for Granulators, Strand Pelletizers and Dicers
PLASTICS’ Machinery Safety Standards Committee has released a new ANSI/PLASTICS B151.11 standard.
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Ineos Styrolution, Recycling Technologies and Trinseo Reach Milestone in Plans to Build Commercial PS Recycling Plants
Pilot plant to be built next year in the U.K. using Recycling Technologies’ depolymerization solution.
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Pure Loop Expands Service Offering for Customers in North America
Erema’s subsidiary Pure Loop expands footprint with the delivery of an ISEC evo 302 recycling machine here.
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SI Issues Price Increase on Plastics Additives
Price hike is in response to changing market conditions and to ensure security of supply.
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SABIC Joins Collaborative Scholarship to Enhance Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in Chemical Industry Workforce
SABIC to sponsor 10 undergraduate students over the next two years.
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Start-Up Company to Accelerate Development of Renewable Feedstocks
Trillium Renewable Chemicals to advance technology for production of such feedstocks as acrylonitrile for use in ABS and other plastics.
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