Materials

polyolefins

Matte Colorless Masterbatch for Gloss Reduction

Ampacet’s Muted Matte PE compound said to deliver cost-effective and sustainable gloss reduction in HDPE and PP multilayer applications.

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Additives

Struktol Appoints New Director of Manufacturing

Jeff Kasper has joined the company, after most recently having worked as plant manager at Valtris Specialty Chemicals  

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Architectural Mesh Made from Covestro’s Bioattributed PC

Kaynemaile’s new RE8 Architectural Mesh will deliver an ISCC Plus certified sustainable share of up to 88% of its architectural product.

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Packaging

Matte Finish for PET and rPET Molding and Extrusion Applications

Ampacet’s new Modern Matte masterbatches are designed for mono, multilayer extrusion and in standard as well as heavy-wall molding applications.

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sustainability

Carbon Fiber Reinforced Nylon 12 for Injection Molding

CRP Technology’s new composite is 100% recycled from Windform XT 2.0 IMG industrial 3D printing material.

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PVC

Commodity Resin Prices Flat to Lower

Major price correction looms for PP, and lower prices are projected for PE, PS, PVC and PET.    

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Intrinsic Viscosity Enhancer for rPET and PET Food-Contact Applications

Nexam’s Nexamite MO2100 rebuilds molecular weight and increases IV to enable upcycling of rPET.  

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polyolefins

Polyethylene Innovations Abound for Films, Conduit

Highlights of the 2023 SPE Polyolefins Conference include a novel HDPE for oriented films, high-performance recycled LDPE and LLDPE  film resins, and a bimodal HDPE for conduits.

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Solvay Wins 2023 Re|Focus Sustainability Innovation Award

This year’s winner is partially biobased Amodel Bios long-chain PPA.

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Biopolymers

TotalEnergies Corbion & Changsu Industrial Aim to Advance Adoption of Biobased BOPLA Films

The collaborators will work to develop and promote applications of biaxially oriented PLA.  

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