Beaulieu International Group and Arenal announce partnership to drive growth of padel in Belgium and Netherlands

João Moura, Portuguese professional padel player.
(Photo: © Beaulieu International Group)Padel pioneers Arenal and Artificial Grass specialists B.I.G. are pleased to announce the two companies have signed a long-term partnership to drive the growth of padel in the Belgian and Dutch markets. Over the last two years, padel has been growing exponentially, and as two market leaders, B.I.G. and Arenal are looking to further develop the sport. Arenal is a leading operator of padel courts in Belgium, looking to expand under the leadership of Marc Coucke, while B.I.G. is today a leading provider for artificial grass surfaces for padel, ready to market its products under its Act Sports brand.

Heubach launches influential Automotive Styling Shades 2027 Trendbook at ECS: “Plan B for Planet A”

Four color palettes featuring Heubach’s 28 new color shades in our Automotive Stylings Shades 2027 Trendbook. 
(Photo: Heubach)The new Heubach Group, a market leader in diversified organic, inorganic, and anti-corrosive pigments, pigment preparations, dyes and specialty materials has announced the latest edition of its automotive color previews: Automotive Styling Shades 2027 Trendbook, “Plan B for Planet A”. In doing so, the new Heubach Group continues Clariant’s BU Pigments tradition of the biennial color trend forecasting of the “Automotive Styling Shades Trendbook” series.

INEOS Styrolution’s K-Resin® KR21 selected by major household appliance manufacturers in Asia for refrigerator inliners

INEOS StyrolutionINEOS Styrolution, the global leader in styrenics, has today announced that its K-Resin® KR21 has been successfully commercialised by major household appliance manufacturers in Asia for refrigerator inliners.

SONGWON showcases its coatings strength with new product releases at the European Coatings Show

SONGWONSONGWON Industrial Group (www.songwon.com), the 2nd largest manufacturer of polymer stabilizers in the world and global specialty chemicals player, continues to demonstrate its firm commitment to the coatings industry with the expansion of its comprehensive portfolio of high-performance coatings products and blends.

Agilyx and INEOS Styrolution advance development of large scale TruStyrenyx plant 

INEOS StyrolutionINEOS Styrolution America LLC (“INEOS Styrolution”), a global leader in styrenics, and Agilyx ASA (OSE: AGLX; OTCQX: AGXXF) (“Agilyx”), a technology company that enables customers to recycle post-use plastics to high value, virgin-equivalent products, today announce that they are advancing the development of a previously announced 100 tons per day TruStyrenyx™ chemical recycling facility in Channahon, Illinois.

Avery Dennison implements Carbon Trust footprinting tool

Avery DennisonAvery Dennison Corporation (NYSE:AVY) is transitioning to a bespoke carbon footprinting tool created in collaboration with the Carbon Trust to continue its drive towards transparency and continuous improvement in environmental impact measurement and reporting on its label products.

Ascend to showcase line of low-VOC, recyclable and biodegradable additives at European Coatings Show

Ascend to showcase line of low-VOC, recyclable and biodegradable additives at European Coatings Show. (Photo: Ascend Performance Materials, APMPR084)Ascend Performance Materials will showcase its line of specialty chemicals and sustainable solutions at the European Coatings Show. Experts will be on hand to discuss the company’s high-performance, high-purity amines as well as biodegradable and recyclable solvents for the industry.

Perstorp strengthens its sustainable offerings with world’s first 100% renewable-based polyols with negative carbon footprint

Perstorp strengthens its sustainable offerings with world’s first 100% renewable-based polyols with negative carbon footprint.
(Photo: Perstorp)Leading specialty chemicals innovator Perstorp has launched new grades for two base polyols that are now available with 100% renewable, mass-balanced carbon content. When including the biogenic CO2 uptake from the renewable raw materials, the products will have a negative carbon footprint at the Perstorp gate. Based on a traceable mass-balance concept, Neeture N100 (neopentyl glycol) and Evyron T100 (trimethylolpropane) are designed to reduce the carbon footprint throughout the value chain and to support the sustainable sourcing of renewable and recycled raw materials.