Industry News

1. ExxonMobil To Build Its First Large-Scale Plastic Waste Advanced Recycling Facility 10/11/2021

   ExxonMobil plans to build its first, large-scale plastic waste advanced recycling facility in Baytown, Texas, and is expected to start operations by year-end 2022. By recycling plastic waste back into raw materials that can be used to make plastic and other valuable products, the technology could help address the challenge of plastic waste in the environment

2. Kraton Collaborates With Plastship To Unlock PCR Value Enhancement For European Plastic Recycling 10/4/2021

   Kraton Corporation (NYSE: KRA), a leading global sustainable producer of specialty polymers and high-value biobased products derived from pine wood pulping co-products, is proud to partner with Plastship by offering CirKular+™ performance enhancement and compatibilization additives on  Plastship Additives Selector platform.

3. Tide Rock Holdings Acquires Pikes Peak Plastics Co. To Grow Plastics Portfolio 10/4/2021
4. Jacobs Hits Milestones For NatureWorks New Biopolymer Plant 9/29/2021

   Jacobs (NYSE:J) has completed front-end engineering design for a new biopolymer production plant in Thailand for NatureWorks, the largest supplier of polylactic acid (PLA), a low-carbon bioplastic derived from renewable, agricultural resources

5. Danimer Scientific And Chevron Phillips Chemical Collaborate To Develop Technology For Lower-Cost Biodegradable Polymer Manufacturing 9/22/2021

   Danimer Scientific, Inc. (“Danimer” or the “Company”), a leading next generation bioplastics company focused on the development and production of biodegradable materials, today announced it is collaborating with Chevron Phillips Chemical (“CPChem”) to explore a loop slurry reactor design for the manufacture of Rinnovo

6. Origin Materials Announces New Partnership With Alliance To End Plastic Waste 9/21/2021

   Origin Materials, Inc. (“Origin” or “Origin Materials”), the world’s leading carbon negative materials company, today announced it has joined the Alliance to End Plastic Waste, a global non-profit organization

7. LG Sets Goal To Use Half Million Metric Tons Of Recycled Plastic 9/14/2021

   LG Electronics has set a goal to use almost 600,000 metric tons of recycled plastic by 2030 in a concerted effort to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the value chain

8. Solar Plastics LLC Expands Into Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico 9/13/2021

   Solar Plastics LLC announced today that it is expanding its manufacturing capabilities into in Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico. The plant is currently under construction, with Solar taking occupancy of the building in the 4th quarter this year

9. Trinseo Completes Acquisition Of Aristech Surfaces LLC 9/1/2021

   Trinseo, a global materials company and manufacturer of plastics and latex binders, announced today the completion of the previously disclosed transaction to acquire Aristech Surfaces LLC (“Aristech”), a leading North America manufacturer and global provider of polymethyl methacrylates (PMMA) continuous cast, solid surface and architectural resin sheets serving the wellness, architectural, transportation and industrial markets

10. KBR Awarded Contract For Plastics Recycling Projects By PKN ORLEN 8/31/2021

    KBR (NYSE: KBR) announced today that it has been awarded a feasibility study contract by PKN ORLEN to evaluate plastics recycling projects in Central Europe utilizing KBR's Hydro-PRT℠ technology