Industry News
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Mitsubishi Chemical Advanced Materials Commercializes The World's Strongest Injection Moldable Polymer Compounds
11/10/2020
As the leading manufacturer of high-performance thermoplastics, Mitsubishi Chemical Advanced Materials, (MCAM) has been perfecting its KyronMAX® platform since 2014. KyronMAX® polymers are now 20% lighter and 20-50% stronger, exhibiting tensile strengths above 61,000 psi (420 MPa) and modulus above 6,300,000 psi (43.5 GPa)
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BGN Technologies Announces Research Collaboration With ECOIBÉRIA For Biodegradation Of Plastic
11/4/2020
BGN Technologies, the technology transfer company of Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU), announced today that it had signed a research collaboration agreement with ECOIBÉRIA in the field of plastic recycling by bacteria, based on research from the team of Prof. Ariel Kushmaro and Prof. Alex Sivan, both from the Laboratory of Environmental Biotechnology and Avram and Stella Goldstein-Goren Department of Biotechnology Engineering at BGU
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Lubrizol And Grasim Industries Limited Partner For India’s Largest CPVC Resin Plant
10/30/2020
To meet growing demand for chlorinated polyvinyl chloride (CPVC) pipe and fittings in India, Lubrizol Advanced Materials, a global specialty chemical leader and the market leader for CPVC, and Grasim Industries Limited, a flagship company of the Aditya Birla Group, have entered into a definitive agreement to manufacture and supply CPVC resin in India
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Amur GCC, LLC Selects Univation’s UNIPOL PE Technology For New Multi-Line Polyethylene Project
10/28/2020
Amur Gas Chemical Complex, LLC (“AGCC”), the project being implemented by SIBUR, the largest integrated petrochemicals company in Russia, has selected Univation Technologies’ UNIPOL PE Process for three world-scale PE reactor lines
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Sound Seal Launches Poly-Coustix® Acoustical Polyester Line
10/27/2020
Sound Seal, a leading manufacturer of noise control products serving the industrial, architectural, commercial and construction industries, announced today the introduction of Poly-Coustix®, a new line of contemporary polyester acoustical products
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Gantrade And Tiarco-RST Collaborate To Offer Tiarco-RST Products For Emulsion Polymer Applications
10/27/2020
Gantrade and Tiarco-RST are pleased to announce a partnership to provide products and technical solutions for emulsion polymer producers and manufacturers of paints, coatings and related emulsion products
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Celanese Announces GUR Capacity Expansion At Bishop, Texas Engineered Materials Manufacturing Facility
10/23/2020
Celanese Corporation, a global chemical and specialty materials company, today announced the addition of a new GUR ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene (UHMW-PE) production line at its Bishop, Texas manufacturing facility to support the significant growth in its high-value GUR engineered materials portfolio
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Chevron Phillips Chemical Successfully Completes First U.S. Commercial Scale Production Of Circular Polyethylene From Recycled Mixed-Waste Plastics
10/8/2020
Chevron Phillips Chemical (CPChem) today announced success in its first commercial scale production of polyethylene using advanced recycling technology. This press release features multimedia.
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ADM And Spiber To Partner On Production Of Innovative Biobased Polymers
10/5/2020
ADM and Spiber Inc. (Spiber) today announced an agreement to expand the production of Spiber’s innovative Brewed Protein polymers for use in apparel and other consumer products.
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JasonMould Updates Automatic Plastic Injection Molding Product Line
10/3/2020
JasonMould, a leading China plastic injection molding manufacturer, today announced that it is updating its line of machines for robotics and automatic plastic injection manufacturing.