21-10-2021
Clariant Catalysts & Lummus Technology expand CATOFIN® footprint with India’s first PDH plant
Clariant Catalysts and its process partner, Lummus Technology, continue to expand their presence in the PDH market with a major contract award in India. GAIL (India) Ltd. has chosen Lummus Technology’s CATOFIN process and Clariant’s tailor-made catalysts for India’s first PDH plant. Its upcoming 500 kiloton per annum propane dehydrogenation facility in Usar, Maharashtra, will be integrated with a downstream polypropylene (PP) unit. The US$1.2 billion PDH-PP project is expected to start operations by 2024.
21-10-2021
Airnov Showcases New Brand and New Products for the First Time at US Tradeshows
Airnov Healthcare Packaging marks its new branding debut at US tradeshows with this year’s SupplySide West in Las Vegas, NV.
21-10-2021
Las ensaladas Les Crudettes se mantienen frescas con el papel barrera funcional reciclable de Mondi
Mondi, líder mundial en embalajes y papel, ha introducido su primera bolsa de papel barrera funcional reciclable para ensaladas en la gama Les Crudettes del Grupo LSDH. El embalaje sostenible es una solución totalmente integrada: Mondi opera en toda la cadena de valor, desde los bosques gestionados de forma sostenible hasta la producción de pasta y papel kraft, pasando por la aplicación del revestimiento y la impresión del material final.
21-10-2021
Covestro expands portfolio of resins made with plants to turbocharge sustainability in decorative coatings
Covestro, a world leader in coating resin solutions for the decorative industry, today announces the launch of an additional approach as part of its strategy to enable more sustainable, safer solutions for the decorative paints and coatings market. As part of this new approach, which leverages Covestro’s leading position in bio-based resin innovation, the organization will grow its Decovery® family of resins and added-value services to meet the demands of its customers and markets.
20-10-2021
Smooth Touch TPE para el envase y el diseño
Reducido, inteligente y de alta calidad: el mercado del envase y del diseño se está transformando. Hoy se requieren soluciones que acompañen a los fabricantes en su camino. Con una nueva serie de materiales, KRAIBURG TPE responde a esta necesidad: los TPE han sido perfeccionados para proporcionar las valiosas soluciones que exige el mercado. El resultado es una serie propia de productos, desarrollados especialmente para aquellas aplicaciones que apuntan a lograr una extraordinaria sensación táctil (y a un precio atractivo).
20-10-2021
Wendy's, Berry Global, LyondellBasell Collaborate to Improve Cup Recyclability; Introduce New, Industry-Leading Clear Drink Cup
To help advance the goal of sustainably sourcing 100% of its customer-facing packaging by 2026, Wendy's is announcing a new collaboration with packaging and plastics industry leaders Berry Global and LyondellBasell. The collaboration will support Wendy's move from a selection of plastic-lined paper cups with limited recyclability to single-substrate, clear plastic drink cups that more consumers will be able to recycle – an important pathway toward circularity. Based on a mass balance approach, the cups will also use 20% ISCC-certified, recycled plastic across all North America restaurants – a quick-service restaurant industry first – with the potential to increase the amount of recycled plastic used in the future.
19-10-2021
Milliken & Company adquiere Encapsys, LLC
Milliken & Company (“Milliken”), un diversificado fabricante mundial con más de un siglo y medio de experiencia en la ciencia de los materiales, ha adquirido formalmente Encapsys, LLC (“Encapsys”), líder mundial en microencapsulación, de Cypress Performance Group LLC (“Cypress”). La transacción se cerró oficialmente el 18 de octubre de 2021.
19-10-2021
INEOS Styrolution named finalist in Chemical Week Sustainability Awards 2021
INEOS Styrolution, the global leader in styrenics, today announced that it has been chosen by Chemical Week as a finalist in the magazine’s sustainability awards 2021 in the category “best sustainable feedstock initiative”.
