Anthony Mak on the Straumann Group SmileAward: Recognizing patient impact on a world stage

Anthony Mak on the Straumann Group SmileAward: Recognizing patient impact on a world stage.
(Photo: Straumann, INT001)Everyday thousands of dental professionals across the globe use Straumann products to give patients the confidence to smile again – to laugh freely with friends, to eat the foods they love. Our mission is to change people's lives by giving smiles back. But while Straumann produces dental implants and everything related to them, it’s not the implants that change lives... it’s you, the dental professional, who does.

Solvay lance de nouveaux polymères biodégradables à base de guar pour les soins de beauté

L’échelle de notation Beauty Biodeg Score de Solvay et sa gamme de polymères fonctionnels biodégradables issus du guar, destinés au marché des soins de beauté. (Photo: Solvay, PR024)Bruxelles, le 22 mars 2022 - Solvay, leader mondial dans le domaine des polymères de soins beauté d’origine naturelle, complète sa gamme de solutions biodégradables à base de guar présentée en décembre 2021, avec deux nouveaux polymères – un épaississant et un agent de conditionnement – destinés aux soins de beauté. Ces nouveaux ingrédients – Jaguar® NAT SGI et Jaguar® Excel, permettront aux marques de produits de beauté de répondre aux réglementations mondiales les plus strictes, et de satisfaire les besoins croissants des consommateurs en matière de produits de beauté plus responsables et durables.

Perstorp welcomes Valentina Serra Holm as Vice President Engineered Fluids

PerstorpPerstorp has appointed Valentina Serra Holm as Vice President Engineered Fluids, where she will strengthen the group’s focus on key market segments with her experience and expertise from the industry.

SABIC, Polivouga and Nueva Pescanova collaborate in seafood packaging solution using certified circular polyethylene from ocean bound plastic

SABIC, Nueva Pescanova and Polivouga have developed an innovative new frozen seafood packaging solution using certified circular polyethylene polymers with feedstock sourced from ocean bound plastic (OBP).SABIC has leveraged its successful ties with Polivouga, a manufacturer of flexible film products with operations in Portugal, to launch a new innovative TRUCIRCLE™ project designed to reuse post-consumer plastic waste recovered from areas up to 50km inland from waterways that has the potential to end up in our rivers and oceans. The collaboration with the Nueva Pescanova Group, a leading Spanish brand owner specialising in the fishing, farming, processing and marketing of fresh, chilled and frozen seafood products, has resulted in the development of the world’s first frozen food packaging solution using SABIC’s certified circular polyethylene from feedstock sourced from ocean bound plastic. The new sustainable packaging will be launched to coincide with World Oceans Day 2022.

Archroma launches long-awaited metal-free* and halogen-free* Nylosan® S Navy and Black colors for sportswear

Archroma launches long-awaited metal-free* and halogen-free* Nylosan® S navy and black colors for sportswear. (Photo: Archroma)Archroma, a global leader in specialty chemicals towards sustainable solutions, today announced the addition of two new metal-free* and halogen-free* acid dyes in its Nylosan® S range.

SONGWON’s new electronic chemicals production line nearing completion

SONGWONSongwon Industrial Co., Ltd. announced today that construction of its new electronic chemicals production line is nearing completion. Located at SONGWON’s Maeam plant in Ulsan, South Korea, construction is expected to be finished by the end of March, with startup planned thereafter.

Mondi Gronau’s state-of-the-art flexo printing line gives customers in the hygiene industry exciting new options

Mondi Gronau’s state-of-the-art flexo printing line gives customers in the hygiene industry exciting new options. (Photo: Mondi, PR205)Mondi, a global leader in packaging and paper, has unveiled a state-of-the-art flexo printing line at its plant in Gronau, Germany. The new machinery will service the hygiene industry’s growing demand for advanced printing options for films and laminates and deliver greater flexibility in feminine care pouch wrapping designs and film choices.

DOMO produces five millionth tonne of caprolactam

DOMO produces five millionth tonnes of caprolactam. 
(Photographs: Dr. Wolfgang Kubak / DOMO Chemicals)
DOMO Chemicals, a global leader in engineered material solutions and fully integrated producer of PA6, announced today the successful delivery of 5 million tonnes of caprolactam at its Leuna site. The Leuna site has produced caprolactam in its facilities since 1942. This quantity is equivalent to approximately 225,000 truckloads. The German subsidiary DOMO Caproleuna has been producing caprolactam and polyamide at the site in the heart of Europe since 1994. During this period, production capacities have been gradually expanded to the current 176,000 metric tonnes per year.