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MLTA to Speak at InnoPlast Planet-Friendly Plastics Conference
MLT Analytics has been invited to deliver a Special Presentation at the Planet-Friendly Plastics: Latest Advances conference organized by...


Dec 18, 20241 min read
Novel PP Clarifier Embodies Paradigm Shift in Polymer Industry
Adeka has just launched an innovative clarifier for polypropylene (PP) with a new brand name—Transparex (product name: ADK Transparex CA...


Nov 6, 20242 min read
Citroniq Selects Nebraska for World's Largest Decarbonized Plastics Production Facility
The company's estimated $7.5 billion investment is projected to be the largest in Nebraska history and creates transformational...

Oct 8, 20242 min read
Dextrose Will Feed Bio-MEG Facility in Indiana
Sustainea and Primient have announced a co-location partnership for the supply of corn dextrose from Primient’s facility in Lafayette,...


Sep 24, 20245 min read
California Sues ExxonMobil for Deceiving Public on Plastic Product Recyclability
California Attorney General Rob Bonta has announced the filing of a lawsuit against ExxonMobil for allegedly engaging in a decades-long...


Sep 17, 20242 min read
Braskem America Introduces Bio-Circular Polypropylene
Biopolymers pioneer Braskem has launched a bio-circular polypropylene (PP) under the brand name WENEW. WENEW is said to be a...


Sep 11, 20242 min read
Braskem Opens Renewable Innovation Center in U.S.
Braskem, the largest polyolefins producer in the Americas, as well as a market leader and pioneer producer of biopolymers on an...


Sep 5, 20242 min read
LanzaTech Licenses Waste-to-Ethanol Process in Japan
LanzaTech Global has signed a master license agreement with Sekisui Chemical to deploy at commercial scale a jointly developed platform...


Aug 7, 20241 min read
Bio-based Material Mushrooms into EPS Alternative
Mushroom Materials, a New Zealand-based startup, is seeking to upend the expanded polystyrene (EPS) foam market with an innovative...


Aug 7, 20241 min read
MLTA POE Report Covered by PIE
Plastics Information Europe (PIE) did a stellar job of covering the latest update of our global market report for polyolefin elastomers...


May 17, 20243 min read
Dow SCGC Sign MOU for Circular Plastics
First in the Asia Pacific market to seek a holistic value chain solution for circular plastic. 200,000 tonnes/year of plastic waste will...


Mar 15, 20242 min read
Plastic Chemicals Report: >90% of Quantity Cited Probably Used in Non-Plastics Applications
The latest fearmongering report about plastics is out and it's a whopper! The PlastChem report runs to 181 pages and comes with a...


Mar 7, 20242 min read
ASEAN Circular Plastics Summit Slated for Malaysia in June
Apex Events is convening the ASEAN Circular Plastics Summit 2024 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on June 27–28. The organizer recently unveiled...


Feb 23, 20241 min read
MLT Analytics at APIC 2024 Korea
MLT Analytics will be attending the Asia Petrochemical Industry Conference (APIC 2024) in Seoul, Korea this coming May 30th and 31st. We...


Feb 9, 20243 min read
Lignin-reinforced PLA Imparts Antioxidant Effect with Controlled Biodegradability
KraussMaffei Extrusion has tied up with a Polish partner to develop a bio-based injection molding compound with enhanced mechanical...


Jan 16, 20242 min read
Plastics added $250 billion to U.S. health costs in 2018?
In 2018 global plastics production was valued at $712 billion according to Statistica. Let's conservatively assume that the U.S....


Jan 3, 20242 min read
Baby Bottles are Bio-based
LyondellBasell and Pigeon Singapore – a market leader producing high-quality mother and baby care products for Southeast Asia, Middle...


Nov 21, 20232 min read
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, 20232 min read
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 1, 20232 min read
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...
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