REN Clean Skincare with partners SABIC and Aptar wins Beauty Shortlist Award in Best Beauty Brand – Recycling category

REN Clean Skincare with partners SABIC and Aptar wins Beauty Shortlist Award in Best Beauty Brand – Recycling categorySABIC is proud to announce that a successful collaboration between REN Clean Skincare and Aptar in the development of an innovative new EVERCALM™ Global Protection Day Cream airless packaging made with certified circular polypropylene (PP) has resulted in the acknowledgement of REN Clean Skincare as “Best Beauty Brand in the Recycling (innovation)” category of the 2021 Beauty Shortlist (BSL) Awards.

Relying on experience: Improved materials solutions for extremely soft applications

NEXT GENERATION Supersoft TPEs are tested and equipped for all requirements that extremely soft TPEs have to meet. 
(Image: © 2021 KRAIBURG TPE)The demand for extremely soft TPEs is constantly increasing. KRAIBURG TPE is introducing a new solution to meet this demand. The enhanced product is a further development of existing supersoft TPEs and has been adapted to new applications and requirements, based on suggestions provided by customers and many years of practical experience. The series is now available worldwide.

Introducing Covalo. Clariant’s former ingredient search platform Chemberry expands its vision to expedite beauty product development as a new independent company

Introducing Covalo. Clariant’s former ingredient search platform Chemberry expands its vision to expedite beauty product development as a new independent company. 
(Photo: Clariant)Chemberry was launched in 2018 as part of an innovation project initiated by Swiss specialty chemicals company Clariant. It has become one of the largest search platforms for beauty ingredients, enabling brands to quickly find the right ingredients while helping provide suppliers with the tools and real-time industry insights needed to effectively market products.

Belden’s HiOS Software Upgrade Designed to Meet the Needs of Industry 4.0

Belden’s HiOS software upgrade designed to meet the needs of Industry 4.0. 
(Photos: Shutterstock/Belden, PR500Belden Inc. (NYSE: BDC), a leading global supplier of specialty networking solutions, has released the latest version of its Hirschmann Operating System (HiOS). Complete with an embedded Open Platform Communications Unified Architecture (OPC UA) server, the software provides a seamless, brand-agnostic solution as industrial automation moves towards Industry 4.0. Belden is the only manufacturer to offer switches that can natively run this communication protocol.

First Saudi national completes KAUST’s internationally accredited scientific diving course

KAUST Ph.D. student Saeed Amin (pictured) is the first Saudi to complete and pass the University’s American Academy of Underwater Sciences-accredited Scientific Research Diver Certification course. Photo by David John Pallett. Saeed Amin, a Ph.D. student in the University’s Red Sea Research Center, becomes first Saudi to complete and pass the American Academy of Underwater Sciences-accredited Scientific Research Diver Certification in Saudi Arabia run by the KAUST Coastal and Marine Resources Core Lab.
The development of a highly skilled workforce—a crucial part of Saudi Arabia’s Vision 2030—recently took a new step forward through the country’s first in-Kingdom international scientific research diver certification of a Saudi.

SONGWON Industrial Group reports stable results for FY 2020

SONGWONSONGWON Industrial Group (www.songwon.com) today released its financial results for FY 2020. During Q4/2020, revenues recovered and amounted to 203,843 Million KRW on December 31, 2020, marking a 3.4% increase compared to the same quarter of 2019. SONGWON recorded overall consolidated sales of 807,768 Million KRW for FY 2020 which was slightly lower (-0.8%) than the consolidated sales in FY 2019 (814,340 Million KRW).

È nel sacchetto! Tesco collabora con Mondi per generare circolarità e dare vita a sacchetti della spesa in carta riciclata dai suoi stessi rifiuti in carta ondulata

È nel sacchetto! Tesco collabora con Mondi per generare circolarità e dare vita a sacchetti della spesa in carta riciclata dai suoi stessi rifiuti in carta ondulata. (Fotografia: Mondi, PR177)Mondi, azienda leader globale per imballaggi e carta, insieme a Tesco Central Europe, ha lanciato una nuova partnership in cui acquisterà i rifiuti da carta ondulata proveniente dai magazzini del rivenditore al fine di dare vita a carta riciclata per i sacchetti della spesa di Tesco. Tesco lavora infatti con l’obiettivo di raggiungere zero emissioni nette, quindi il più possibile in linea con gli obiettivi di sostenibilità “rimuovere, ridurre, riutilizzare e riciclare”, e Mondi è in grado di contribuire a tale risultato grazie a EcoSolutions, il suo approccio centrato al cliente.

Milliken & Company Announces Acquisition of Zebra-chem

Milliken & Company Announces Acquisition of Zebra-chem.
(Photo © 2021 Milliken & Company, all rights reserved, MKPR239)Milliken & Company (“Milliken”), a global diversified manufacturer with more than a century and a half of materials science expertise, has formally acquired Zebra-chem GmbH (“Zebra-chem”), a global chemicals company known for its peroxide and blowing agent masterbatches. With more brands and governments globally setting goals to increase their use of recycled materials, plastics manufacturers are faced with the challenges of using recycled plastics effectively. Peroxide masterbatches, like those from Zebra-chem and Milliken, make it possible to incorporate up to 100% recycled content into these new plastics.