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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...

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...

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...

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...

Korean petchem firm rebrands to emphasize green credentials

SK Global Chemical has rebranded itself to SK Geo Centric effective August 2021 to highlight its strategic shift towards supporting a...

US, South African Researchers in Separate Efforts to Develop CO2 Utilization Technologies

A team of researchers from Sasol and the Catalysis Institute at the University of Cape Town (UCT) in South Africa has made advancements...

BMW concept car designed for recyclability, uses recycled materials

It’s always a challenge to digest the sustainability credentials of automakers given the inherently heavy environmental footprints of all...

Apple car by 2025? Announcement this year?

Don't quote us but lithium-ion battery pioneer and Nobel Prize in Chemistry winner Professor Akira Yoshino, speaking to Singapore's The...

Hybrid BOPE/BOPP line stretches mono-material packaging potential

When biaxially-oriented polyethylene (BOPE) was first touted as the mono-material alternative to polypropylene, polyamide and PET in...

Plastic or paper packaging? Part II

Stretch film is a wonder of a packaging material, ensuring that product gets to market without damage. Performance demands typically...

Plastic or paper packaging?

Among "sustainable" materials vying for a piece of the incumbent plastic packaging and disposable cutlery pie is @PulPac dry molded...

The significance of sustainability

The word is often uttered but what really does it mean? Sustainability could be one of the most overused and overhyped corporate slogans eve

Solar's bright future

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