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Toray Boosting Torayfan Polypropylene Film Production Capacity At Tsuchiura Plant To Meet Growing Demand For Automotive Capacitors
6/18/2020
Toray Industries, Inc., announced today that it will lift production capacity for Torayfan oriented polypropylene film for Automotive capacitors by 60% at its Tsuchiura Plant in Ibaraki Prefecture in 2022. The goal is to capitalize on an expanding market for electric vehicles.
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SDK Group Completes Expansion Of Lines To Produce Vinyl Ester Resin And Synthetic Resin Emulsion In Shanghai
6/15/2020
Showa Denko (SDK) expanded production lines to produce vinyl ester resin (VE) and synthetic resin emulsion (EM) in the premises of Shanghai Showa Highpolymer Co., Ltd. (SSHP), a Chinese subsidiary of SDK, and has increased production of VE and EM there, aiming to expand the Showa Denko Group’s functional resin business in China.
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HP Introduces First Of Its Kind Polypropylene Material To Expand 3D Printing Market And Enable New Applications
6/4/2020
HP today made a set of announcements demonstrating its continued 3D printing and digital manufacturing momentum and industry leadership.
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Expansion Of PET Preform Production In Silafrica Tanzania
6/1/2020
A PET preform is a test tube-shaped piece of plastic that is made by a process called injection molding, using a plastic called PET (Polyethylene Terephthalate) producing material for liquids and food containers
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Berry Global Announces Innovative Advanced Recycling Technology Project With Mondelēz International
5/29/2020
Berry Global Group, Inc. announced today its collaboration with longtime customer, Mondelēz International to supply packaging containing recycled plastic for Philadelphia, the world’s most popular cream cheese
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Nexa3D Launches New High-Performance Polymer Material xCE-Black For Production Parts And Tools
5/28/2020
Nexa3D, the maker of ultra-fast stereolithography production 3D printers, announced today the immediate availability of its latest additive manufacturing material xCE-Black, a high performance polymer for producing end-use plastic parts and injection molding tools in minutes.
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BASF And Red Avenue New Materials Group Collaborate To Produce Certified Compostable Co-Polyester (PBAT) In China
5/28/2020
BASF and Red Avenue New Materials Group have signed a joint agreement that grants Red Avenue New Materials Group the license to produce and sell certified compostable aliphatic-aromatic co-polyester (PBAT) according to high BASF quality standards.
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Neste And Covestro Join Forces – Renewable Raw Materials For Plastics Production
5/27/2020
Neste and Covestro are starting a strategic cooperation in Europe to promote the use of sustainable raw materials in plastics production. Covestro will be supplied with material from renewable sources to replace a significant portion of the fossil raw materials used to date in the manufacture of polycarbonates.
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Plastic Recycling: Total And Purecycle Technologies Form A Strategic Partnership
5/19/2020
Total has signed an agreement with PureCycle Technologies to develop a strategic partnership in plastic recycling. As part of the agreement, Total undertakes to purchase part of the output of PureCycle Technologies’ future facility in the United States and to assess the interest of developing a new plant together in Europe
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Braskem And ALM Announce The Launch Of Polypropylene Powder For Additive Manufacturing
5/18/2020
Braskem (B3: BRKM3, BRKM5 and BRKM6;NYSE: BAK; LATIBEX: XBRK), the largest polyolefins producer in the Americas and leading producer of biopolymers in the world, and Advanced Laser Materials (ALM) a leader in materials development for additive manufacturing (AM), today announced the availability of polypropylene (PP) powder for Selective Laser Sintering (SLS) industrial 3D printing