Japan's Asahi Kasei will cease production of polyethylene resins by March 2030. Currently, the company manufactures low-density polyethylene (LDPE), ethylene vinyl acetate (EVA) and high-density polyethylene (HDPE) under the Suntec-LD and Suntec-EVA, and Suntec-HD and Creolex brands. Creolex HDPE is produced using metallocene catalyst technology. Creolex metallocene HDPE grades exhibit excellent thermal stability and are additive-free in certain formulations. The materials co

Japan's Toyobo has developed what it describes as the industry’s first biaxially oriented polyethylene furanoate (PEF) film made from 100% plant-derived materials, Samples of the product will start shipping in June. Although entirely plant-derived, PEF film offers 60% higher rigidity and ten times better oxygen gas barrier properties than petroleum-derived polyethylene terephthalate (PET) films. These properties enable PEF films to enhance the reliability and functional perfo

New Zealand e-waste recycler Mint Innovation has successfully produced the industry’s first batch of certified closed loop recycled copper through an industry-first collaboration with HP Inc. The milestone demonstrates Mint’s proprietary biosorption technology, which recovers high-purity copper from HP’s end-of-life printed circuit boards (PCBs) for reuse in HP PC manufacturing starting with the HP EliteBook X G2 Series laptops and HP EliteBoard G1a Next Gen AI PC. The annou

Toray Industries, Inc., has developed a highly antistatic version of Toyolacparel acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS) resin. The surface resistivity is 10 9 Ω/sq (one billion ohms per square), one-fifth that of the company’s conventional counterpart. Toyolacparel provides durable antistatic performance by forming a continuous-layer 3D network of antistatic polymer throughout the ABS resin. The high surface resistivity of the new compound reflects an improved molecular desig