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MLTA to Speak at InnoPlast Planet-Friendly Plastics Conference
MLT Analytics has been invited to deliver a Special Presentation at the Planet-Friendly Plastics: Latest Advances conference organized by...
Feb 51 min read


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...
Dec 18, 20241 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...
Nov 6, 20242 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,...
Oct 8, 20242 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 24, 20245 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 17, 20242 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 11, 20242 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...
Sep 5, 20242 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...
Aug 7, 20241 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 17, 20243 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 15, 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 7, 20242 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 23, 20241 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 9, 20243 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 16, 20242 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...
Jan 3, 20242 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 21, 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 10, 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...
Nov 1, 20232 min read
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