22-06-2020
INEOS Styrolution reports final results of research project: Post consumer polystyrene waste becomes valuable feedstock
INEOS Styrolution, the global leader in styrenics, reports final results of the research project ResolVe. ResolVe was granted a funding from the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) to explore the recycling of polystyrene. The project proves the feasibility of post-consumer waste becoming a valuable feedstock, thus creating a circular economy for polystyrene. The project also included a commercial and an ecological evaluation of the recycling process.
22-06-2020
Miele elige el grado de ABS ELIX 118HF de alta fluidez para su nueva aspiradora sin cable, el modelo Triflex HX1
El fabricante de electrodomésticos de gama alta, Miele & Cie. KG (Miele) ha elegido el grado de ABS 118HF de alta fluidez de ELIX Polymers para su nuevo modelo de aspiradora sin cable Triflex HX1. ELIX Polymers desarrolló ese grado específicamente para esta aplicación, con mejores prestaciones reológicas que permiten reducir el grosor de pared de la carcasa de la aspiradora. ELIX Polymers, con sede en Tarragona (España), es uno de los fabricantes líderes de resinas de acrilonitrilo-butadieno-estireno (ABS, por sus siglas en inglés) y derivados.
22-06-2020
TE Connectivity’s Thermal Transfer Ribbons designed for demanding, harsh environments
TE Connectivity (TE), a world leader in connectivity and sensors, offers new RIB-1976 & RIB-1982 Thermal Transfer (TT) ribbons. Engineered to enhance print quality, like all our Thermal Transfer Ribbons these are designed to offer flexibility and optimal print performance for identification products installed in harsh, aggressive environments.
18-06-2020
SABIC PURECARES™ portfolio offers solutions for medical disposables
Few sectors face as many critical challenges or as vitally important to humankind, as healthcare. Today the world faces a very serious challenge with the current pandemic and in response to this, SABIC’s engagements with its customers have focused on delivering larger volumes of SABIC PURECARES™ polypropylene (PP) materials for manufacturing of nonwovens used in medical disposables such as gowns and masks and hygiene applications. SABIC’s Personal Hygiene industry team has ramped up efforts over recent months to ensure customers in the hygiene and medical sectors quickly receive much-needed materials to meet urgent and increasing global demands.
18-06-2020
Esprit selects EarthColors® by Archroma for its newest ‘I AM SUSTAINABLE’ capsule collection
Archroma, a global leader in color and specialty chemicals towards sustainable solutions, today announced a new collaboration with Esprit, the global fashion clothing brand, who selected the EarthColors® range for its ‘I AM SUSTAINABLE’ capsule collection.
18-06-2020
Clariant ColorWorks™ applies IR-detectable black technology to make other dark colors more recyclable
Clariant continues to develop new technology to improve the recyclability of plastics while offering packaging and product developers more color options. The latest development is a range of deep, dark colors that normally would have required the use of carbon black pigments that makes them undetectable by the near-infrared (NIR) sensors used in automated polymer sorting systems at recycling centers.
17-06-2020
Reimagining knee replacements with additive technology and artificial intelligence
Italian medical implant manufacturer REJOINT is introducing mass customization and therapy personalization through a combination of Electron Beam Melting (EBM) and computerized analysis of intraoperative and post-operative data collection through IoT-connected sensorized wearables.
17-06-2020
Archroma joins hands with Liberty Textile Mills Limited to produce life-saving PPE in Pakistan
Archroma, a global leader in color and specialty chemicals towards sustainable solutions, has joined hands with Liberty Textile Mill Limited (Liberty), a leading producer in healthcare textiles to produce high quality personal protective equipment (PPE).
