Industry News

1. Kraton's CirKular+™ Additives Receive APR Critical Guidance Recognition For PP Rigid Containers 11/15/2022
2. Greenbutts Forms Partnership With Industry-Leading Machine Manufacturer - Montrade S.p.A 11/3/2022

   Greenbutts LLC. ("Greenbutts" or the "Company"), is pleased to announce that it has signed a Cooperative Development Agreement ("CDA") with Montrade S.p.A. ("Montrade") (collectively the "Parties")

3. Orlando Magic Advance Sustainability Efforts With PureCycle's PureZero™ Program 11/2/2022

   PureCycle Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq: PCT) and the Orlando Magic are teaming up to divert thousands of pieces of plastic waste from being landfilled or flowing into Central Florida waterways

4. Nexeo Plastics Signs Expanded Agreement With Teknor Apex To Distribute Its TPEs Throughout North America 11/1/2022

   Nexeo Plastics, a leading global thermoplastics resin distributor, announced today that the company has expanded its agreement with Teknor Apex to distribute its full line of thermoplastic elastomers (TPEs) -- Sarlink, Monprene, and Elexar -- in Canada, Mexico, Puerto Rico, and the United States starting Jan. 1, 2023. Nexeo Plastics already distributes Teknor’s Medalist medical products in North America

5. Protein Evolution, Inc. Unveils New Technology That Infinitely Recycles Textile And Plastic Waste 10/31/2022

   Today, Protein Evolution, Inc. (PEI) launched out of stealth, unveiling groundbreaking technology that transforms textile and mixed-plastic waste into an infinitely reusable resource, helping the chemicals industry transition to a lower-carbon, circular economy.

6. LyondellBasell And Shakti Plastic Industries Sign Memorandum Of Understanding (MoU) To Advance Mechanical Recycling In India 10/20/2022

   LyondellBasell and Shakti Plastic Industries, India's largest plastic scrap recycler and waste collection company, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to form a joint venture to build and operate a fully-automated, mechanical recycling plant in India

7. Asahi Kasei Plastics Singapore Acquires ISCC PLUS Certification 10/18/2022

   Asahi Kasei Plastics Singapore Pte Ltd (APS), a wholly owned subsidiary of Asahi Kasei, a diversified Japanese multinational company, acquired the widely recognized international certification ISCC PLUS1 for its polyphenylene ether (PPE) as a sustainable product on September 19, 2022

8. LyondellBasell Forms Joint Venture To Build Plastic Waste Sorting And Recycling Facility And Plans To Build Advanced Recycling Plant 10/11/2022

   LyondellBasell and 23 Oaks Investments, Leiferde/Lower Saxony, Germany, signed an agreement to create Source One Plastics, a joint venture that will build an energy efficient, advanced plastic waste sorting and recycling facility in Germany

9. IPACKCHEM Acquires TPG Plastics LLC To Bring Its Barrier Packaging To North America 10/5/2022

   Today, IPACKCHEM Group (“IPACKCHEM”) announced it has acquired a majority stake in TPG Plastics LLC (“TPG”), a leading manufacturer of engineered plastic blow molded products, to bring IPACKCHEM’s Advanced In-Mold Fluorination technology (“Advanced IMF”) to North America, with an initial focus on the crop protection market for the 2023-24 growing season

10. M. Holland Company Offers Post-Consumer Recycled Resins To Help Brands Meet Sustainability Goals 9/29/2022

    Today, M. Holland Company, a leading international distributor of thermoplastic resins and ancillary materials, announced its offering of up to 100%- PCR content resins