19-05-2021
Archroma releases its 2020 sustainability report
Archroma, a global leader in specialty chemicals towards sustainable solutions, today announced the release of its Sustainability Report for its fiscal year 2020.
19-05-2021
Solvay lance les PPA Amodel® Bios pour les applications électriques et électroniques de l’électromobilité
Solvay a complété son portefeuille de compounds de polyphtalamides (PPA) à hautes performances avec l’adjonction de Amodel® Bios, une nouvelle famille de PPA à longue chaîne partiellement bio-sourcés. Ces nouveaux produits sont plus particulièrement destinés aux applications exigeantes de l’électrotechnique et de l’électronique dans le domaine de l’électromobilité. Outre leur teneur en matières premières renouvelables non vivrières, leur fabrication fait appel à de l’électricité entièrement renouvelable qui ramène le potentiel de réchauffement global (PRG) de ces produits bien en-deçà de ceux d’autres PPA d’origine bio-sourcée.
19-05-2021
Welcome to a world first: Clariant’s virtual Car Color Configurator launched with Automotive Styling Shades 2025 Trendbook
Clariant, one of the world’s best known pigment producers, has released its new Automotive Styling Shades Trendbook 2025, including an interactive digital version for the first time.
18-05-2021
SGP Foundation earns GuideStar Silver recognition for nonprofits
The Sustainable Green Printing Partnership (SGP), the leading authority in sustainable printing certifications, announced today that its sister organization, SGP Foundation Inc, earned the Silver GuideStar Nonprofit Profile Seal of Transparency. This is the second level of recognition offered by GuideStar, the world’s largest source of nonprofit information. SGP Foundation is moving forward in its mission to provide education and awareness of sustainability best practices to the printing industry.
18-05-2021
B.I.G. Yarns unveils ColorMind for ultimate design freedom for contract carpets
B.I.G. Yarns brings inspirational design freedom to high-end loop-pile contract and automotive carpets with the unveiling of ColorMind. The innovative yarn technology is B.I.G. Yarns’ first venture into a two steps yarn collection, offering a unique solution for creating multi-color PA6 yarns for any carpet design.
18-05-2021
ELIX Polymers’ E-LOOP products with recycled content are commercially available
ELIX Polymers, a global leader in specialised styrene-based thermoplastics, has included all of its Circular Economy activities under the new brand name, E-LOOP, which was launched successfully last February. The E-LOOP brand includes two strategic programmes of ELIX Sustainable Portfolio Solutions: Circular Plastics and Responsible Innovation.
17-05-2021
Perstorp launches Emoltene™ 100 Pro: a durable DPHP plasticizer based on renewable material
Leading specialty chemicals innovator Perstorp is pioneering in the PVC market with the introduction of a general-purpose plasticizer partly based on renewable raw material using a traceable mass balance concept. Emoltene™ 100 Pro is a dipropylheptyl phthalate (DPHP) designed to support sustainable sourcing of renewable and recycled raw materials and reduction of carbon dioxide emission throughout the value chain.
14-05-2021
Smyth demonstrates sustainability leadership with fourth facility receiving SGP certification
The Sustainable Green Printing Partnership (SGP), the leading authority in sustainable printing certifications, announced today that Smyth Companies has achieved SGP certification at its fourth facility. Smyth, Minneapolis, MN, joins the company’s other certified facilities located in Bedford, VA, Boston, MA and most recently Austin, MN.
