Industry News

  1. SK geo centric And PureCycle Announce Location Of Asia's First Polypropylene Recycling Plant 1/10/2022

    SK geo centric (SKGC) and PureCycle Technologies, Inc., a U.S. advanced recycling company revolutionizing plastic waste, signed a non-binding head of agreement ("HOA" or "term sheet") to open Asia's first recycled polypropylene (PP) plant in Ulsan, South Korea

  2. Vance Street Capital Partners With Plastic Design Corporation 12/22/2021

    Vance Street Capital LLC ("Vance Street"), a Los Angeles-based private equity firm, today announced the acquisition of Plastic Design Corporation ("PDC"). PDC is a leading U.S.-based contract manufacturer of micro-molded plastic components for the MedTech and Life Science markets

  3. Green Science Alliance Develops Revolutionary Plastic Recycling Technology For Recovery Of The Mechanical Strength Of Plastic Waste 12/21/2021

    Green Science Alliance has received license agreement from Fukuoka University to carry out the revolutionary plastic waste recycling technology which can recover the mechanical strength especially in the toughness of plastic waste relatively simple and effectively

  4. Freepoint Eco-Systems Announces Plans To Build Advanced Recycling Facility In Ohio 12/1/2021

    Freepoint Eco-Systems LLC ("Freepoint") has announced its plan to build an advanced recycling facility in Ohio that will convert waste plastic into feedstock for use in the production of prime-quality plastic

  5. Amorepacific And Eastman Partner To Make Meaningful Advances In Sustainable Packaging, Reducing Plastic Waste 11/30/2021

    Global beauty company Amorepacific and global specialty materials provider Eastman announce their collaboration to introduce sustainable packaging solutions using Eastman's molecular recycling technologies. LANEIGE will be the first Amorepacific brand to utilize packaging made from Eastman Cristal™ Renew copolyester with certified recycled content* as early as December 2021.

  6. Lummus Signs LOI With Phigenesis For Recycling Of Waste Plastics To Petrochemical Feedstock Materials 11/22/2021

    Lummus Technology, through its Green Circle subsidiary, announced that it has finalized a Letter of Intent (LOI) with Phigenesis, a UK-based company established to deliver ISCC+ certified renewable chemical feedstock for use in existing petrochemical plants to manufacture virgin grade plastics, suitable for all grades of application

  7. Honeywell Introduces Revolutionary Plastics Recycling Technology To Drive A Circular Plastics Economy 11/2/2021

    Honeywell (NASDAQ: HON) today announced the commercialization of a revolutionary process that expands the types of plastics that can be recycled and can produce feedstock used to make recycled plastics with a lower carbon footprint

  8. Plastic Recycling: Plastic Energy, Freepoint Eco-Systems And TotalEnergies Partner On Advanced Recycling Project In The U.S. 10/26/2021

    Plastic Energy Ltd., Freepoint Eco-Systems LLC and TotalEnergies (NYSE: TTE) have announced a strategic partnership in the U.S. Under this agreement, Plastic Energy and Freepoint Eco-Systems plan to build an advanced recycling plant in Texas, which will transform end-of-life plastic waste into a recycled feedstock called TACOIL using Plastic Energy's patented technology

  9. Sybridge Technologies Completes Acquisition Of Pyramid Mold And Tool 10/18/2021

    SyBridge Technologies ("SyBridge), a global industrial technology company, announced today that it has completed the acquisition of Pyramid Mold and Tool ("Pyramid"). This transaction further expands SyBridge's customer base and footprint in the life sciences end-markets

  10. Kraton Collaborates With Plastship To Unlock PCR Value Enhancement For European Plastic Recycling 10/4/2021

    Kraton Corporation (NYSE: KRA), a leading global sustainable producer of specialty polymers and high-value biobased products derived from pine wood pulping co-products, is proud to partner with Plastship by offering CirKular+™ performance enhancement and compatibilization additives on  Plastship Additives Selector platform.