Industry News

1. Polyplastics Develops New Testing Method To Identify Gas Formation During Injection Molding 7/13/2021

   Polyplastics Co., Ltd., a leading global supplier of engineering thermoplastics, has developed a testing method that identifies gas formation during the injection molding process and helps to reduce mold deposits

2. LyondellBasell Announces Acquisition Of Polypacific Polymers Sdn. Bhd. In Malaysia 6/30/2021

   LyondellBasell (NYSE: LYB), one of the largest plastics, chemicals and refining companies in the world, today announced it has acquired 100 percent of PolyPacific Polymers Sdn. Bhd. (PPM) in Port Klang, Malaysia

3. Minnesota Rubber And Plastics Acquires Pawling Engineered Products 6/29/2021

   Quadion LLC, d.b.a. Minnesota Rubber and Plastics (“MRP” or the “Company”), a leading provider of highly engineered elastomer and thermoplastic solutions for the Medical, Water, and Industrial end markets, announced today its acquisition of Pawling Engineered Products (“Pawling”), a Pawling, New York-based custom elastomeric inflatable seal and extruded solutions provider

4. S&P Global Platts Further Expands Its Recycled Plastics Assessments Beyond R-PET 6/23/2021

   S&P Global Platts, the leading independent provider of information and benchmark prices for the commodities and energy markets, today launched six new daily price assessments for recycled plastics in the US, Europe and Southeast Asia spot physical markets

5. European Plastics Converters Joins Styrenics Circular Solutions 6/21/2021

   Styrenics Circular Solutions (SCS), the value chain initiative to increase the circularity of styrenic polymers, today welcomed European Plastics Converters (EuPC) as new member

6. KBR And Mura Technology Announce First Plastics Recycling Technology Contract With Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation 6/17/2021

   KBR (NYSE: KBR) and Mura Technology announced today the first joint contract award for its plastics recycling technology, Hydro-PRT℠, with Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation (MCC) in Japan

7. 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

8. 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

9. 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

10. 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