12 Nov 2021
SONGWON reports robust Q3 2021 results
SONGWON Industrial Group today released its financial results for the 3rd quarter of 2021. During Q3/2021, the Group achieved consolidated sales of 260,137 Million KRW marking a 33.2% rise in revenue over sales recorded in the same quarter of the previous year (195,237 Million KRW). The Group reported a net profit of 20,972 Million KRW for the 3rd quarter which was more than double the result achieved in Q3/2020 (8,746 Million KRW).
11 Nov 2021
Japan’s service bureaus play critical role in driving the adoption and growth of metal additive
While metal additive technology is anticipated to grow significantly in the Japanese domestic market in coming years, it is still at an early growth stage.
11 Nov 2021
Clariant & Technip Energies launch EARTH®: Pioneering technology to reduce the CO2 footprint of steam methane reforming
Clariant’s focus on sustainability continues to bear fruit. The collaboration on Technip Energies’ innovative technology solutions and our catalysis expertise has resulted in EARTH: a breakthrough in steam methane reforming that reduces the CO2 footprint of the process up to 20%. Being the acronym of “enhanced annular reforming tube for hydrogen,” EARTH technology has demonstrated excellent performance in its first commercial application and has already been awarded two major new contracts.
11 Nov 2021
Covestro launches new Decovery® resin for exterior coatings
Covestro, a world leader in coating resin solutions for the decorative industry, today announces the launch of Decovery® SP-8310: a 37 percent bio-based, breathable, multi-purpose resin to enable exterior coatings with improved outdoor durability and enhanced bio-based content. As part of Covestro’s Decovery® family of resins containing up to 52 percent bio-based content, the new solution addresses the decorative coating market’s need for longer-lasting outdoor coatings with a lower environmental impact.
11 Nov 2021
Avery Dennison “unleashes the power of less” with AD RDX™ for paper and film labels
Adding to their powerful legacy of harnessing innovation to create pioneering label solutions, Avery Dennison announced today the release of the AD RDX™ sustainable product range for paper and film labels.
11 Nov 2021
SABIC’S new NORYL™ polyol improves performance of MDI-BDO cast polyurethanes and offers alternative to TDI-MOCA cured systems
SABIC, a global leader in the chemical industry, today announced that its recently launched NORYL™ AP2001G aromatic polyol can significantly improve the performance of hot cast polyurethanes (PUs) based on methylene diphenyl diisocyanate (MDI) and polytetramethylene ether glycol (PTMG). By boosting the hardness, toughness and stiffness properties of cast PU by double digits, NORYL AP2001G polyol can enable MDI formulations cured with 1,4-butanediol (BDO) to deliver equivalent or better performance compared to toluene diisocyanate (TDI) and PTMG PU formulations cured with MOCA (4,4'-methylene bis(ortho-chloroaniline)).
10 Nov 2021
Avery Dennison enters strategic partnership with Organoid Technologies GmbH
Avery Dennison Graphics Solutions EMENA has formed a strategic partnership with Organoid Technologies GmbH, and will become the sole distributor of Organoid self-adhesive natural surfaces to the Graphics Industry in Europe, Middle East and North Africa (EMENA). It means that the 100%-natural face materials will be available to the Avery Dennison distribution network from November 2021.
9 Nov 2021
Clariant Personal Care expanding digital capabilities to provide more data in real time
The personal care market is experiencing incredible change including digitalization, new textures and novel formats and Clariant is offering customers more agility and the ability to respond rapidly to their needs.
