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Novel PP Clarifier Embodies Paradigm Shift in Polymer Industry

Adeka has just launched an innovative clarifier for polypropylene (PP) with a new brand name—Transparex (product name: ADK Transparex CA...

Nov 62 min read

Citroniq Selects Nebraska for World's Largest Decarbonized Plastics Production Facility

The company's estimated $7.5 billion investment is projected to be the largest in Nebraska history and creates transformational...

Oct 82 min read

Dextrose Will Feed Bio-MEG Facility in Indiana

Sustainea and Primient have announced a co-location partnership for the supply of corn dextrose from Primient’s facility in Lafayette,...

Sep 245 min read

California Sues ExxonMobil for Deceiving Public on Plastic Product Recyclability

California Attorney General Rob Bonta has announced the filing of a lawsuit against ExxonMobil for allegedly engaging in a decades-long...

Sep 172 min read

Braskem America Introduces Bio-Circular Polypropylene

Biopolymers pioneer Braskem has launched a bio-circular polypropylene (PP) under the brand name WENEW. WENEW is said to be a...

Sep 112 min read

Braskem Opens Renewable Innovation Center in U.S.

Braskem, the largest polyolefins producer in the Americas, as well as a market leader and pioneer producer of biopolymers on an...

Sep 52 min read

LanzaTech Licenses Waste-to-Ethanol Process in Japan

LanzaTech Global has signed a master license agreement with Sekisui Chemical to deploy at commercial scale a jointly developed platform...

Aug 71 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 71 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...

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...

Mar 152 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 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...

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...

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 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...

Nov 21, 20232 min read

LyondellBasell to Build Industrial-scale Advanced Recycling Plant in Germany

LyondellBasell (LYB) has made the final investment decision to build the company's first industrial-scale catalytic advanced recycling...

Nov 10, 20232 min read

Lummus, Citroniq Announce Licensing and Engineering Agreements for Green PP Plants

Agreements highlight Lummus and Citroniq's progress in meeting surging demand for sustainable polypropylene Lummus Technology and...

Nov 1, 20232 min read

The Circular Future of Polymer Production in Europe

At the recent Global Plastics Summit that we attended in Bangkok, there were calls from NGOs and governmental bureaucrats to...

Oct 2, 20232 min read

World’s First Injection Molding Machine for Fiber-based Products Debuts

Pulpac, developer of a process for molding dry fibers derived from pulp into packaging and disposable applications such as hot and cold...