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Aug 13, 20242 min read

LG Chem Adds Eco-friendliness to Flame-Retardant Plastics

Korea’s LG Chem has revealed that its PFAS*-free flame-retardant polycarbonate/acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene (PC/ABS) material...

Aug 7, 20241 min read

Bio-based Material Mushrooms into EPS Alternative

Mushroom Materials, a New Zealand-based startup, is seeking to upend the expanded polystyrene (EPS) foam market with an innovative...

Aug 7, 20241 min read

MLTA POE Report Covered by PIE

Plastics Information Europe (PIE) did a stellar job of covering the latest update of our global market report for polyolefin elastomers...

Jul 19, 20242 min read

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...

Jul 17, 20242 min read

Growth Acceleration in Renewables Called for to Meet COP28 Target

The Renewable Energy Statistics 2024 released by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) on July 11 this year indicates that...

Jul 10, 20242 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 28, 20241 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 26, 20241 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 25, 20242 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...

Jun 22, 20241 min read

Vynova Announces PVC Recycling R&D Program

Vynova has announced a research & development program to further advance PVC recycling and help the PVC value chain accelerate towards...

May 17, 20243 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 16, 20241 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 9, 20242 min read

Composites make world's largest airship possible

Airship enabled with carbon fiber

May 3, 20242 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 18, 20242 min read

Ukrainian Cardboard Drones Are Playing Havoc in Russian Territory

Ukraine is using the Australian-made Corvo Precision Payload Delivery System (PPDS) to destroy Russian aircraft behind enemy lines. The...

Apr 18, 20242 min read

World's First Large-scale Electrically Heated Steam Cracker Starts Up

BASF, SABIC, and Linde have inaugurated the world’s first demonstration plant for large-scale electrically heated steam cracking...

Apr 1, 20241 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 15, 20242 min read

Plastic Chemicals Report: >90% of Quantity Cited Probably Used in Non-Plastics Applications

The latest fearmongering report about plastics is out and it's a whopper! The PlastChem report runs to 181 pages and comes with a...

Mar 7, 20242 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 6, 20242 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...