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1. Polyplastics Targets PBT And PPS Grades In Sensors For Autonomous Driving Applications 1/12/2021

   The growing trend toward electric vehicles is spurring materials suppliers like Polyplastics Co., Ltd., a leading global supplier of engineering plastics, to position its innovative resin products for use in Advanced Driver-Assistance System(ADAS) parts that enable autonomous driving

2. Campine Expands Recycling Activities 1/11/2021

   Campine expands its recycling activities with an innovative process to recycle chemicals directly out of post-consumer and industrial metal waste

3. Scientists Make Sustainable Polymer From Sugars In Wood 1/11/2021

   Not only does the new nature-inspired material reduce reliance on crude oil products, but its properties can also be easily controlled to make the material flexible or crystalline

4. StanChem Polymers Announces Acquisition Of Dux 1/6/2021

   StanChem Polymers announced today that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Albi Protective Coatings, has completed the acquisition of Dux Paint and its sister companies, Hawthorne Coating and Hood Products (taken together, "Dux" or the "Company")

5. Catalyst Transforms Plastic Waste To Valuable Ingredients At Low Temperature 1/5/2021

   For the first time, researchers have used a novel catalyst process to recycle a type of plastic found in everything from grocery bags and food packaging to toys and electronics into liquid fuels and wax

6. Sulzer Wins Contract For Biomaterial Processing In China 1/5/2021

   Sulzer Chemtech’s proprietary separation technology for lactide production has been selected for Zhejiang Depei New Material Co.’s latest plant in Ningbo, Zhejiang province, China.

7. Danimer Scientific, A Next Generation Bioplastics Company, Completes Business Combination With Live Oak Acquisition Corp. 12/29/2020

   Meredian Holdings Group, Inc., doing business as Danimer Scientific (“Legacy Danimer”), a next generation bioplastics company focused on the development and production of biodegradable materials, and Danimer Scientific, Inc. (f/k/a Live Oak Acquisition Corp. (“Live Oak”)) announced today that they have completed their previously announced business combination

8. Mitsubishi Chemical To Establish CFRTP Pilot Facility 12/25/2020

   Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation (MCC; Head office: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo; President: Masayuki Waga) has decided to establish a new pilot facility for carbon fiber reinforced thermoplastic (CFRTP). The facility will be located in Fukui Prefecture and is scheduled to start operation by the end of 2021

9. Neste Successfully Completed Its First Industrial-Scale Processing Run With Liquefied Waste Plastic In Finland 12/21/2020

   Neste successfully processed 400 tons of liquefied plastic waste at its refinery in Finland this fall, an amount corresponding to the annual amount of plastic waste generated by 20,000 average European citizens

10. Berry Global And Repsol To Boost Sustainable Circular Resins In Packaging 12/17/2020

    Berry Global Group, Inc. announced today its agreement with its longtime supplier, Repsol, to supply circular resins. Spanish multi-energy global company Repsol will supply Berry with ISCC Plus certified circular polyolefins from its Repsol Reciclex® range.