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  1. Mazzucchelli To Produce Acetate Sheet Made From Eastman's Fully Sustainable Acetate Flake 2/25/2020

    Global specialty plastics provider Eastman announces an industry-first collaboration with Mazzucchelli 1849, the world leader in the manufacturing and distribution of acetate sheet for premium eyewear. Mazzucchelli will produce and sell acetate sheet made from Eastman Acetate Renew, a cellulose diacetate composed of 60% biobased and 40% certified recycled content.

  2. Pretium Packaging Invests In New Extrusion Blow Molding Equipment For Ohio Plant 2/25/2020

    Pretium Packaging, a leading North American manufacturer of plastic containers and closures, has made a $3M dollar investment in new high density polyethylene (HDPE) extrusion blow molding equipment and infrastructure for its Leipsic, Ohio manufacturing plant.

  3. Vegan LANXESS Processing Promoter Ensures CO2 Savings In Tire Production 2/12/2020

    Specialty chemicals company LANXESS has added a plant-based raw material variant to its Aktiplast PP product range. These processing promoters for polymer blends are used in the production of tires and all kinds of technical rubber articles.

  4. INEOS And UPM Biofuels Announce Supply Agreement For Renewable Raw Materials To Make Plastic 2/11/2020

    INEOS and UPM Biofuels have today announced a long-term agreement to supply a renewable raw material for new and innovative bio-attributed polymers to be produced at INEOS Köln, Germany.

  5. BASF Introduces Innovative Pilot Blockchain Project To Improve Circular Economy And Traceability Of Recycled Plastics 2/11/2020

    BASF launches pilot platform reciChain in the province of British Columbia (BC), Canada, as a response to one of the most pressing environmental challenges – plastic waste. The pilot project will introduce a more sustainable alternative to the linear economic model, reducing plastic waste, maximizing its value and enhancing resource efficiency.

  6. 3D Systems Expands Sanmina Relationship To Provide Plastic Printer Manufacturing - Driving Greater Quality, Availability, And Reliability While Improving 3D Systems' Cost Structure 2/3/2020

    3D Systems (NYSE:DDD) today announced an expanded relationship with Sanmina, a global leader in integrated manufacturing services, to manufacture certain plastic 3D printing platforms.

  7. Carbios Enters Joint Development Agreement With Novozymes To Produce Its Proprietary Enzyme For Complete Recycling Of PET-Plastics And Fibers 1/30/2020

    CARBIOS a company pioneering new bio-industrial solutions to reinvent the lifecycle of plastic and textile polymers, announced today an exclusive partnership (Joint Development Agreement) with leading biological solutions company, Novozymes.

  8. New Way Of Recycling Plant-Based Plastics Instead Of Letting Them Rot In Landfill 1/30/2020

    Around 45 per cent of plastic waste is recycled annually in the UK and is on the increase. However one of the problems with current plastic recycling methods is that you end up with a lower quality plastic with worse properties than the original

  9. Tamper Evident Seal Manufacturer, American Casting And Manufacturing, Provides 7 Ways To Use Fixed Length Plastic Truck Seals 1/30/2020

    Tamper evident seal manufacturer, American Casting and Manufacturing, provides 7 ways to use fixed length plastic truck seals.

  10. Styrenics Circular Solutions Members To Initiate Evaluation Of Pyrowave Plastic-To-Plastic Chemical Recycling Technology 1/29/2020

    Styrenics Circular Solutions (SCS), the joint industry initiative to increase the circularity for styrenic polymers, and Pyrowave, a pioneer technology developer in the plastic-to-plastic chemical recycling, announced today a new collaboration including an in-depth evaluation of Pyrowave's proprietary depolymerisation technology