Affix Labs, Waste2Wear and Logonet join forces and donate Eco-Friendly, Insect Repellent ‘Uniforms of the Future’ to Jane Goodall Institute on its 60th Anniversary

Affix Labs, Waste2Wear and Logonet join forces and donate Eco-Friendly, Insect Repellent ‘Uniforms of the Future’ to Jane Goodall Institute on its 60th Anniversary. (Photo © 2020 by AFFIX Labs)Environmentally friendly and insect repellent – these are the two key features of a high-tech new uniform developed in a partnership between pioneering textile innovators Affix Labs, with its Repeltec technology, Waste2Wear and Logonet. The uniform has been designed to commemorate 60 years of ground-breaking research by the legendary primatologist Jane Goodall and the hard work carried out by the scientists and rangers at the Jane Goodall Institute (JGI) in Gombe, Tanzania.

Total, Intraplás et Yoplait démontrent la faisabilité d’intégrer du polystyrène recyclé issu du recyclage chimique dans des pots de yaourt

TotalEnergiesTotal, Intraplás et Yoplait ont mené avec succès un test permettant d’utiliser du polystyrène certifié recyclé chimiquement pour produire des pots de yaourt. Ce test mené par Total en partenariat avec Intraplás, expert dans l'extrusion de feuilles plastiques pour l'industrie agroalimentaire, et Yoplait, acteur clé du secteur des yaourts, est une étape importante pour soutenir le développement d’une filière de recyclage pérenne du polystyrène.

SONGWON announces global price increases due to higher freight rates

SONGWONSONGWON Industrial Co., Ltd. announced today that prices for all its products will be raised by 2-5%, depending on business line and region.

Pro cycling’s newest elite team unveiled – Team DSM

Pro cycling’s newest elite team unveiled – Team DSM. 
(Photo: DSM Protective Materials: DSMPMPR004)Royal DSM, a global science-based company in Nutrition, Health and Sustainable Living, today announced a strategic partnership with Team Sunweb that will see the professional cycling team transformed into Team DSM for the 2021 season onwards.

SGP Certified Printers Continue to Show Compelling Results

SGPThe Sustainable Green Printing Partnership (SGP), North America's leading authority in sustainable printing certifications, is pleased to announce the data collected through its SGP Impact Tracker demonstrate continuous improvements to sustainability indicators generated by SGP certified printers. Data shows the print community significantly reduced water and energy consumption, carbon footprint and waste produced.

PACCOR ready to produce containers with post-consumer PP from Total Circular Compounds®

Containers including 37% of recycled PP from households’ waste. 
(Photo: copyright PACCOR, PR036)PACCOR, a global player in the packaging industry, is again leading technological change from linear to circular plastics. Thanks to a fruitful collaboration with Total, a major French energy player, PACCOR is now able to produce Polypropylene (PP) containers including recycled material of which 37% households’ waste, with mechanical and appearance properties equivalent to those of containers made of virgin resin for non-food applications.

Making the Difference with Sustainable Plastics: Transition to Sustainable Packaging with Inks, Coatings and Adhesives Webinar scheduled December 15, 2020

Dr. Nikola Juhasz, Sun Chemical Corporation, global technical director will speak at the SGP webinar.The Sustainable Green Printing Partnership (SGP), the leading authority in sustainable certifications for the printing industry, announced it will be holding "Making the Difference with Sustainable Plastics: Transition to Sustainable Packaging with Inks, Coatings and Adhesives” webinar on December 15, 2020 at 2 pm EST.

SOCAR Polymer launches two new random copolymer polypropylene grades ideal for thin-wall packaging

SOCAR Polymer launches two new food-contact approved random copolymer PP grades, clarified with Milliken’s Millad® NX® 8000 for superb clarity, lower energy usage and an excellent balance between stiffness and impact resistance.
(Photo © 2020 SOCAR Polymer/Milliken & Company, all rights reserved, SOCARPR001)SOCAR Polymer has expanded its portfolio of high-performance polypropylene resins with the addition of its first pair of random copolymers (RCPs). These resins are designed to yield rigid packaging via thin-wall injection molding (TWIM), along with a host of other benefits.