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6 May 202529 April 2025

Applying sustainable solutions to golf balls

The biobased material ECOTRION from SK Chemicals was applied to the 2025 Z-Star series golf balls from SRIXON, a global golf brand under Dunlop Sports Korea

18 March 202512 March 2025

SK Chemicals baut Zentrum für Kunststoffrecycling in Korea

Mit Depolymerisationstechnologie sollen schwer recycelbare Kunststoffe in hochwertige Rohstoffe umgewandelt und die Kreislaufwirtschaft vorangetrieben werden

26 February 202520 February 2025

SK chemicals to Establish Waste Plastic Recycling Innovation Center in Korea

The company will invest in new pilot facilities for the chemical decomposition of waste plastics

20 March 202414 March 2024

SK chemicals, Hyosung Advanced Materials, and Hankook Tire Commercialize South Korea’s First Chemically Recycled PET Tire

To reduce carbon emissions, the South Korean industrial sector has developed and commercialized the country's first tire using chemically recycled PET

27 October 202326 October 2023

SK Chemicals: JV EvoVance plant PBAT-Werk in Vietnam

Ein Joint Venture um den südkoreanischen Konzern SK Chemicals (SKC) plant den Bau eines Werks für Polybutylenadipat-Terephthalat (PBAT) im vietnamesischen Haiphong

13 October 20239 October 2023

Greenyl uses SKYPET® from SK Chemicals from ALBIS Portfolio for sustainable vinyl records

By choosing a material that is not only recyclable but also already contains a chemically recycled content, Greenyl is making a contribution to the circular economy

Greenyl produziert nachhaltige Schallplatten mit SKYPET® von SK Chemicals aus dem ALBIS Portfolio

Mit seiner Entscheidung für ein Material, das nicht nur recycelbar ist, sondern auch bereits einen chemisch-recycelten Anteil enthält, leistet Greenyl damit einen wichtigen Beitrag zur Kreislaufwirtschaft

23 March 202320 March 2023

SK Chemicals Enters 7.57 Billion Dollars Recycled PET Market to Take the Lead

Company has secured the world's first commercially available polyester chemically recycled raw materials and production facility, which can be sold separately from Shuye Environmental Solutions in China

SK Chemicals steigt in den 7,6-Milliarden-Dollar-Recycling-PET-Markt ein und strebt eine führende Position an

Unternehmen sicherte sich durch Shuye Environmental Solutions aus China die weltweit ersten kommerziell verfügbaren chemisch recycelten Polyester-Rohstoffe und Produktionsanlagen, die separat verkauft werden können

15 March 202313 March 2023

ALBIS distributes chemically recycled plastics ECOTRIA® CR and SKYPET® CR from SK Chemicals

As of the beginning of the year, the ECOTRIA® CR and SKYPET® CR product ranges have been certified according to REACH and are distributed by ALBIS throughout Europe

ALBIS vertreibt chemisch recycelte Kunststoffe ECOTRIA® CR und SKYPET® CR von SK Chemicals

Die Produktreihen ECOTRIA® CR und SKYPET® CR sind seit diesem Jahr nach REACH zertifiziert und werden von ALBIS europaweit vertrieben

7 November 20222 November 2022

K 2022: ALBIS presents pioneering product portfolio for innovative and sustainable material solutions

These forward-looking solutions based on bio-circular raw materials or recyclates, which in terms of performance, quality and appearance are in no way inferior to their conventional fossil-based counterparts

K 2022: ALBIS präsentiert zukunftsweisendes Produktportfolio für innovative und nachhaltige Materiallösungen

Zukunftsweisende Lösungen auf Basis von biozirkulären Rohstoffen oder Rezyklaten, die in Leistung, Qualität und Optik ihren Gegenstücken auf Basis von konventionellen, fossilen Rohstoffen in nichts nachstehen

30 May 202223 May 2022

SK chemicals begins the mass production and supply of eco-friendly biopolyol (PO3G)

Adopted as an eco-friendly interior material by Hyundai Motor Company

19 January 202113 April 2022

Chemical Recycling Poised to Take Off

Investments in chemical-recycling facilities abound as the industry moves closer to the Circular Economy model, accompanied by plenty of new rollouts of packaging made from chemical recycling

21 June 201917 June 2019

Global Bio Based Construction Polymers Market Research Report 2019

The latest global Bio Based Construction Polymers Market Research Report 2019, published in February 2019 sees healthy growth for the sector

10 April 20195 April 2019

Swedish outdoor brand Light My Fire switches to biobased plastic for its products

Products like ReStraw, Pack-up-Cup and Spork are durable, reusable replacements of many single-use items

31 August 201828 August 2018

TMR publishes new report on the Bio Based Construction Polymers Market

Recent breakthroughs in the technology have shifted the focus of consumers towards biobased polymers made from bacterial fermentation

24 July 201820 July 2018

Newly developed transparent bio-plastic as an alternative to aluminium for aerosols and to heat-set PET for hot-fill applications

VELOX and SK Chemicals present ECOZEN HF^®, a bio-copolyester range especially suitable for the aerosol and food packaging industries

Neu entwickelter transparenter Biokunststoff als Alternative zu Sprühdosen und Heat-Set-PET

VELOX und SK Chemicals präsentieren ECOZEN HF^®, ein teilweise biobasiertes Copolyester-Sortiment mit besonderer Eignung für Sprühdosen und Lebensmittelverpackungen

7 March 20185 March 2018

New ECOZEN grades with enhanced transparency for glass-like applications

VELOX has significantly improved transparency and performance of their co-polyester lines

Velox: Bio-Copolyester mit glasartiger Transparenz

Mehrwert für die Kosmetik- und Verpackungsbranche

4 October 201629 September 2016

Grand View Research: Bio Based Construction Polymers Market Analysis And Segment Forecasts To 2024

"Growing adoption of renewable products coupled with increasing infrastructure spending to fuel bio based construction polymers market"

17 November 201516 November 2015

SK Chemicals notifies Metabolic Explorer of decision to terminate license agreement

Company to discontinue the industrialization project of PDO in Ulsan

16 September 201512 September 2015

Benjamin Gonzalez talks to Il Bioeconomista. An interview with the CEO of METEX

Company's innovations are based on industrial fermentation processes and designed to provide new ways of producing chemicals

11 June 201510 June 2015

Special Report: Bioplastics and additives becoming mainstream

NPE tradeshow spotlighted the increasing role of bioplastics at its own booth at the show

16 January 201516 January 2015

SK Chemicals introduces ‘Ecozen’ meal tray

Insadong Cooking Art Center houses meal tray open trial – Bisphenol-A free trays promote consumer ease of mind

8 January 20157 January 2015

2014: Renewable chemicals review

Doris de Guzman's overview shows 2014 was the year for cellulosic ethanol and marketing milestones for bio-succinic acid

1 October 201430 September 2014

Waiting for Bio PBS

Lack of large scale fermenters causing slow start

20 August 201419 August 2014

A design with SK Chemicals’ eco-friendly material received favorable response from International Design Excellence Award

Kudos for Ecojun’s Public Capsule

15 July 201414 July 2014

METEX licenses bio-PDO tech to SK Chemicals

Instead of producing its own glycerine-based PDO (1,3 propanediol), France-based METEX decided to instead exclusively license its technology

8 July 20148 July 2014

METabolic EXplorer and SK CHEMICALS Co. Ltd., Signature of an exclusive agreement to manufacture and sell PDO

METEX to support SK Chemicals in successful commercialization of the PDO business and to benefit from expanding global demand

26 June 201426 June 2014

The Bioplastics Industry in Korea – Where to Next?

Korea to invest US$200 million into the bio-chemicals industry over the next 5 years

25 May 2012

Conference looks at green chemistry for polymers

Green Polymer Chemistry 2012 in Cologne to present sustainable resource for synthesis of conventional plastics

3 May 2012

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