Avery Dennison sets ambition to be Net-Zero on Carbon Emissions by 2050

Avery DennisonAvery Dennison today announced its ambition to be net-zero on greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. This commitment comes as the company raises the bar on its sustainability goals with new targets for 2030.

Innovative collaboration: award for jointly developed component

Moving forward, more and more projects will involve direct cooperation between OEMs and materials manufacturers. Collaborations of this kind are critical to the rapid development of future-oriented, effective and sustainable solutions. (Image: © 2021 KRAIBURG TPE)Collaboration between an automobile manufacturer headquartered in Southern Germany and KRAIBURG TPE has resulted in the creation of an outstanding solution. Future-oriented, sustainable and efficient, the new material was developed in close cooperation with the OEM and is now moving into series production.

INEOS Styrolution delivers bio-attributed materials for nora by Interface rubber flooring 

© noraINEOS Styrolution, the global leader in styrenics, announces today that nora by Interface, the commercial rubber flooring brand of Interface, has selected Styroflex® ECO 2G66 B60 to support the company’s efforts to lower the carbon footprint of its products as it endeavors to become a carbon negative enterprise by 2040.

Green Solutions for preventing corrosion

Clariant is delighted to announce that Dr. Nihal Obeyesekere, Head of Global Innovation Integrity Management for Business Unit Oil and Mining Services, has won the 2021 NACE Fellow Honor from the Association for Materials Protection and Performance (AMPP). 
(Photo: Clariant)Clariant is delighted to announce that Dr. Nihal Obeyesekere, Head of Global Innovation Integrity Management for Business Unit Oil and Mining Services, has won the 2021 NACE Fellow Honor from the Association for Materials Protection and Performance (AMPP). This honor recognizes the field’s most distinguished contributors to the understanding and prevention of corrosion. Nihal will now join the forum of technical and professional leaders that serve as AMPP advisers.

SONGWON establishes new entity in China

SONGWONSongwon Industrial Co., Ltd., announces the establishment of its new business entity in China, SONGWON International-Qingdao Co., Ltd. The new organization will ensure that SONGWON remains well-positioned to continue providing customers in this important strategic region with high quality products and service.

DSM launches new engineering materials to improve medical care

DSM Launches New Engineering Materials to Improve Medical Care.
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Royal DSM, a purpose-led, global science-based company active in Nutrition, Health and Sustainable Living, is launching a new portfolio of engineering materials designed to help global medical device manufacturers improve the quality of care for patients around the world.

Beiersdorf selects SABIC certified renewable polypropylene for new NIVEA packaging

Beiersdorf will globally phase in an innovative packaging of its world-leading NIVEA Naturally Good range of day and night face creams with jars and molded in bio-based polypropylene (PP) resin from SABIC’s TRUCIRCLE™ portfolio of certified renewable polymers. The new NIVEA packaging will be phased in on the market world-wide from June 2021 onwards and make a major contribution to help Beiersdorf reduce its use of fossil-based virgin plastics. 
(Photo: Beiersdorf)SABIC, a global leader in the chemical industry, today announced that Beiersdorf will innovate the packaging of its world-leading ‘NIVEA Naturally Good’ range of face creams using SABIC’s certified renewable polymers. SABIC’s bio-based polypropylene (PP) resin, part of its TRUCIRCLE portfolio, will be used for producing the jars of Beiersdorf’s NIVEA Naturally Good day and night face creams. The new NIVEA packaging will be phased in at point-of-sale outlets worldwide from June 2021 onwards and make a major contribution to help Beiersdorf reduce its use of fossil-based virgin PP.

Airnov innovations help maximize oxygen protection in pharmaceutical and nutraceutical products

Airnov innovations help maximize oxygen protection in pharmaceutical and nutraceutical products. 
(Photo: Airnov)Airnov Healthcare Packaging, a global leader in controlled atmosphere packaging, is enabling manufacturers of pharmaceutical and nutraceutical products to optimize their product development cycles through its series of oxygen protection and simulation solutions.