Lilli Manolis Sherman Contributing Editor

Biopolymers 27 Jun 2022

PP Made with Renewable Feedstock for Highly-Sensitive Frozen Food Packaging

Borealis’ Bornewables PP enabled ‘first’ PP ice cream brand made with renewable feedstock.

Biopolymers 24 Jun 2022

Avantium and Carlsberg Take Next Step in Commercialization of PEF

Carlsberg signs offtake agreement with Avantium to secure fixed volume of the latter’s 100% plant-based PEF for various packaging applications.

Engineering Resins 24 Jun 2022

Cover for On-Board Battery Charger Made of Nylon 6

Lanxess’ highly-reinforced Durethan BKV50H3.0 proven in new large-scale electric vehicle applications in place of nylon 66.

Engineering Resins 21 Jun 2022

Invista to Expand Nylon 66 Capacity

The company is making a significant investment in its South Carolina facility to transform it from carpet fiber to nylon 66 polymer focused production.

Recycling 20 Jun 2022

Kreyenborg’s Take on the Current Status of Plastics Recycling

As part of a series of industry interviews leading-up to K-2022, VDMA interviews Jan Hendrik Ostgathe, Kreyenborg managing director.

Purging Compounds 13 Jun 2022

Asaclean Launches Interactive, Educational Website

Offering nearly 500 pages of purging content in English & Spanish, the new site is suited to both new and experienced processors.

Engineering Resins 9 Jun 2022

Thermally Conductive Nylon 6 for Electric Sports Car Component

Cooling element for the charge controller of an electric sports car made from Lanxess’ Durethan BTC965FM30 nylon 6

Biopolymers 8 Jun 2022

100% Cellulose Film Resin Adopted by Restaurant Chain for Take-Out Packaging

Woodly and film converter Amerplast have applied the novel material to commercialization of heat-sealed sandwich bags.

7 Jun 2022

Alternative Aseptic Carton Packaging Supplier Uses Bio-Attributed LL/LDPE

Through its partnership with Ineos and UPM, Greatview launched biobased Greatview Planet packaging line for liquid dairy and non-carbonated beverages.