Industry News

31. Euclid Introduces New Synthetic Microfiber For Concrete Reinforcement 9/8/2022

    Euclid Chemical, a leading manufacturer of concrete and masonry construction products, introduces PSI Fiberstrand REPREVE 225, an innovative new synthetic microfiber for concrete reinforcement that offers unique sustainability benefits

32. Cincinnati Bengals Take Sustainability To Next Level With PureCycle's Innovative PureZero™ Program 9/8/2022

    PureCycle Technologies, Inc. ( Nasdaq: PCT) and the Cincinnati Bengals are teaming up to divert more than 150,000 pieces of plastic waste from being landfilled or flowing into our waterways during this season's home games

33. Firestone Polymers, LLC Polymer Engineering Pilot Center Earns International Sustainability And Carbon Certification 8/18/2022

    Bridgestone Americas (Bridgestone) announced its Firestone Polymer Engineering Pilot Center (PEPC) in Akron, Ohio, has earned the International Sustainability and Carbon Certification (ISCC) PLUS recognition for its transparency and traceability of sustainable raw materials including bio, bio-circular and circular-based material to replace synthetic rubber in its transition to a circular economy

34. Calabasas Capital Advises Global Supply In Acquisition Of Innovative Plastics 8/16/2022

    Calabasas Capital, a boutique investment banking firm (a dba of Fallbrook Capital, member FINRA/SIPC), announced that its client Global Supply, LLC has completed the successful acquisition and integration of the business assets of Innovative Plastics

35. FIJI® Water Transitions Iconic Bottle To 100% Recycled Plastic In The U.S. 8/15/2022

    Building on its longstanding commitment to environmental sustainability, FIJI® Water has transitioned its iconic and best-selling 500 mL and 330 mL bottles to 100% recycled plastic (rPET)* in the U.S

36. Reusables.com Receives Investment From Sustainable Development Technology Canada 8/10/2022

    Reusables.com, a leading zero-waste packaging platform, secured a $100,000 seed investment from Sustainable Development Technology Canada (SDTC), an independent federal foundation that funds Canadian companies developing new climate technologies

37. Itero To Scale Plastic-To-Product Recycling With €6M Investment, Led By Infinity Recycling's Circular Plastics Fund 7/25/2022

    Itero Technologies, chemical recycling technology provider, has received a €6m investment, with €5m from Infinity Recycling's Circular Plastics Fund (CPF), to support the design and construction of Itero's first at-scale demonstration plant located at the Brightlands Chemelot Campus, Geleen, NL

38. KBC Joins Forces With CiT To Launch Rigorous Simulation Software For The Design And Optimization Of Polymer Plant Processes 7/12/2022

    KBC (A Yokogawa Company) announces a partnership with Computing in Technology (CiT), the leading source of simulation software for modelling different polymer processes. Combining over 50 years of simulation software experience, this collaboration brings together the CiT Predici modeling software with the KBC Petro-SIM^® simulation platform and automated digital twin simulator to provide the first comprehensive solution that reduces polymer process scale-up risks and experimental time

39. Braskem Extends Relationship With Nexus Circular Through Mou For Commercial Off-Take Of Circular Plastic Feedstocks From New Advanced Recycling Facility 7/11/2022

    Nexus Circular and Braskem S.A. (B3: BRKM3, BRKM5, and BRKM6;NYSE: BAK; LATIBEX: XBRK) ("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 that they have signed a detailed Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to secure the production output from a new advanced recycling facility planned near Chicago, IL

40. Biomerics Launches Interventional Medical Plastics Division With Acquisition OF Dependable Plastics 7/11/2022

    Biomerics, the leading vertically integrated medical device contract manufacturer in the interventional device market, announced the acquisition of Dependable Plastics and creation of a new division -- Biomerics Interventional Medical Plastics (IMP) Division