05-02-2021
DSM partners with Sympatex Technologies to launch mass-balanced bio-based Arnitel® specialty materials
Royal DSM, a global science-based company active in nutrition, health and sustainable living, today announces that its DSM Engineering Materials business will launch mass-balanced bio-based Arnitel®, a thermoplastic elastomer, together with Sympatex Technologies. In this way, DSM Engineering Materials is taking the next step on its sustainability journey and enabling its customers to transition to a more circular and bio-based economy.
04-02-2021
Clariant signs catalysis research partnership with prestigious ETH Zurich university
Clariant, a focused, sustainable and innovative specialty chemical company, has signed a cooperation agreement with ETH Zurich to support research in catalysis and sustainable chemistry with a significant financial contribution over an initial period of ten years. The goal of the partnership is, firstly, to advance the understanding of catalyst properties – from nano- to macroscale – and their performance. Secondly, together with the ETH Foundation, Clariant will sponsor and collaborate in fundamental chemical research projects, promoting talented ETH scientists and students.
03-02-2021
Smyth Companies demonstrate sustainability leadership with SGP certification of three facilities in 12 months
The Sustainable Green Printing Partnership (SGP), the leading authority in sustainable printing certifications, announced today that announced today that Smyth Companies in Austin, MN has achieved SGP certification. This is the third Smyth facility to earn SGP certification joining Smyth locations in Bedford, VA and Boston, MA.
03-02-2021
Nvent Marketing Joins Sustainability Leaders as Patron of the Sustainable Green Printing Partnership
The Sustainable Green Printing Partnership (SGP), the leading authority in sustainable printing certifications, announced today that Nvent Marketing of Phoenix, AZ, joined the SGP community as a gold SGP Patron.
03-02-2021
Diab selects SABIC’s new LNP™ COLORCOMP™ compound to enhance foams for the core of wind turbine blades
Diab Group, a world leader in sandwich composite solutions, chose SABIC’s new LNP™ COLORCOMP™ compound using nano technology to reduce weight and improve mechanical properties of sandwich structures with polyethylene terephthalate (PET) foams, which are used as the core material of wind turbine blades. The Swedish converter selected the breakthrough SABIC compound over standard nucleators for production of its Divinycell PY PET foam core series. By reducing the foam’s cell size by a factor of up to two, while maintaining the same density and decreasing the cell size dispersity, LNP COLORCOMP compound helps enable the final part to be lighter and more efficient in use. These improvements to the core foam material can help designers create new, longer blades that address increasingly stringent standards for precision, weight and consistent quality, and contribute to greater overall energy generation.
03-02-2021
A vibrant start to the new year: Clariant expands pigments laboratory for the African market
Clariant Pigments has welcomed the new year with the expansion of its new state-of-the-art pigments’ laboratory in Krugersdorp near Johannesburg, an African showcase for sustainable color technology.
02-02-2021
INEOS Styrolution and Polystyvert establish joint development agreement aimed at advancing a circular economy for polystyrene
INEOS Styrolution, a global leader in styrenics, and Polystyvert, an innovative leader in dissolution technology, are collaborating to convert post-consumer polystyrene plastic into a new, high quality, polystyrene (PS) raw material resin.
02-02-2021
Circular transition framework enhanced with new metrics for water, financial performance and bioeconomy guidance
The World Business council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) released the Circular Transition Indicators (CTI) framework version 2.0 and the accompanying online tool that was jointly developed with more than 30 companies. The use of common indicators for circularity performance is essential to accelerating the transition to the circular economy and the CTI process helps companies' scope and prepare their assessment and interpret the results, understand risks and opportunities, prioritize actions and establish SMART targets to monitor progress.
