Materials
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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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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Südpack and Clean Cycle Invest in Carboliq Chemical Recycling
The global film manufacturer and flexible packaging investment firm have a long-term investment in Rencenso’s Carboliq technology.
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Genomatica and Asahi Kasei Collaborate on Renewably-Sourced Nylon 66
Parnership will accelerate momentum for Genomatica’s new route to HMD and Ashai Kasei’s sustainability strategy
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What If the 1970s Came Back?
Who wants to go back to plastics shortages and soaring prices? What are we doing to resurrect the conditions that produced those painful results?
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What Happened the Last Time(s) Oil Markets Went Crazy
With oil prices bouncing around record highs and inflation in the double digits, things may look bad now, but the plastics industry has been there before—and came out ahead.
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FRX Polymers’ Flame Retardants Granted a GreenScreen Benchmark 3 Score for Electronic Devices
Three Nofia polymeric phosphorus-based FR additives earn one of the industry’s highest green non-toxic indicators of ESG compliance.
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Thinner Gauge Dielectric Film for Capacitors of Hybrid, Plug-in-Hybrid, and Battery Electric Vehicles
SABIC’s new 3-micron gauge of Elcres HTV150A film is 40% thinner than its 5-micron film launched last year.
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SABIC Collaborates with Kraton for Production of Certified Renewable SBCs
The collaboration entails SABIC’s biobased butadiene for which each kilogram (2.2 lb) reduces CO2 emissions by an average of 4 kilograms (8.82 lb) compared to fossil-based virgin alternatives.
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AMP Robotics Extends Partnership with Food-Grade rPET Manufacturer Evergreen
Evergreen now has 15 of AMP’s robotic sorting systems guided by AI.
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