03-05-2023
Actionable plans in place for reaching Perstorp 2030 sustainability targets
Sustainable solutions provider Perstorp has turned its ambitious sustainability targets for 2030 into actionable roadmaps on the corporate level as well as for each of its production plants, outlining hands-on activities to lower greenhouse gas emissions, reduce waste, save fresh water and enable sustainable transformation throughout the value chain.
03-05-2023
Solvay Wins People’s Choice Award for Amodel® Bios PPA
Solvay, a global market leader in specialty materials, has announced that its Amodel® Bios polyphthalate amide (PPA) has won the Plastics Industry Association’s (PIA) 2023 People’s Choice Award contest, in which the partially bio-based polymer competed with the final nominees from all 2023 PIA Re|Focus Sustainability Innovation Award categories. The award was presented to Solvay during the Re|Focus Sustainability & Recycling Summit 2023 in Minneapolis, Minnesota (USA) on May 2 and recognizes the environmental benefits derived from the material’s sustainable production.
02-05-2023
SABIC’s new sustainable LNP™ compound will add to 400 million diverted water bottles and deliver thin-wall, non-Br/Cl flame retardance to 0.4 mm for electrical industry
SABIC, a global leader in the chemical industry, today launched LNP™ ELCRIN™ WF0051iQ compound featuring thin-wall, non-brominated/non-chlorinated flame retardance (FR). It is the newest addition to the company’s growing family of sustainable iQ resins and it is well suited for electrical applications. The new grade will increase SABIC’s already significant diversion of post-consumer polyethylene terephthalate (PET) water bottles, which are chemically upcycled into polybutylene terephthalate (PBT) resin. At the end of 2022, the company had already diverted 400 million 0.5-liter bottles through its iQ upcycling technology.
02-05-2023
Borealis lanceert portefeuille van circulaire plastomeren en elastomeren op basis van hernieuwbare grondstoffen
De laatste jaren is de vraag gestegen naar hoogwaardige plastomeren en elastomeren die de fysieke eigenschappen van rubber combineren met de verwerkingsvoordelen van thermoplastisch materiaal. Deze trend gaat gepaard met een toenemende vraag naar duurzame, circulaire oplossingen die dezelfde prestaties bieden met een kleinere CO2-voetafdruk.
02-05-2023
Circular Economy in primo piano: KRAIBURG TPE amplia l’offerta di soluzioni di TPE con certificazione ISCC
Il produttore di elastomeri termoplastici con sede principale a Waldkraiburg (Germania) offre ora una selezione dei suoi affidabili prodotti corredati del certificato ISCC PLUS (bilancio di massa). Sono soprattutto i clienti dei settori consumer, alimentare e medicale che possono approfittare di questa novità, trovando supporto nei loro processi in direzione della “circular economy”.
28-04-2023
No more rolling in plastic – Megaflex Schaumstoff switches to Mondi’s paper solution for rollpacking mattresses
Mondi, a global leader in sustainable packaging and paper, has created Protector Bag ExpandForm, a paperbag solution with an expandable feature to safely rollpack mattresses.
27-04-2023
Airnov continues to grow portfolio of products produced at Dongguan
Airnov Healthcare Packaging, a global leader in controlled atmosphere packaging, continues to serve the Chinese market with a comprehensive range of products produced locally at its plant in Dongguan, Guangdong.
26-04-2023
SABIC to present at PCIM Europe new data on low internal dissipation losses in ELCRES™ HTV150A dielectric films for high-temperature capacitors
SABIC, a global leader in the chemical industry, will reveal at PCIM Europe 2023, in Hall 7, Booth 146, new data showing significantly reduced internal dissipation losses in its high-heat
