Archroma wins 2025 Just Style Excellence Awards for sustainable product and water circularity project

Archroma wins 2025 Just Style Excellence Awards for sustainable product and water circularity project. (Photo: Shutterstock)Archroma, a global leader in specialty chemicals, has won major awards in key categories at the Just Style 2025 Excellence Awards. It took home a coveted Innovation Excellence award for its bio-based PHOBOTEX® NTR-50 durable water repellent (DWR) and an Environmental Excellence award for advancing water circularity at its Mahachai plant in Thailand.

Beaulieu Fibres drives ‘The Cleaner Car’ with lower impact plastics for automotive parts

Beaulieu Fibres drives sustainability with CO₂ calculation for PP fibres in automotive parts.
(Photo: © Beaulieu International Group)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.

Celebrating 50 years of flame retardants: Exolit AP leads the way to a more sustainable future

Clariant’s Intumescent coatings foam and expand when exposed to high heat, forming an insulating char that protects the underlying material. © Clariant 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.

SONGWON appoints new CFO

SONGWON appoints new CFO.
(Photo: Songwon Industrial Co., Ltd.)Songwon Industrial Co., Ltd. announces the completion of a planned CFO succession, effective April 1st, 2025.

Belden Names Three Finalists for the Joseph C. Belden Innovation Award

Belden names three finalists for the Joseph C. Belden Innovation Award. (Photo: Belden, PR550)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.

Mondi’s Containerboard portfolio ready to meet the rising demand for sustainable, high-performance packaging

Mondi’s Containerboard portfolio ready to meet the rising demand for sustainable, high-performance packaging. (Photo: Mondi, PR321)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.

Clariant's new Aristoflex SUN for elevated suncare formulations

Clariant's new Aristoflex SUN for elevated suncare formulations. © Clariant 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.

Mondi helps reduce Evonik’s carbon footprint with new paper bags for chemical powders

Mondi helps reduce Evonik’s carbon footprint with new paper bags for chemical powders. 
(Photo: Evonik, PR327)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.

Clariant & Midrex fortify partnership in DRI, helping to decarbonize the steel industry

Clariant & Midrex fortify partnership in DRI, helping to decarbonize the steel industry. 
© Midrex (Photo: © Clariant)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.

Belden Sets New Industrial Ethernet Switch Standards

Belden sets new industrial Ethernet switch standards. 
(Photo: Belden, PR549)Belden (NYSE: BDC), a leading global provider of complete connection solutions, today announced the launch of its Hirschmann GREYHOUND2000 Standard Switch. Building on Belden’s visionary leadership in the industrial automation space, GREYHOUND2000 sets new standards for 19-inch Ethernet switches. This next-generation switch delivers very high fiber port density and configurable port modules that adapt to various connectivity scenarios.

Syensqo receives 2025 Automotive News PACE Pilot recognition

Brian Baleno - Director of Global Business Development and Program Management, Deedee Smith - Head of Marketing Automotive, Laura Hirschhorn - Executive Key Account Manager, and Patrick Rodgers - Transportation Sales Director for the Americas at Syensqo receive the 2025 Automotive News PACE Pilot Innovation to Watch award. (TAPSNAP DETROIT AND RAJ MEHTA PHOTOGRAPHY)Syensqo, a leader in advanced materials and specialty chemicals, is thrilled to announce that it was named a 2025 Automotive News PACE Pilot Innovation to Watch for its innovative Ajedium™ PEEK film technology for e-motor slot liners.

Opakowanie nowym obliczem marki według szóstego corocznego raportu Mondi Group na temat trendów w eCommerce

Opakowanie nowym obliczem marki według szóstego corocznego raportu Mondi Group na temat trendów w eCommerce. 
(Zdjęcie: Mondi, PR326)Mondi, globalny lider w dziedzinie zrównoważonych opakowań i papieru, ogłosiło wyniki swojego szóstego dorocznego raportu na temat trendów w eCommerce zatytułowanego „Zrównoważony rozwój i jego wpływ na opakowania oraz wybory konsumentów podczas zakupów online”. To kompleksowe badanie analizuje trendy, postawy i oczekiwania dotyczące handlu internetowego oraz roli opakowań w doświadczeniu konsumenckim.

Packaging is the new brand statement according to the sixth annual Mondi Group eCommerce trend report

Packaging is the new brand statement according to the sixth annual Mondi Group eCommerce trend report. (Photo: Mondi, PR325)Mondi, a global leader in sustainable packaging and paper, today announced the results of its sixth annual eCommerce trend report “Sustainability and its impact on packaging and online shopping choices”. This comprehensive study examines trends, attitudes and expectations regarding eCommerce and the impact packaging has on the consumer experience.

Verpackung als Markenbotschafter: Zentrales Ergebnis des Mondi eCommerce Trendberichts 2025

Verpackung als Markenbotschafter: Zentrales Ergebnis des Mondi eCommerce Trendberichts 2025. (Foto: Mondi, PR324)Mondi, ein weltweit führender Anbieter von nachhaltigen Verpackungen und Papier, hat die Ergebnisse seines jährlichen eCommerce-Trendberichts zum Thema ‚Nachhaltigkeit und ihre Auswirkungen auf die Wahl von Verpackungen und Entscheidungen bei Online-Käufen‘ veröffentlicht. Diese umfassende Studie untersucht Trends, Einstellungen und Erwartungen in Bezug auf eCommerce von Online Shoppern und den Einfluss von Verpackungen auf das Einkaufserlebnis der Verbraucher.

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