SGP Partnership Virtual Community Day 2020 announced for November 17 

SGP Community Day in Cincinatti OH included brands, suppliers, policymakers and SGP certified printers. (Photo: SGP Partnership)The Sustainable Green Printing Partnership (SGP), the leading authority in sustainable printing certifications, announced today the virtual 2020 SGP Community Day will take place on November 17. The community event provides insight into sustainability and shares best practices of SGP Certified Facilities, Patrons, Brand Leaders and Resource Partners who support the sustainable print supply chain.

SABIC and Schwarz Group embark on pilot project for vegetable bags made from TRUCIRCLE™ certified circular polyethylene 

Flexible film using SABIC’s certified circular polyethylene, being introduced into Schwarz Group’s Lidl and Kaufland retail stores in Germany as part of a pilot project.SABIC, a global leader in the chemicals industry, has embarked on a pilot project with Schwarz Group, Europe’s largest retail store operator, for the use of transparent film bags made from certified circular polyethylene (PE) in vegetable packaging. The project will include various different PE technologies from SABIC’s TRUCIRCLE portfolio based on materials produced via feedstock recycling of mixed and used plastic. Through this project 1 kg bags for organic carrots, made of flexible film using SABIC’s certified circular polyethylene, will be introduced between October and December 2020 by the retail group into selected stores operating under the Lidl and Kaufland brands in Germany.

BerryAlloc réinvente les codes du parquet avec la nouvelle technologie Ultimtec®

Beaulieu International GroupMenen, Belgique – le 21 octobre 2020 – BerryAlloc lance sur le marché une toute nouvelle collection de parquets chêne, illustration éloquente des deux principes qui constituent sa marque de fabrique : une très haute qualité alliée à une technologie avant-gardiste. Cette ligne de conduite est chaque jour plébiscitée par les prescripteurs, les architectes d’intérieur et les poseurs.

Creating Connections: KRAIBURG TPE élargit son portefeuille et propose des TPE conducteurs

Les TPE conduisant l’électricité ouvrent de nouvelles possibilités aux applications novatrices telles que les capteurs, les composants dissipant les charges électrostatiques ou les textiles intelligents pour le sport et les vêtements de sécurité, en ce qui concerne le toucher, la fonctionnalité et le design. 
(Photo: © 2020 KRAIBURG TPE)Dès aujourd’hui, KRAIBURG TPE propose un TPE conduisant l’électricité et adhérant sur les polyoléfines ou les polyamides. Ces produits arrivés à maturité complètent la gamme THERMOLAST® K et séduisent par leur qualité constante et élevée, comme toujours. Par ailleurs, les clients, qu’ils soient nouveaux ou anciens, bénéficient des conseils et du service habituels – et le tout auprès du même fournisseur.

INEOS Styrolution receives funding from Flemish Agency of Innovation and Entrepreneurship to research plastics recycling

INEOS StyrolutionINEOS Styrolution, the global leader in styrenics, announced today it will be contributing to the research project “Remove2Reclaim – Recycling of plastics and titanium dioxide via advanced dissolution and separation techniques for plastic additive removal”. Working together with leading European research institutes in the project will allow the company to build up expertise related to recycling via dissolution.

FERRO-PLAST and SANITIZED AG: New strategic sales partnership for the Sanitized® antimicrobial polymer additives in Italy

Rodolfo Di Nardo, Managing Director FERRO-PLAST S.r.l.
(Photo: SANITIZED AG, PR033) SANITIZED customers in the polymer industry in Italy will profit from FERRO-PLAST’s expertise and established sales network. The Sanitized® antimicrobial additives for hygiene function and material protection for polymers will be marketed in Italy by our new sales partner.

Innovative new technology from Mitsubishi Engineering-Plastics Corporation helps reduce emission footprints

Next generation low emission footprints driven by electronics industries is enabled by the innovative POM Iupital 05-Series. 
(Source: Mitsubishi Engineering-Plastics Corporation, PR010)Mitsubishi Engineering-Plastics Corporation (MEP), the global leader in high performance polyacetal materials, meets the rapidly-changing stringent regulatory and functional requirements of the automotive, electronics and general industries markets for low formaldehyde emissions with a new polyacetal (POM) product family. MEP announces the innovative low-odor and low-residue Iupital 05 Polyacetal Series.

Millad® NX® 8000 ECO for PP certified by RecyClass for plastic packaging recycling in Europe

Millad® NX® 8000 for PP certified by RecyClass for plastic packaging recycling in Europe.
(Photos © 2020 Milliken & Company, all rights reserved, MKPR233)
Millad® NX® 8000 technology is fully compatible with polypropylene (PP) recycling processes in Europe and poses no recyclability issues, according to RecyClass, a cross-industry initiative that works to advance plastic packaging recyclability on the continent.