Shell Pulls Back on Advanced Recycling
Shell's 2023 sustainability report came out in March but is only now that reports are emerging regarding the oil major's inability to...
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Jul 102 min read
Lord of the Rings Lightweight Chainmail Transformed into Architectural Plastic Mesh
Born out of the need for lightweight and wearable chainmail for The Lord of the Rings trilogy of films, Kaynemaile (paywall-protected...
Jun 281 min read
Trinseo Opens Next-Gen Depolymerization Facility in Italy
Trinseo has opened a polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA) depolymerization facility in Rho, Italy. The pilot facility represents a significant...
Jun 261 min read
SCG, Toyo to Jointly Develop Chemical Recycling Technology
SCG Chemicals affiliate Circular Plas and Japan's Toyo Engineering are collaborating to expand capacity and business opportunities for...
Jun 252 min read
Solar Forecasts Differ Wildy
If there's one industry whose future is difficult to gage in terms of volume shipments, then it must be solar panels. A recent article in...
May 173 min read
Dow SCGC Sign MOU for Circular Plastics
First in the Asia Pacific market to seek a holistic value chain solution for circular plastic. 200,000 tonnes/year of plastic waste will...
May 161 min read
Asahi Kasei to Site Li-ion Battery Separator Plant in Port Colborne, Ontario
Asahi Kasei has announced that it will construct its previously announced integrated lithium-ion battery (LIB) separator plant in Port...
May 32 min read
Project Using AI to Develop Sustainable Materials
Officially launched on May 2nd, the four-year FAVIA (Adaptative Formulation Through Artificial Intelligence) project aims to predict and...
Apr 11 min read
Idemitsu Mulls Bio-naphtha-based Ethylene Production in Japan
Hidden away in a joint press release announcing that Idemitsu Kosan and Mitsui Chemicals would further optimize ethylene production at...
Mar 122 min read
MLTA's APIC 2024 Korea Seminar Program Finalized
Whether you are planning to attend the APIC 2024 (the Asia Petrochemical Industry Conference) in person or not, mark your online...
Mar 72 min read
ASEAN Circular Plastics Summit Slated for Malaysia in June
Apex Events is convening the ASEAN Circular Plastics Summit 2024 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on June 27–28. The organizer recently unveiled...
Mar 62 min read
PLAYMOBIL Selects Plant-based Styrenic for Sustainable Toy Line
PLAYMOBIL, a leading global toy producer, has selected plant-based ABS* and plant-based MBS** from INEOS Styrolution for their new...
Feb 231 min read
MLT Analytics at APIC 2024 Korea
MLT Analytics will be attending the Asia Petrochemical Industry Conference (APIC 2024) in Seoul, Korea this coming May 30th and 31st. We...
Feb 93 min read
Lignin-reinforced PLA Imparts Antioxidant Effect with Controlled Biodegradability
KraussMaffei Extrusion has tied up with a Polish partner to develop a bio-based injection molding compound with enhanced mechanical...
Feb 52 min read
NJ Shopping Bag Ban Boosts Plastics Consumption
On a recent trip back home to Auckland, New Zealand, I was stunned by two things: the complete absence of single-use shopping bags and...
Feb 52 min read
Microparticles From Road Tires are “High Concern” Pollutants, Research Shows
The word is starting to get out. Plastic microparticles released into the environment from common road tires should be treated as a “high...
Feb 12 min read
MLT Analytics Report—New Solar Cell Technologies Accelerate a Transformational Shift in Encapsulant Sheet Adoption
Fast-emerging TOPCon cell structure promotes shift to POE encapsulant. High cost of POE pushes sheet makers to innovate with multilayer...
Jan 162 min read
Plastics added $250 billion to U.S. health costs in 2018?
In 2018 global plastics production was valued at $712 billion according to Statistica. Let's conservatively assume that the U.S....
Jan 122 min read
Lummus Invests in Microwave Assisted Pyrolysis Technology
Lummus Technology has announced a major investment in Resynergi to scale production of the latter's modular Continuous Microwave Assisted...
Jan 32 min read
Baby Bottles are Bio-based
LyondellBasell and Pigeon Singapore – a market leader producing high-quality mother and baby care products for Southeast Asia, Middle...
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