Palsgaard introduces Einar® 987 anti-fouling additive for the PE and PP polymerisation process as a safer alternative to ethoxylated amines
Made completely from renewable raw materials, the food-grade additive Einar® 987 has been developed to address concerns about the ethoxylated amine (EA) chemistry
Licensee of Asahi Kasei Technology Begins Commercial Production of High-Purity Carbonates Using CO2 as Main Feedstock in China
The plant uses technology licensed from Asahi Kasei for the production of high-purity ethylene carbonate (EC) and dimethyl carbonate (DMC) which are used as electrolyte solvents in lithium-ion batteries for electric vehicles with carbon dioxide (CO2)
PureCycle to Receive Expanded FDA No Objection Letter for PureFive™ Resin Use in Cosmetics, Personal Care, and Food Applications
This LNO expands upon a previous no-objection letter to PureCycle from the FDA, confirming that the Agency considers PureFive™ Ultra-Pure Recycled resin to be suitably pure for use in contact with all food types under FDA’s Conditions of Use A through H
ARKEMA achieves mass balance ISCC Plus certification at its acrylic monomers production facility in Clear Lake, Texas (US)
These certifications support the introduction of a full range of bio-attributed specialty resins and additives for lower VOC or carbon intensive technologies including high solid, waterborne and polyester powders
Sonichem is leading a £600K Innovate UK-funded consortium to revolutionise the automotive industry with sustainable, bio-based materials
One emerging solution to this problem is biorefining, which offers a method of processing low-carbon feedstocks into intermediate chemicals that can be made into renewable plastics for vehicles
IFP Energies nouvelles and ResiCare, leaders in the development of a production process for the non-toxic* biobased molecule 5-HMF
They announce that all the stages of industrial development have been completed, from tests on various scales to pre-FEED and FEED engineering studies for an industrial unit
Expanded Polystyrene (EPS) Industry Advances Sustainability with $185M Investment in Recycled Content Resin Technologies
The EPS Industry has collectively invested over $185 million in technology to integrate recycled content from used EPS packaging into various applications, with 79 million pounds of capacity already operational and an additional 150 million pounds planned. These advancements, powered by chemistry innovations, are enabling the production of recycled content resin, which can be used in the manufacturing of new materials, fostering increased sustainability in many sectors
nova-Institute, Plastics Europe and European Bioplastics join forces on bio-based polymers and plastics production data
The data is based on nova-Institute’s annually published bio-based polymers capacity and production data and adapted to the scope of the historical Plastics Europe data on plastics production as well as the scope of European Bioplastics
UPM Biochemicals and Selenis form strategic alliance to develop sustainable PETG
The goal of the partnership is to produce sustainable polyethylene terephthalate glycol (PETG) resin that will accelerate the introduction of forest-sourced materials into plastic applications and reduce fossil resource dependency
Bangor University: Greening some of our foundational manufacturing sectors
In a £7.3 million Innovate UK research grant, called BONDIFI, the University’s BioComposites Centre is leading on the testing required to reduce the carbon footprint of some of the UK’s major and most carbon-heavy industrial sectors
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