New Leaf Paper announces support of SGP

SGPNew Leaf Paper, advancing its mission to provide sustainable-business solutions and combat destructive climate change, has teamed with The Sustainable Green Printing Partnership (SGP) as it brings together different business departments and organizations to support supply-chain sustainability.

Milliken Joins GO!PHA to Drive Adoption of Bio-based, Biodegradable PHA Polymers in Single-use Packaging Applications

Milliken & Company’s Chemical Division has joined the Global Organization for PHA (GO!PHA) to help address the technical and market development challenges facing polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) biodegradable biopolymers.(Photo © 2021 Milliken & Company, all rights reserved, MKPR238)Milliken & Company’s Chemical Division has joined the Global Organization for PHA (GO!PHA) to help address the technical and market development challenges related to polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) biodegradable biopolymers. Milliken will bring to GO!PHA its expertise in polymer chemistry to help improve the processing, performance, aesthetics and other important attributes of PHA. The goal is to expand the application range of this family of materials into more packaging applications.

Mondi amplía la gama de Release Liners con el lanzamiento de dos nuevos productos sostenibles a base de papel, EverLiner

Mondi amplía la gama de Release Liners con el lanzamiento de dos nuevos productos sostenibles a base de papel, EverLiner. 
(Foto: Mondi, PR175)El grupo líder mundial de embalaje y papel, Mondi, lanza una gama de nuevos soportes siliconados a base de papel, creados con materiales reciclados y papeles de gramaje reducido, que ofrecen una solución más sostenible para multiples aplicaciones.

Sanitized® BroadTect, un producto innovador que protege los polímeros de forma duradera contra un amplio espectro de microorganismos

Sanitized® BroadTect, un producto innovador que protege los polímeros de forma duradera contra un amplio espectro de microorganismos. 
(Fotografías: SANITIZED AG, PR035) Con un solo producto antimicrobiano es posible proteger los polímeros contra todos los microorganismos relevantes: bacterias gram positivas y gram negativas, hongos, moho, levaduras y algas. Este nuevo producto desarrollado por SANITIZED AG tiene una alta resistencia térmica y es apto para el uso en los procesos de moldeo por extrusión o el moldeo por inyección. La protección antimicrobiana del producto del portafolio Sanitized® BroadTect mantiene su efectividad durante mucho tiempo, incluso en materiales expuestos a la intemperie. Además, se ha demostrado buena actividad antiviral en las superficies.

SONGWON announces global price increases for its polymer stabilizers

SONGWONSONGWON Industrial Co., Ltd. announced today that prices for all its polymer stabilizers products will be raised by up to 10%, depending on the product line and region.

Sustainable Green Printing Partnership Presents Sustainable & Profitable Print Marketing, a 3-Part Educational Workshop

SGPThe Sustainable Green Printing Partnership (SGP), the leading authority in sustainable printing certifications, announced today that it will be offering a three-part education series titled "Sustainable & Profitable Print Marketing: How to Waste Less & Sell More by Marketing Smarter." The workshop will be given by David Murphy, founder & CEO of Nvent Marketing.

DSM partners with Sympatex Technologies to launch mass-balanced bio-based Arnitel® specialty materials

DSM partners with Sympatex Technologies to launch mass-balanced bio-based Arnitel® specialty materials.
(Picture courtesy of Sympatex® Technologies)Royal DSM, a global science-based company active in nutrition, health and sustainable living, today announces that its DSM Engineering Materials business will launch mass-balanced bio-based Arnitel®, a thermoplastic elastomer, together with Sympatex Technologies. In this way, DSM Engineering Materials is taking the next step on its sustainability journey and enabling its customers to transition to a more circular and bio-based economy.

Clariant signs catalysis research partnership with prestigious ETH Zurich university

Main building of ETH Zurich in Switzerland. 
(Photo: ETH Zurich, Marcus Bertschi)Clariant, a focused, sustainable and innovative specialty chemical company, has signed a cooperation agreement with ETH Zurich to support research in catalysis and sustainable chemistry with a significant financial contribution over an initial period of ten years. The goal of the partnership is, firstly, to advance the understanding of catalyst properties – from nano- to macroscale – and their performance. Secondly, together with the ETH Foundation, Clariant will sponsor and collaborate in fundamental chemical research projects, promoting talented ETH scientists and students.