Industry News

1. Brightmark To Build World’s Largest Advanced Plastics Recycling And Renewal Facility In Macon, GA 6/7/2021

   Brightmark, the global waste solutions provider, today announced that it will build the world’s largest advanced plastics recycling and renewal facility in Macon-Bibb County, Georgia

2. Zume And Satia Industries Launch New Manufacturing Partnership, Accelerating Zume’s Globally Distributed Sustainable Manufacturing Capacity 6/4/2021

   Zume, the sustainability solutions company creating economically viable substitutes for single-use plastics, recently launched its manufacturing and professional services partnership with Satia Industries, one of the largest wood and agro-based paper manufacturers in India

3. Technip Energies Collaborate With Agilyx To Accelerate And Scale-Up The Implementation Of Its Polystyrene Recycling Technology 6/3/2021

   Technip Energies announced today the initiation of an agreement with Agilyx Corporation ("Agilyx"), a wholly owned subsidiary of Agilyx AS (Euronext Growth (Oslo): ("AGLX"), and pioneer in the advanced recycling of post-use plastics

4. Nexeo Plastics Acquires Nevicolor 6/1/2021

   Nexeo Plastics, LLC (“Nexeo Plastics”), a leading global thermoplastics resin distributor and an affiliate of GPD Companies, Inc. (“GPD”), today announced that it has acquired Nevicolor S.p.A. (“Nevicolor” or the “Company”), a leading Italian distributor and compounder of thermoplastics

5. Advanced Drainage Systems Joins Forces With The Recycling Partnership To Help Create A Sustainable Future 5/27/2021

   Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc. (ADS), a leading provider of innovative water management solutions and the second largest plastic recycling company in North America, has joined The Recycling Partnership and its Polypropylene Recycling Coalition to advance the company’s commitment to developing innovative solutions that promote environmental stewardship by protecting water and keeping millions of pounds of plastic out of landfills each year

6. Trinseo Offers Recycled Polystyrene Via Dissolution Technology 5/10/2021

   Trinseo, a global materials company and manufacturer of plastics, latex binders and synthetic rubber recently commercialized its recycled polystyrene (PS) from dissolution technology and is offering a new material using this process -- STYRON CO2RE 687DI30

7. Fruth Custom Packaging Driving Plastics Supply Chain Innovation 5/6/2021

   A leader in the plastics industry, Fruth Custom Packaging (FCP) is keeping pace with the nation's supply chain executive order to build "resilient, diverse, and secure supply chains to ensure our economic prosperity and national security

8. LyondellBasell Starts Commercial Production Of Polymers Using Raw Material Derived From Plastic Waste 5/6/2021

   LyondellBasell (NYSE: LYB) today announced another step towards its ambition to advance the circular economy by making virgin quality polymers from raw materials derived from plastic waste at its Wesseling, Germany, site. Produced by the thermal conversion of plastic waste, this raw material is converted into ethylene and propylene in the LyondellBasell production facilities, and then processed into polypropylene (PP) and polyethylene (PE) in the downstream units for plastics production.

9. Nexa3D Expands Partnership With BASF Forward AM To Deliver Ultrafast Photoplastics For Rapid Prototyping 5/3/2021

   Nexa3D, the maker of ultrafast stereolithography production 3D printers, announced today it has expanded its partnership with BASF Forward AM to deliver three new ultrafast photopolymer materials through its expanding Nexa3D channels globally

10. Braskem Launches Carbon Fiber Reinforced Polypropylene Filament For Additive Manufacturing 4/27/2021

    Braskem (B3: BRKM3, BRKM5 and BRKM6;NYSE: BAK; LATIBEX: XBRK) ("Company"), the largest polyolefins producer in the Americas and leading producer of biopolymers in the world, announces today the latest expansion of its 3D printing product portfolio to include new, innovative carbon fiber reinforced polypropylene filament for 3D printing ("CF-PP") ("FL900PP-CF") offering superior mechanical and thermal properties as well as low warpage