Kaneka Corp. plans to add a 15,000-tonnes/year production facility got its Green Planet bio-based biodegradable polymer PHBH, a type of...

Toray Industries, Inc. has developed a nylon 510 (N510) fiber that incorporates 100% ‘bio-based synthetic polymer content’ Ecodear N510,...

Germany’s nova-Institute has selected six innovations in cellulose fiber, from cellulose made of orange and wood pulp to a novel...

Based on historical trends, BloombergNEF’s 2021 Battery Price Survey predicts that by 2024 average pack prices should be below $100/kWh....

Asahi Kasei has teamed up with Shell to source feedstock derived from waste plastic to manufacture sustainable solution-polymerized...

In certain English-speaking countries, erasers are called rubbers, a least when I used them to correct my written mistakes in the 1970s....

Users of polylactic acid (PLA) biodegradable plastics now have one more option when it comes to recycling. Biodegradable plastics were...

LG Chem has developed a plastic material that can replace the metal in solar panel frames for the first time in Korea and has started...

Germany’s Lanxess has developed a 100-percent bio-based material made from polylactic acid and flax fabrics. The high-performance Tepex...

The spate of green-tinged announcements from South Korea's petrochemical sector continues. Following on from its rebranding, SK Geo...

Several publications have picked up on our recent announcement regarding price forecasting of plastics. Please check out the links and...

Well driver, that 's your lot then! Driving will be banned from 2050 except for in "controlled environments" such as racing tracks...

Don't quote us but lithium-ion battery pioneer and Nobel Prize in Chemistry winner Professor Akira Yoshino, speaking to Singapore's The...

#bigdataanalytics and #AI technologies are set to play key enabling roles in process industries through optimizing systems and improving...

When biaxially-oriented polyethylene (BOPE) was first touted as the mono-material alternative to polypropylene, polyamide and PET in...

#aerogels have long been an esoteric research area, albeit having found application in areas such as space shuttles and under-the-ocean...

Invented in Japan, single-wall carbon nanotubes (CNTs) can increase the electric capacity and power of lithium-ion batteries (LIBs), as...

Stretch film is a wonder of a packaging material, ensuring that product gets to market without damage. Performance demands typically...

Among "sustainable" materials vying for a piece of the incumbent plastic packaging and disposable cutlery pie is @PulPac dry molded...

The word is often uttered but what really does it mean? Sustainability could be one of the most overused and overhyped corporate slogans eve