24 Sept 2019
ChemCycling™ sources feedstock from post-consumer plastic waste to produce virgin grade material for food contact approved quality.
Leading global packaging and paper group Mondi, in cooperation with chemical producer BASF and COROOS, one of the biggest European companies in the preservation of fruits, vegetables and pulses for premium A-brands and private label products, have cooperated on a state-of-the-art pilot project. Together they produced a stand-up pouch that is safe for food contact partly made with raw material which was derived from chemically recycled plastic. Until now, recycling plastic has chiefly been mechanical, limiting the scope of plastics that can be recycled and limiting the number of products that can be created with recycled material, in particular for the strict legal European regulations in place for food packaging.
24 Sept 2019
Perstorp Pevalen™ Pro: the next-generation non-phthalate plasticizer that improves the sustainability of PVC
Perstorp, the global leader in pro-environment polyols, now introduces a renewable polyol ester (non-phthalate) plasticizer Pevalen™Pro. It will make flexible PVC an even more attractive choice of plastic, based on a significantly lower carbon footprint versus competing materials and technologies. Pevalen™Pro improves the sustainability of PVC without compromise on quality and performance.
24 Sept 2019
SABIC holds September technical summit in Bengaluru, India as global LNP™ anniversary celebration continues
The SABIC Technology Center in Bengaluru, India, was the location for the latest in a series of global technical summits held by the company to mark 70 years of its LNP™ product line of engineering thermoplastic compounds and copolymers. The summit, which took place on September 17, drew more than 150 key decision makers working in engineering and design at processors, toolmakers, Tiers, OEMs, and ODMs from across the country.
24 Sept 2019
TE Connectivity adds high-temperature headers to BUCHANAN PCB Connector portfolio
TE Connectivity (TE), a world leader in connectivity and sensors, is augmenting its BUCHANAN PCB Connector portfolio with headers that have housings in very high-temperature-resistant thermoplastic.
24 Sept 2019
Avery Dennison Press Kit Labelexpo Europe 2019
To celebrate the 40th year of Labels and Labelling, Avery Dennison is creating their biggest ever trade show presence at the Labelexpo event. Under the theme “Making a Material Difference”, the Avery Dennison team of experts will demonstrate a range of newly launched and significant innovations across four key areas of focus, including sustainable materials and intelligent labels, to name two.
23 Sept 2019
Terumo BCT Offers $100,000 Research Grant Supporting Patient Access to Care
Terumo BCT’s new USD $100,000 Therapeutic Plasma Exchange (TPE) Innovation Award will help clinical investigators expand the field of data for certain types of autoimmune conditions, known as IgG4-mediated diseases.
23 Sept 2019
Perstorp collaborates with DuPont Sustainable Solutions on global safety project
Perstorp Group, a global specialty chemicals company, has developed a new safety protocol for its seven international manufacturing sites with the help of safety and operations management consultancy, DuPont Sustainable Solutions. The initiative was prompted by Perstorp’s desire to be among the top quartile companies for safety performance.
23 Sept 2019
Clariant inaugurates a new Waste Water Treatment Plant in Bonthapally, India
Clariant, a focused and innovative specialty chemical company, today inaugurated a new state-of-the-art Waste Water Treatment Plant (WWTP) at the Industrial & Consumer Specialties (ICS) site in Bonthapally, India.
