Lilli Manolis Sherman

Lilli Manolis Sherman Contributing Editor

Additives

SI Group Adds China Location to Manufacture Weston 705

Production startup of SI Group’s proprietary liquid antioxidant scheduled for May 2021.

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Additives

Heartland Industries to Open Industrial Hemp Processing Facility

With financing from Bank of Ann Arbor, Heartland’s facilities will process 1.5 million lb/yr of industrial hemp for automotive, plastics and packaging industries.

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Evonik Looks to Extend the Service Life of Joint Prostheses with PEEK Biomaterials

A collaboration between Evonik and Boston’s Mass. General’s Harris Orthopaedics Laboratory is underway to transfer innovation from veterinary to human medicine

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Commodity Resins

Nova Chemicals Surpasses 65% Completion of its Polyolefins Growth Projects in Ontario

With its accelerated timetable Nova Chemicals is targeting 2022 start-up.

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3D Printing ‘Veteran’ Materialise Acquires Option to Buy Link3D

Materialise’s potential acquisition to accelerate roadmap to offer cloud-based access to integrated software platform  

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Supercritical Steam Process Can Convert All Plastic Waste to Virgin Materials

Mura Technology’s HydroPRS process creates raw ingredients for infinitely recyclable new virgin-grade products from all types of plastic.

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sustainability

Tupperware to Expand its Sustainable Product Portfolio with Tritan Renew

Eastman’s Tritan Renew gains further commercial traction.

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sustainability

American Styrenics and Agilyx to Collaborate on Advanced Recycling Facility

AmSty will use Agilyx’s advanced pyrolysis technology to convert post-use PS to styrene monomer.

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Packaging

Argentinian Food Producer Switches Olive Oil Bottle from Glass to PET

Amcor helped Morixe Hnos convert to a lightweight olive oil bottle that allows the company to export oil across Brazil to meet growing demand.  

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Compounding

New PP Foam Extrusion Technology

Sulzer Chemtech and Borealis have launched new PP foam extrusion technology said to lower cost and increase efficiency.  

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New Industry Guidelines for Recycle Content in Food Packaging

PLASTICS has published the highly-anticipated guidance document.

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Commodity Resins

Commodity Resin Prices Rise, But PP Falls

Supply constraints continue to be a key factor in further resin price increases.

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Process Cooling