Packaging

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Nov 21
2 min

LyondellBasell to Build Industrial-scale Advanced Recycling Plant in Germany

LyondellBasell (LYB) has made the final investment decision to build the company's first industrial-scale catalytic advanced recycling...

Nov 10
2 min

Lummus, Citroniq Announce Licensing and Engineering Agreements for Green PP Plants

Agreements highlight Lummus and Citroniq's progress in meeting surging demand for sustainable polypropylene Lummus Technology and...

Nov 7
2 min

SK Geo Centric Plans Second Pyrolysis Plant

SK Geo Centric is joining forces with Plastic Energy, the UK-based plastic pyrolysis specialist, to construct a waste plastic pyrolysis...

Nov 1
2 min

The Circular Future of Polymer Production in Europe

At the recent Global Plastics Summit that we attended in Bangkok, there were calls from NGOs and governmental bureaucrats to...

Oct 2
2 min

World’s First Injection Molding Machine for Fiber-based Products Debuts

Pulpac, developer of a process for molding dry fibers derived from pulp into packaging and disposable applications such as hot and cold...

Sep 12
1 min

Neste to Enable bio-based PET Bottles Production

Neste has entered into a partnership with beverage manufacturer Suntory, petrochemicals player ENEOS and and trading house Mitsubishi...

Aug 24
1 min

DuPont Completes Transition Away from Polymer Production

DuPont has agreed to divest an 80.1% share in the Delrin polyacetal (POM) homopolymer business to private equity company TJC LP. The is...

Aug 18
2 min

Verde Bioresin Gears up for Biodegradable Polyethylene Production

Renewables-based biodegradable plastics developer Verde Bioresin is a step closer to NASDAQ listing via a special purpose acquisition...

Aug 18
2 min

Braskem, SCG Confirm Thai Bio-based Polyethylene Project

The companies join forces to advance in a bio-based ethylene project that will deliver feedstock for the production of 200,000...

Aug 16
4 min

T-PLAS to Make Strong Comeback in Bangkok, Thailand This September

Hot topics include Recycling Solutions Zone and Circular Economy Conference T-PLAS, the International Trade Fair for the Plastics and...

Aug 14
2 min

Indonesia Welcomes Indo Pacific Circular Plastics Summit 2023 in October

Mark you calendars for October 26-27, 2023, when the Holiday Inn Jakarta Kemayoran, Indonesia, will welcome the Indo Pacific Circular...

Jul 25
2 min

Braskem's New Bio-Ethylene Capacity Now Onstream

In June this year, Braskem completed a 30% increase in production capacity of its bio-based ethylene plant, located in the Petrochemical...

Jul 5
1 min

Avantium, SCGC to bring CO2-based polymers to pilot phase

Avantium N.V., a leading technology provider in renewable chemistry, will partner with Thailand's SCG Chemicals (SCGC) to further develop...

May 4
2 min

INEOS Claims World First with 50% Recycled Content Flexible Packaging Film

INEOS has claimed a world first, producing ultra-thin, rigid film used for recyclable flexible packaging products made from more than...

Apr 26
2 min

Citroniq Opts for Lummus Tech for Green PP Project

Lummus Technology, a global provider of process technologies and value-driven energy solutions, and Citroniq Chemicals, a world-scale...

Mar 6
2 min

Unpacking the Complexity of Designing Paper Packaging

The headline cited verbatim here is from a blog posting by leading global electronic manufacturing services (EMS) provider Jabil authored...

Feb 8
2 min

The Leaders and Laggards in the Quest to Reach a Circular Economy

As the world continues to grapple with its plastic waste crisis, BloombergNEF’s annual Circular Economy Ranking reveals the companies...

Feb 8
2 min

Citroniq Chemicals, Mitsui Plastics Consider Carbon Negative Polypropylene Supply Agreement

Citroniq Chemicals, a world-scale producer of carbon-negative materials, and Mitsui Plastics, Inc. (MPI), a wholly owned subsidiary of...

Jan 4
2 min

Bio-based Polyolefin Market Set for Stellar Growth Over Next Decade

· Polymer producer sustainability targets coupled with brand owner and consumer preferences will drive increased consumption of...

Dec 7, 2022
3 min

Global Bioplastics Production to Exceed 2.2m Tonnes This Year

After a stagnation in overall plastics production in 2020, mainly due to challenges posed by the Covid-19 pandemic, there is now a new...