24 Apr 2025
Beaulieu Fibres drives ‘The Cleaner Car’ with lower impact plastics for automotive parts
With plastics making up 12-15% of a car’s total weight, reducing their carbon footprint is essential for the future of sustainable mobility. As a leading supplier of advanced polymer fibres, Beaulieu Fibres is addressing this challenge, taking the next step in support of the automotive industry’s transition to low-carbon materials.
24 Apr 2025
Celebrating 50 years of flame retardants: Exolit™ AP leads the way to a more sustainable future
In 2025, Clariant is proud to celebrate a significant milestone: 50 years of Exolit AP flame retardants protecting lives and property around the world. Based on advanced ammonium polyphosphate (APP) technology, these pioneering flame retardants have become the industry benchmark in a wide range of applications, including intumescent coatings, fire barrier sealing systems, thermoset composites for e-mobility battery housings and coatings, rigid polyisocyanurate (PIR) insulation foams and more. As Clariant marks this golden anniversary, it is not just celebrating past achievements but actively shaping the future of fire protection.
24 Apr 2025
SONGWON appoints new CFO
Songwon Industrial Co., Ltd. announces the completion of a planned CFO succession, effective April 1st, 2025.
24 Apr 2025
Belden Names Three Finalists for the Joseph C. Belden Innovation Award
Belden (NYSE: BDC), a leading global provider of complete connection solutions is pleased to announce that three companies have been selected as finalists for the 2nd annual Joseph C. Belden Innovation Award.
24 Apr 2025
Mondi’s Containerboard portfolio ready to meet the rising demand for sustainable, high-performance packaging
Mondi's ProVantage containerboard paper grades range, available in both brown and white, ensures that businesses can meet the growing demand for sustainable packaging without compromising on performance. From fully recycled to 100% fresh fibre, the containerboard papers provide a strong foundation for corrugated packaging and are also well-suited for applications like honeycomb structures and fibre drums.
23 Apr 2025
Clariant's new Aristoflex™ SUN for elevated suncare formulations
Global specialty chemicals company, Clariant, has unveiled its new, advanced rheology modifier that tackles sunscreen formulation challenges by combining superior stability, SPF performance and luxurious sensory appeal.
22 Apr 2025
Mondi helps reduce Evonik’s carbon footprint with new paper bags for chemical powders
Mondi, a global leader in packaging and paper, has created a recyclable pre-made paper bag for chemical powders, working in partnership with chemical company Evonik. The lightweight bag has been developed to reduce the carbon footprint of packaging for fumed silica, which is used as a performance additive in various industrial and consumer applications.
22 Apr 2025
Clariant & Midrex fortify partnership in DRI, helping to decarbonize the steel industry
Clariant, a sustainability-focused specialty chemical company, today announced that it has renewed its successful cooperation with Midrex and will intensify collaboration in direct reduced iron (DRI) technology for steel production. A low-carbon alternative to conventional coal-based ironmaking, natural gas-based DRI converts natural gas with recycled CO2 and H2O to generate reducing gas for the production process. The technology combines MIDREX® Reformers with Clariant-manufactured REFORMEX® Catalysts, which offer superior activity and stability to increase productivity, reduce energy consumption, and minimize carbon emissions. MIDREX DRI technology avoids around one ton of CO2 per ton of crude steel.
