UBQ Materials shortlisted for 2022 SXSW Innovation Awards

The Plastics Recycling Awards Europe 2022 are now open for entries in seven categories. Brand owners, plastic product manufacturers, retailers, product designers, packaging producers, raw material producers, plastics recycling machine producers and suppliers of recycled plastic products from across the whole value chain are invited to enter the fifth edition of the prestigious awards, which are open to organisations and individuals throughout Europe.

Covestro, the Leverkusen, Germany based raw materials manufacturer, and Genomatica, a biotech company based in California have announced that they have successfully  produced significant volumes of a plant-based version of the chemical raw material HMDA (hexamethylene diamine).

Two waste recycling pioneers, including end-of-life tire (ELT) processor Bolder Industries, are investing in port of Antwerp’s NextGen District – a former 88-hectare General Motors plant being repurposed for circular activities.

Cleanroom manufacturer Angstrom Technology, which is owned by New York-based private equity firm Asgard Partners & Co., LLC, has joined forces with Lancaster, UK-based Connect 2 Cleanrooms Limited, or C2C, creating a partnership of two leading cleanroom companies with a presence on both sides of the Atlantic.

In the lead-up to K 2022, the German Mechanical Engineering Industry Association VDMA is publishing a series of interviews with leading businesspersons in the industry, under the title Way2K. Here, Michael Lackner, Managing Director of Lindner Recyclingtech talks about the need for quality recyclates.

Mura Technology, an advanced recycling company in the UK that has developed a proprietary recycling based on the use of supercritical water, has acquired a new shareholder, the company has announced.

In response to soaring demand from the market, fuelled by the strong growth in particular in the sports and consumer goods sectors,  specialty materials company Arkema has announced a 25% capacity expansion at its Pebax elastomers plant in Serquigny, France.

Several global plastic packaging makers are part of a statement from more than 70 businesses and financial institutions urging a new global plastics treaty that would reduce virgin plastics production and try to cut its link to fossil fuels.

Canadian clean technology company Loop Industries and Suez, a France-based environmental service provider first announced their plans to collaborate on the construction of the first Infinite Loop recycling facility in Europe in September 2020.

Researchers from the University of Birmingham, U.K., and Duke University, U.S., have created a new family of renewably-sourced  degradable polymers offering similar qualities as common plastics.