INDUSTRY NEWS

• Japan's Kansai Association Of Corporate Executives Praises SK Chemicals' Recycling Technologies

  4/13/2026

  A Japanese business delegation visited SK Chemicals to gain a firsthand look at the company's recycled-plastics technologies and solutions.

• DataBeyond Unveils Asia's Largest Unmanned AI Sorting Center, Setting A New Circular Economy Benchmark

  4/6/2026

  DataBeyond, a global leader in AI-powered intelligent sorting equipment, recently revealed that its flagship project in Taichung, Taiwan—Asia's largest unmanned intelligent sorting center for all-category mixed plastics—has entered a phase of routine, high-efficiency operation.

• SIMCON Unveils World's First Large Engineering Model For Plastic Injection Moulding

  3/18/2026

  SIMCON today announced the launch of the Cadmould AI Solver, the world’s first Large Engineering Model for injection moulding. Co-developed with Emmi AI, the new transformer-based architecture delivers simulation results up to 1000 times faster than traditional numerical solvers.

• Nickolas Asset Management Acquires Resin Processing Facility From Material Difference Technologies

  2/10/2026

  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.

• Milliken Highlights Next-Generation Polymer Solutions At PLASTINDIA 2026

  2/5/2026

  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.

• BD And Envetec Demonstrate Closed-Loop Recycling Solution For Laboratory Plastics In Health Care

  1/29/2026

  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.