Materials
Total Corbion PLA in Engineering Stage for new PLA Plant in Europe
The 50/50 joint venture between Total and Corbion has kicked off the front-end engineering design stage for its new 200-million lb/yr PLA plant in Grandpuits, France.
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Dow Partners with Mura Technology to Scale Game-Changing Advanced Plastics Recycling Technology
Dow’s collaboration to speed up development of Mura’s pioneering Hydro PRS technology that can recycle all forms of plastics.
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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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Indorama Launches Carbon Neutral PET
The Deja sustainable brand PET portfolio from Indorama now includes carbon neutral PET grades.
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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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BASF Issues Price Increases for Caprolactam, Nylon 6 & Copolymer
Increases reflect tight supply and increased demand.
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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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Tracing the History of Polymeric Materials: Cellophane
How—and when—cellulose-based chemistry led to the discovery of cellophane.
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Ultra-Light TPE Composites for Footwear
Xenia’s new Xelight composites are based on Arkema’s Pebax TPE
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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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