German market leader Wieland Electric switches to DOMAMID® 6LVGT85 for installation connectors

Connectors GST18i3 (3-pole) & GST18i5. 
(Photo courtesy: Wieland Electric GmbH)Domo Chemicals, a leading integrated solution provider, and PA6 and PA66 supplier, to the plastics processing industry, is driving materials development to meet evolving market needs and is working with customers to select the best base materials for specific applications.

SABIC’s new NORYL GTX™ resin features superior dimensional stability in hot and humid conditions for auto applications

SABIC’s new NORYL GTX™ resin features superior dimensional stability in hot and humid conditions for auto applicationsSABIC, a global leader in the chemical industry, has introduced NORYL GTX 9500 resin, a new addition to a range of unfilled NORYL GTX resin grades, which delivers excellent dimensional stability under hot and humid conditions, addressing the challenge for highly demanding automotive applications.

Mondi scores a hat trick at Austrian Green Packaging Star Awards

EcoVantage paper for Tesco shopping bags
(Photo: Mondi, PR190)Mondi, global leader in packaging and paper, has won three awards for sustainable packaging at the Austrian Green Packaging Star Awards. The annual Green Packaging Star Awards recognise environmentally-friendly packaging and recycling solutions, as well as packaging-related improvements in operational processes in production, logistics, and distribution. The award is presented by Kompack magazine and the Austrian Research Institute for Chemistry and Technology.

INEOS Styrolution introduces first post-consumer recycled Novodur® ECO specialty ABS solutions

INEOS StyrolutionINEOS Styrolution, the global leader in styrenics, announced today the introduction of the first Novodur® ECO specialty ABS and Novodur® ECO High Heat grades being the result of mechanically recycled post-consumer waste.

New General Manager appointed at Avery Dennison Graphics Solutions EMENA

New General Manager appointed at Avery Dennison Graphics Solutions EMENA.
(Photo: Avery Dennison, PR459)Li Wen, who has been business director/GM responsible for Graphics North APAC since joining Avery Dennison in January 2019, has been appointed to the position of senior director and general manager Graphics, in Label and Graphic Materials EMENA. He relocated on August 1st from Shanghai, China to Oegstgeest, Netherlands, reporting to Hassan Rmaile, VP & GM for Label and Graphic Materials EMENA.

SABIC, St. Johns Packaging and Kingsmill launch world’s first ever bread packaging based on recycled post-consumer plastic

As a result of a joint TRUCIRCLE™ project between SABIC, Allied Bakeries and St. Johns Packaging, sliced bread sold under the iconic Kingsmill brand will be the world’s first bakery product to use bags made with ISCC PLUS certified circular polyethylene resin, leading the way to increased circularity in packaging (Photo: Allied Bakeries)SABIC, a global leader in the chemical industry, has announced the successful roll-out of another project as part of its TRUCIRCLE program to accelerate the implementation of a circular plastic economy. Allied Bakeries, a major UK based supplier of bakery products, has introduced bread bags made by St. Johns Packaging using SABIC’s certified circular polyethylene (PE) in the packaging of their Kingsmill No Crusts 50/50. Following the kick-off of the joint project in November 2020, the trial phase was completed in May 2021 at the St. Johns Packaging production site in China and Kingsmill introduced the bags made from PE film with certified circular polymers content to UK stores in September 2021.

SABIC to showcase at CMPE 2021 its broad and growing portfolio of specialized materials for 5G applications

SABIC will exhibit at CMPE 2021 in booth #8B61 its extensive portfolio of high-performance materials for 5G applications.SABIC, a global leader in the chemical industry, will exhibit at CMPE 2021 in booth #8B61 its extensive portfolio of high-performance materials for 5G applications, including specialized LNP compounds and copolymers, ULTEM and NORYL resins, and oligomers. These advanced technologies can help customers solve 5G infrastructure, e-mobility and device challenges by helping to improve long-term reliability and radio frequency (RF) performance, reduce weight and create innovative new designs. SABIC will also highlight innovative material solutions that improve sustainability through the incorporation of bio-based, and mechanically recycled and chemically upcycled content. In addition, the company will feature the latest generation of its VISUALFX resins for enhancing the aesthetics and sustainability of 5G-enabled devices.

B.I.G. YARNS awarded HPR status for second European plant

B.I.G. YARNS awarded HPR status for second European plant.
(Photo: © Beaulieu International Group)B.I.G. YARNS is proud to announce the attainment of a FM Global ‘Highly Protected Risk’ Achievement Award (HPR Award) for its yarn production facility in Komen, Belgium.