Industry News

  1. Milliken & Company Announces Acquisition Of Zebra-chem 3/1/2021

    Milliken & Company (“Milliken”), a global diversified manufacturer with more than a century and a half of materials science expertise, has formally acquired Zebra-chem GmbH (“Zebra-chem”), a global chemicals company known for its peroxide and blowing agent masterbatches

  2. Desktop Metal Completes Acquisition Of EnvisionTEC, Entering Market For Volume Production Polymer Additive Manufacturing 2/17/2021

    Desktop Metal, Inc., a leader in mass production and turnkey additive manufacturing solutions, today announced it has completed the previously announced acquisition of EnvisionTEC, a leading global provider of volume production photopolymer 3D printing solutions for end-use parts

  3. Interfacial Launches Highly Filled, Proprietary Polymer Masterbatches In Partnership With NAGASE Specialty Materials 2/5/2021

    Interfacial Consultants ("Interfacial"), a Wisconsin-based innovator in advanced materials, has recently released two disruptive, highly filled masterbatch technologies, to be distributed by its sister company NAGASE Specialty Materials ("NSM")

  4. Hengyi Industries Selects Univation’s UNIPOL PE Technology For New Polyethylene Project In Palau Muara Besar, Brunei 2/1/2021

    Hengyi Industries Sdn. Bhd., has selected Univation Technologies’ UNIPOL PE Process for its world-scale 600,000 TPY polyethylene (PE) plant to be located in Palau Muara Besar, Brunei

  5. ICIS Launches The Recycling Supply Tracker To Increase Visibility In The Global Plastic Market 2/1/2021

    With demand currently outstripping supply, particularly for food grade packaging plastics, many FMCGs, manufacturers and converters are finding sourcing the feedstock they require to hit regulatory and sustainability goals challenging

  6. SK Global Chemical And Brightmark Partner To Take The Lead In Circular Economy Of Plastic 1/28/2021

    SK Global Chemical, a global petrochemical company in South Korea, and Brightmark, the global waste solutions provider, today announced the two sides have signed a memorandum of understanding to create a partnership that aims to take the lead in the circular economy of plastic by construction of a commercial scale plastics renewal plant in South Korea

  7. Dow, Liby And LOVERE Ink MoU To Advance Sustainability In Packaging Agenda 1/20/2021

    Dow (NYSE: DOW), Liby, a leading laundry brand in China, and LOVERE, an internet environmental tech company, has signed a strategic three-way Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to address plastic packaging waste and promote a circular plastics economy in China.

  8. Polyplastics Targets PBT And PPS Grades In Sensors For Autonomous Driving Applications 1/12/2021

    The growing trend toward electric vehicles is spurring materials suppliers like Polyplastics Co., Ltd., a leading global supplier of engineering plastics, to position its innovative resin products for use in Advanced Driver-Assistance System(ADAS) parts that enable autonomous driving

  9. Braskem Announces Research Partnership For Sustainable Plastic Production Using CO2 Capture And Utilization Technology 12/14/2020

    Braskem (B3: BRKM3, BRKM5 and BRKM6;NYSE: BAK; LATIBEX: XBRK), the largest polyolefins producer in the Americas and a leading producer of biopolymers in the world, has joined forces with the University of Illinois Chicago (UIC) to develop a new route for producing ethylene, a raw material used to make thermoplastic resins.

  10. LyondellBasell And SUEZ Increase Plastics Recycling Capacity 12/7/2020

    LyondellBasell (NYSE: LYB) one of the world's largest plastics, chemicals and refining companies and SUEZ (EPA: SEV), a world leader in environmental services, today jointly announced the acquisition of TIVACO, a plastics recycling company located in Blandain, Belgium.