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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...

New POE Supplier Emerges in Korea

Korea’s Hanwha TotalEnergies Petrochemical has completed construction of a polyolefin elastomer (POE) pilot plant, representing a...

PP Frames Support PV Panels

Sabic has teamed up with solar module maker Solarge to develop lightweight photovoltaic (PV) modules employing polypropylene (PP). The PP...

Photovoltaic roof for cycling paths

Badenova is installing 912 glass-glass PV modules along a cycling path in the city of Freiburg, Germany, as part of a new pilot project....

Mitsui Chemicals to Build New Tafmer POE Plant in Singapore

Back in the day, when the main market for polyolefin elastomers (POEs) was impact modification of polypropylene automotive compounds,...

Solar drives POE expansion in South Korea

Sabic and its partner SK geo centric (SKGC) have announced their intent to expand capacity for polyolefin elastomer and plastomers...

BloombergNEF Report Validates MLTA View of Solar Encapsulant Market

Global investment in renewable energy totaled $226 billion in the first half of 2022, setting a new record for the first six months of a...

MOST A&I India LDPE/EVA Import Report—Korean Suppliers Prominent in EVA; Diverse Sources of LDPE

India and South Korea inked a comprehensive economic partnership agreement in 2009, with ethylene-vinyl-acetate (EVA) resin being one of...

Solar Set to Soar as EU Targets Zero Russian Fossil Fuels by 2030

Amidst a backdrop of EU initiatives to reduce reliance on Russian oil and gas, renewables such as solar will be major beneficiaries. The...

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...

Solar's bright future

Installation of solar modules is growing at a double-digit rate globally, which is welcome news for materials suppliers.