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NEXTCHEM (MAIRE) Expands Its Advanced Polymer's Portfolio With The Nxpand Suite And Launches NX CONSER Polyflex Technology To Support The Production Of The Spandex Fiber
MAIRE announces that NEXTCHEM, through its subsidiary CONSER, the technology licensor for high-value chemical derivatives and biodegradable plastics, is reinforcing its portfolio with the introduction of the new NX CONSER PolyFlexTM technology to produce polytetramethylene ether glycol (PTMEG), the key polymer composing the spandex fiber.
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Nickolas Asset Management Acquires Resin Processing Facility From Material Difference Technologies
Nickolas Asset Management (NAM) announced today the acquisition of a resin processing and materials facility from Material Difference Technologies (MDT), a Florida-based supplier and processor of plastic resins serving industrial and consumer manufacturing markets.
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Recycled Plastic Infrastructure Gains Attention At Plast India 2026
Recycled plastic-based public infrastructure solutions were presented at Plast India 2026, where Jyoti World Pvt. Ltd. introduced its INFIN sustainable product portfolio during the six-day international plastics exhibition.
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Establishment Of The World's First*1 Global Supply Chain To Introduce The Use Of Renewable Plastics In Sony's High-Performance Products
Sony Corporation (Sony), Mitsubishi Corporation, ADEKA CORPORATION , CHIMEI Corporation, ENEOS Corporation, Formosa Chemicals & Fibre Corporation, Hanwha Impact Corporation, Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd., Mitsui Chemicals, Inc., Neste Corporation, Qingdao Haier New Material Development Co., Ltd., SK Geo Centric Co., Ltd., Toray Industries, Inc., and Toray Advanced Materials Korea Inc. have jointly established the world’s first global supply chain consisting of fourteen companies across five countries and regions for the production of renewable plastics*2 that can be used in Sony’s high-performance audio-visual products.
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Milliken Highlights Next-Generation Polymer Solutions At PLASTINDIA 2026
Milliken & Company is showcasing a full portfolio of advanced polymer innovations tailored to meet the evolving needs of the plastics industry at PLASTINDIA 2026 in New Delhi, India from February 5-10.
INDUSTRY NEWS
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Nickolas Asset Management Acquires Resin Processing Facility From Material Difference Technologies2/10/2026
Nickolas Asset Management (NAM) announced today the acquisition of a resin processing and materials facility from Material Difference Technologies (MDT), a Florida-based supplier and processor of plastic resins serving industrial and consumer manufacturing markets.
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Milliken Highlights Next-Generation Polymer Solutions At PLASTINDIA 20262/5/2026
Milliken & Company is showcasing a full portfolio of advanced polymer innovations tailored to meet the evolving needs of the plastics industry at PLASTINDIA 2026 in New Delhi, India from February 5-10.
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Polypropylene Cups Earn Widely Recyclable Designation, Expanding Access To Curbside Recycling Nationwide2/2/2026
More communities across the U.S. can now recycle cold to‑go cups, marking a major step toward reducing waste and building a more circular future.
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BD And Envetec Demonstrate Closed-Loop Recycling Solution For Laboratory Plastics In Health Care1/29/2026
BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company) (NYSE: BDX), a leading global medical technology company, and Envetec Sustainable Technologies ("Envetec"), announced today the successful completion of a joint feasibility study to test the ability to recycle polystyrene Petri dishes into new, high-quality manufacturing feedstock.
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Polyplastics Develops New DURAFIDE(R) PPS Grades With Mechanically Recycled Content1/28/2026
Polyplastics Co., Ltd., a global leader in engineering thermoplastics, has developed two new DURAFIDE(R) polyphenylene sulfide (PPS) grades made of mechanically recycled content.
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Emerald Packaging Joins The U.S. Flexible Film Initiative To Help Scale Recycling Of Flexible Plastics1/15/2026
Emerald Packaging, the largest supplier of retail flexible packaging for the produce industry, today announced that it has become a member of the U.S. Flexible Film Initiative (USFFI), a nonprofit initiative and industry coalition dedicated to building a scalable, circular system for recycling flexible plastic packaging in the United States.