Industry News

  1. Chemours Introduces New Ti-Pure Sustainability Grade Enabling Lower Carbon Footprint For Plastics Masterbatch Producers 1/26/2023

    The Chemours Company (“Chemours”) a global chemistry company with leading market positions in Titanium Technologies, Thermal & Specialized Solutions, and Advanced Performance Materials, today unveiled Ti-Pure TS-1510, a highly efficient rutile titanium dioxide (TiO2) pigment designed to enhance processing performance in plastics applications, including polyolefin masterbatch.

  2. Phillips 66 Achieves ISCC PLUS Certification To Turn Oil From Waste Plastics Into Feedstocks At Its Sweeny Refinery 1/24/2023

    Phillips 66 today announced it has received International Sustainability and Carbon Certification (ISCC) PLUS certification for its Sweeny Refinery in Texas to process oil made from waste plastics into feedstocks for new plastics

  3. Braskem And Nexus Circular Strengthen Relationship Through A Long-Term Contract For Circular Plastic Feedstocks From New Advanced Recycling Facility 1/23/2023

    Nexus Circular and Braskem S.A. (“Braskem”), the largest polyolefins producer in the Americas, today announced that they have signed a 10-year definitive commercial agreement for the supply of circular feedstocks from a new advanced recycling facility. 

  4. QatarEnergy, Chevron Phillips Chemical To Begin Construction On Integrated Polymers Complex In Ras Laffan Industrial City, Qatar 1/8/2023

    QatarEnergy and Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LLC announced today they will proceed on construction of a $6B integrated polymers complex in Ras Laffan Industrial City, Qatar

  5. Braskem Acquires Taulman3D Expanding Its Portfolio Of Materials For Additive Manufacturing Applications 1/4/2023

    Braskem the largest polyolefins producer in the Americas, as well as a market leader and pioneer producer of biopolymers on an industrial scale, today announced the acquisition of taulman3D, a leading 3D filament supplier of nylon, recycled PETG, and PET filaments to aerospace, automotive, healthcare, industrial, government and higher education professionals worldwide

  6. Nexus Circular Secures $150M To Accelerate Momentum Of Advanced Recycling Solution For Plastics 1/3/2023

    Today, Nexus announced it has agreed to terms for an equity raise of $150 million. Cox Enterprises, focused on building the world's most innovative businesses in cleantech and environmental sustainability, led the round and will become the majority owner

  7. Amcor Partners With Licella To Deliver Recycled Content From One Of Australia's First Plastic Advanced Recycling Facilities 12/21/2022

    Amcor (NYSE: AMCR) (ASX:AMC), a global leader in responsible packaging solutions, today announced its Amcor Australia & New Zealand (ANZ) business has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Australian-based technology pioneers, Licella Holdings, to invest in one of Australia's first plastic advanced recycling facilities

  8. Oxford Performance Materials Acquires Ketonex High Performance PAEK Patent Portfolio 12/21/2022

    Oxford Performance Materials, Inc. (OPM; https://oxfordpm.com/) - an industry leader in advanced polymer science, coating technologies and 3D-printed biomedical devices – announced today an agreement to acquire the patent portfolio of England’s Ketonex, Ltd., which is comprised of the world’s highest performance PAEK polymer synthesis technology

  9. SOLIZE India Partners With Toray Engineering D Solutions Co., Ltd For Injection Molding CAE System 3DTIMON™ 12/20/2022

    SOLIZE India Technologies Private Limited, a group company of Japan-headquartered SOLIZE Corporation, announced a partnership with Toray Engineering D Solutions Co., Ltd to address the Indian market for the latter's 3DTIMON™ 3D Injection Molding CAE System

  10. CJ Biomaterials Partners With South Korean Industry-University Research Council To Promote Eco-Friendly Material And Accelerate Adoption Of PHA Technology 12/7/2022

    CJ Biomaterials, a division of South Korea-based CJ CheilJedang and leading producer of polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA), announced today that it has partnered with the South Korea Ministry of Science and ICT (MSIT) and the Korea Innovation Foundation (INNOPOLIS) to actively promote the eco-friendly materials industry, including PHA technology