Ukraine an integral part of the European automotive supply chain
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is reverberating through the global car industry, with the strongest effects on European carmakers who have...
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- Mar 15, 2022
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My favorite cellulose
Cellulosic fibers are good for the environment so the saying goes. One supplier, Eastman, reports they are degradable in the ocean within...
- Mar 9, 2022
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Make the MOST of your polymer export opportunities
MLT Analytics is proud to announce the launch of our Market-Oriented Strategic Trade (MOST) Analysis & Intelligence Report. This polymer...
- Feb 11, 2022
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ExxonMobil’s Vistamaxx Elastomer Enhances its Green Credentials
Ever since ExxonMobil Chemical announced in May 2019 a major capacity addition for its Vistamaxx propylene-based elastomer (POE), one...
- Feb 7, 2022
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Kaneka to Increase Biodegradable PHBH Production Capacity in Japan
Kaneka Corp. plans to add a 15,000-tonnes/year production facility got its Green Planet bio-based biodegradable polymer PHBH, a type of...
- Jan 21, 2022
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Toray Commercializes 100% Plant-based Nylon Fiber
Toray Industries, Inc. has developed a nylon 510 (N510) fiber that incorporates 100% ‘bio-based synthetic polymer content’ Ecodear N510,...
- Jan 10, 2022
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nova-Institute Set to Award Cellulose Fibre Innovation of the Year 2022 in February
Germany’s nova-Institute has selected six innovations in cellulose fiber, from cellulose made of orange and wood pulp to a novel...
- Nov 26, 2021
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Styrene-Butadiene Rubber from Plastic Waste Plastic
Asahi Kasei has teamed up with Shell to source feedstock derived from waste plastic to manufacture sustainable solution-polymerized...
- Nov 17, 2021
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Phthalate-free Erasers Clean Up Those Crumbs
In certain English-speaking countries, erasers are called rubbers, a least when I used them to correct my written mistakes in the 1970s....
- Nov 12, 2021
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Unitika Debuts CNF-reinforced Polyamide; but it's the other CNF
A polyamide 6 grade from Japan’s Unitika is reinforced with CNFs, in this case cellulose nanofibers rather than carbon nanofibers. The...
- Nov 5, 2021
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Paper-based Pallet Stretch Wrap Shows Lower Climate Impact than Plastic
An independent life cycle assessment (LCA) comparing paper pallet wrapping innovation, with conventional LLDPE-based stretch film...
- Oct 28, 2021
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Is biodegradable plastic best chemically-recycled?
Users of polylactic acid (PLA) biodegradable plastics now have one more option when it comes to recycling. Biodegradable plastics were...
- Oct 28, 2021
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Plastics is the new coal? Really?
An interesting report from Beyond Plastics appeared on our computer screens recently espousing plastics as the new coal in terms of...
- Oct 20, 2021
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Plastic Solar Panel Frames in the Offing
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...
- Oct 15, 2021
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Flax, Polylactic Acid Form New Bio-composite for Auto Applications
Germany’s Lanxess has developed a 100-percent bio-based material made from polylactic acid and flax fabrics. The high-performance Tepex...
- Oct 12, 2021
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ExxonMobil Gets Serious on Advanced Plastics Recycling
ExxonMobil has unveiled plans to establish up to 500,000 tonnes annually of advanced [chemical] recycling capacity across multiple global...
- Oct 8, 2021
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Clariant, Linde unveil groundbreaking ethylene catalysts
Clariant Catalysts has teamed up with Linde Engineering to develop new catalysts for the oxidative dehydrogenation of ethane (ODH-E), an...
- Oct 8, 2021
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World's first net-zero carbon emissions ethylene and derivatives complex for Canada
Dow Chemical plan to build the world's first net-zero carbon emissions integrated ethylene cracker and derivatives site with respect to...
- Sep 28, 2021
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Life-saving device rapidly stops bleeding from knife wounds
Student designs life-saving device that rapidly stops bleeding from knife wounds In the year ending March 2019, 259 people were killed in...
- Sep 20, 2021
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Korea is really going green
The spate of green-tinged announcements from South Korea's petrochemical sector continues. Following on from its rebranding, SK Geo...
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