INEOS Styrolution introduces first sustainable styrenics products with superior weathering resistance based on bio-attribution

Window profiles and car spoiler, typical applications for Luran S © Shutterstock.Frankfurt, June 15, 2022 - INEOS Styrolution, the global leader in styrenics, has today announced the introduction of the company’s first sustainable ASA solution. INEOS Styrolution’s Luran® S material is now also available as Luran S ECO with up to 50% bio-attributed content.

INEOS Styrolution extends its line of sustainable SBC products by a 100% bio-attributed option

Typical Styrolux application © INEOS Styrolution.INEOS Styrolution, the global leader in styrenics, has today announced the introduction of its first SBC products produced from 100% bio-attributed feedstock. The new solution is available for INEOS Styrolution’s Styrolux® and Styroflex® product lines.

Indaver and INEOS Styrolution sign offtake agreement for recycled styrene monomer

© Image courtesy of Indaver.Indaver, a leading player in the European waste industry, and INEOS Styrolution, the global leader in styrenics, have signed an offtake agreement today giving INEOS Styrolution access to styrene monomer (“SM”) produced from post-consumer waste at Indaver’s planned depolymerisation plant.

Perstorp introduces the world’s first 2-Ethylhexanol partly based on renewables

Perstorp introduces the world’s first 2-Ethylhexanol partly based on renewables. 
(Photo: Perstorp)Leading specialty chemicals innovator Perstorp introduces 2-Ethylhexanol based on 25% renewable raw material according to a traceable mass balance concept. 2-EH Pro 25 is designed to reduce the carbon footprint throughout the value chain where it is used to support sustainable sourcing of renewable and recycled raw materials. It is the latest addition to Perstorp’s rapidly expanding ISCC PLUS-certified portfolio of Pro-Environment products.

Solvay Launches New Biosurfactants for Carbon-Neutral and Circular Beauty Care Products

Solvay Launches New Biosurfactants for Carbon-Neutral and Circular Beauty Care Products. 
(Photo: Solvay, PR025)Solvay, a leading supplier of cosmetic ingredients, has introduced Mirasoft® SL L60 and Mirasoft® SL A60 - two new high-performance biosurfactants that enable the development of sustainable beauty care products. Based on rapeseed oil and sugar with low environmental and carbon footprint, these glycolipid biosurfactants are suitable for a broad range of applications in beauty care such as shampoos, conditioners, shower gels, face washes and creams.

SGP Partnership Sustainability Summit focus is sustainable print in a digital world

SGPThe Sustainable Green Printing Partnership (SGP), the leading authority in sustainable printing certifications, announced today its 2022 Sustainability Summit on July 20, at Fenway Park, Boston, MA. This year's event theme is "The Power of Sustainable Print in the Digital World." The Sustainability Summit is a unique event that brings together thought leaders and community stakeholders in pursuit of more accountable sustainable print supply chains.

SABIC kooperiert mit UPM Raflatac zur Einführung des weltweit ersten Labelmaterials aus zertifiziertem Kreislaufkunststoff auf Basis von Meeresplastik

SABIC kooperiert mit UPM Raflatac zur Einführung des weltweit ersten Labelmaterials aus zertifiziertem Kreislaufkunststoff auf der Basis von Meeresplastik (OBP).SABIC, ein weltweit führendes Unternehmen der chemischen Industrie, hat sich an einem innovativen Projekt mit Wertschöpfungspartnern beteiligt, um UPM Raflatac bei der Einführung des weltweit ersten Verpackungslabelmaterials aus einem SABIC® zertifiziertem Polypropylen (PP) zu unterstützen, das auf recyceltem Meeresplastik (Ocean Bound Plastic, OBP) basiert. Das Labelmaterial wird unter dem Markennamen ‚UPM Raflatac Ocean Action‘ vermarktet.

Primex Plastics Reedsburg First Supplier Certified SGP Facility

SGPThe Sustainable Green Printing Partnership (SGP), the leading authority in sustainable printing certifications, announced today that the Primex Plastics Corporation facility in Reedsburg, Wisconsin USA is the first supplier facility to become SGP certified. Since 2008, SGP certifies sustainability in print facilities, and expanded the program in 2021 to include supplier facilities.