Des Smooth Touch TPE pour l’emballage et le design

Avec les Smooth Touch TPE, KRAIBURG TPE présente une série de compounds qui définit de nouvelles normes au niveau du toucher. (Illustration: © 2021 KRAIBURG TPE)Réduit, smart et de grande qualité: le marché de l’emballage et du design revoit ses exigences. Des solutions matériaux sont requises pour accompagner les fabricants dans cette transition. KRAIBURG TPE répond à ce besoin avec une nouvelle série de produits: ses TPE ont été conçus au vu de la demande du marché pour des solutions de grande valeur et il en résulte une série de compounds spéciaux pour les applications qui veulent se distinguer par un toucher qui sort de l’ordinaire – à un prix attrayant.

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 acquiert Encapsys, LLC

Milliken & Company acquiert Encapsys, LLC.
(Photos © 2021 Milliken & Company, tous droit réservés, MKPR259)Spartanburg, Caroline du sud (Etats-Unis) – Milliken & Company (“Milliken”), producteur mondial dans diverses activités avec une expertise d’un siècle et demi en science des matériaux, vient d’acquérir Encapsys, LLC (“Encapsys”), leader mondial en microencapsulation, au groupe Cypress Performance LLC (“Cypress”). La transaction a été officiellement conclue le 18 octobre 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.