Materials

Medical

Medical-Grade Nylon 6, Nylon 6/66, and PET

DSM Engineering has expanded its Medical Care portfolio of engineering materials for medical devices.  

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Additives

Carbon Black Free Colorants for Packaging

Chroma Color’s NIR Sortable Black Technology passes APR test protocol for NIR sorting  

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Additives

BASF and Chinese Compounder Partner to Develop High-Quality Recycled Plastics Compounds

Zhejiang REEF Technology to use BASF’ IrgaCycle sustainable additives in its recycled thermoplastic compound.  

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polyolefins

Colorants with Synthetic Leather Look for HDPE Blow Molded Packaging

  Ampacet’s Synthetic Leather color palette projects luxury look of leather.  

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Additives

Flow Additive Leaves No Residual Effects in PLA Compounds

CAI’s ST-PA210 bioplastic lubricating agent tested by third-party lab for impact on food-contact compliance.

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Sugar-Based Plastics Developments Advance Further

Research team from universities of Birmingham and Duke zero in on sugar-based compound that produces TPEs with highest  performance.

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Elastomers

Series of TPEs with Recycled Content

Teknor Apex’s ‘new’ Monprene TPEs contain 25% to 35% recycled content helps brand achieve their sustainability goals.

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Commodity Resins

ExxonMobil Linear Alpha Olefins Production Unit On Course for Commercial Startup in Mid-2023

A fully range of LAOs will be produced and sold under the Elevexx brand.

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High-Temperature Foaming Agents Reduce Weight and Costs for Engineering Resins

iD Additives’s Micro Fine Cell product line increasingly used for PC, PC blends, nylons and more.  

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Elastomers

DL Chemical Completes Acquisition of Kraton

The merger enables Kraton to strengthen its global presence by leveraging DL Chemical’s manufacturing capabilities and footprint in the Asian market.

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