Smooth Touch TPE para el envase y el diseño

KRAIBURG TPE presenta Smooth Touch TPE, una serie de compuestos que establece nuevas referencias en materia de sensación táctil. 
(Foto: © 2021 KRAIBURG TPE)Reducido, inteligente y de alta calidad: el mercado del envase y del diseño se está transformando. Hoy se requieren soluciones que acompañen a los fabricantes en su camino. Con una nueva serie de materiales, KRAIBURG TPE responde a esta necesidad: los TPE han sido perfeccionados para proporcionar las valiosas soluciones que exige el mercado. El resultado es una serie propia de productos, desarrollados especialmente para aquellas aplicaciones que apuntan a lograr una extraordinaria sensación táctil (y a un precio atractivo).

Wendy's, Berry Global, LyondellBasell Collaborate to Improve Cup Recyclability; Introduce New, Industry-Leading Clear Drink Cup

LyondellBasellTo help advance the goal of sustainably sourcing 100% of its customer-facing packaging by 2026, Wendy's is announcing a new collaboration with packaging and plastics industry leaders Berry Global and LyondellBasell. The collaboration will support Wendy's move from a selection of plastic-lined paper cups with limited recyclability to single-substrate, clear plastic drink cups that more consumers will be able to recycle – an important pathway toward circularity. Based on a mass balance approach, the cups will also use 20% ISCC-certified, recycled plastic across all North America restaurants – a quick-service restaurant industry first – with the potential to increase the amount of recycled plastic used in the future.

Milliken & Company adquiere Encapsys, LLC

Milliken & Company adquiere Encapsys, LLC.
(Fotos © 2021 Milliken & Company, todos los derechos reservados, MKPR259)Milliken & Company (“Milliken”), un diversificado fabricante mundial con más de un siglo y medio de experiencia en la ciencia de los materiales, ha adquirido formalmente Encapsys, LLC (“Encapsys”), líder mundial en microencapsulación, de Cypress Performance Group LLC (“Cypress”). La transacción se cerró oficialmente el 18 de octubre de 2021.

INEOS Styrolution named finalist in Chemical Week Sustainability Awards 2021

INEOS StyrolutionINEOS Styrolution, the global leader in styrenics, today announced that it has been chosen by Chemical Week as a finalist in the magazine’s sustainability awards 2021 in the category “best sustainable feedstock initiative”.

Wilo chooses DOMO’s TECHNYL® advanced solutions for its pumps to ensure delivery of high-quality water

Wilo-Para-MSL pump. (Image courtesy: Wilo)Ensuring high quality and sustainable supplies of water for consumers is a major challenge for city authorities. As cities grow, the challenge will only increase. DOMO Chemicals, a major supplier of polyamide materials, is preparing to meet that challenge.

Clariant and China’s National Congress on Catalysis solidify partnership to further support catalytic research towards a green, low-carbon future

From left to right: Prof. Can Li (Member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences), Prof. Youchang Xie (winner of the National Catalysis Achievement Award of China), Prof. Mingyuan He (Member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences), Shizhong Zhao (Head of Catalysts R&D China, Clariant). 
(Photo: Clariant)As this year’s 20th National Congress on Catalysis of China (NCC) gets underway in Wuhan, Clariant has presented the 8th National Catalysis Achievement Award for outstanding R&D achievement in the field to Youchang Xie, Professor of Physical Chemistry at Beijing’s Peking University.

Clariant boosts technology and sustainability capabilities in state-of-the-art oilfield services center in South Texas

Clariant boosts technology and sustainability capabilities in state-of-the-art oilfield services center in South Texas. 
(Photo: Clariant)Clariant’s Oil and Mining Services business has officially opened its new, state-of-the-art Eagle Ford Technology, Sales & Operations Center near San Antonio, TX. The facility is uniquely positioned to improve response time and cater to local customer needs, ensuring a long-term commitment to a strategic and growth orientated oilfield services market in North America.

SABIC presents new SABIC PURECARES & TRUCIRCLE portfolios for nonwovens at INDEX Expo

In an innovative circular economy pilot project, Fraunhofer, SABIC and Procter & Gamble have demonstrated the feasibility of closing the loop on facemasks to help reduce plastic waste and mitigate fossil resources depletion. 
(© SABIC / Fraunhofer)SABIC, a global leader in the chemical industry, has announced that the newly formed Hygiene & Healthcare segment of its Petrochemicals business will showcase its extensive portfolio of SABIC PURECARES™ polypropylene (PP) and polyethylene (PE) polymers for high-purity nonwovens and hygiene films at the upcoming INDEX™ Expo in Geneva, Switzerland, from October 19 through 22, 2021. The company’s exhibit at Booth #2441 will also feature enabling solutions developed with partners to address the issue of plastic waste and support the transformation of the industry towards a circular economy with closed-loop initiatives and certified circular polymers under its TRUCIRCLE™ portfolio and services.