Materials

Halogen-Free FR Glass-Reinforced Nylon 66 Compounds for Automotive, Appliance and Power Tool Housings and Electronic Devices

Teknor Apex’s new Creamid nylon 66 compounds make possible parts consolidations in applications with stringent mechanical & aesthetic requirements.    

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PPSU for Injection Stretch & Extrusion Blow Molding and Injection Molding of Bottles

BASF’s Ultrason P 2010 and P 3010 expand the company’s PPSU portfolio and allow high-quality bottles to be made by three processes.

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Additives

BASF Issues Price Increases on Plastic Additives and Nylon 6

Price adjustments attributed to volatility in pricing and availability of raw materials and high freight rates.

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Bamberger Polymers Now North American Distributor for Domo’s Nylon Compounds

Domo’s Domamid, Econamid and Domonyl nylon 6 and 66 compounds available from Bamberger Polymers.

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Renewable Styrenic Polymers Launched

Ineos Styrolution offers its first specialty thermoplastics based on renewable styrene.  

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Commodity Resins

Tracing the History of Polymeric Materials: Commodity Resins

How the ‘Big 4’ commodity materials — PE, PP, PS, PVC — came to be.  

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Additives

‘First’ Carbon Fiber Smartphone Developed by German Startup

Lanxess Tepex dynalite 208 TPU is the matrix material for Carbon Mobile’s ultra-thin and extremely light smartphone.

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Chemically Recycled EPS Adopted by Leading European Home Appliance Manufacturer

BSH Hausgeräte to use chemically recycled EPS bead from BASF for ‘luxury’ line of dishwashers  

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Biopolymers

Danimer Scientific and Mars Wrigley Partner to Develop Innovative Home Compostable Packaging

Using DanimerScientific’s PHA biopolymer, Mars Wrigley will leverage its portfolio of iconic treats and snacks to enable consumer to compost at home.  

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Agilyx Collaborates with Maire Tecnimont for Global Chemical Recyling Projects

The partners will utilize Agilyx’ advanced pyrolysis technology to convert mixed waste plastics into high-value products and fuels.

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Blending & Dosing