Materials
Materials
Post-consumer polyethylene waste is being used by Novoloop to make a thermoplastic polyurethane.
German polymer manufacturer Covestro and Brazilian footwear manufacturer Calçados Beira Rio are working on a range of concept shoes designed to offer a more sustainable footwear solution.
Additives supplier Milliken & Co. has acquired German compounder and concentrates maker Zebra-chem GmbH for an undisclosed price.
After eight years of leading the company, Rowena Sellens is now stepping down as CEO of British cleantech company Econic Technologies.
The newest film designs developed by Nova Chemicals Corporation have been formulated with post-consumer resin, the company has announced.
A new initiative, launched by BOPET Films Europe and Searious Business, is seeking to address the issue of flexible packaging recyclability.
Carbon negative materials company Origin Materials is going public with Artius Acquisition Inc., a publicly-traded special purpose acquisition company (SPAC), in a deal that values the combined company at approximately $1.8 billion.
Sumika Polymer Compounds Europe, a subsidiary of Japan’s Sumitomo Chemical, is opening a new production site in Poznan, Poland.
Specialty chemicals company Lanxess announced 14 February that it had agreed to buy specialty chemicals producer Emerald Kalama Chemical BV for an enterprise value of $1.075 billion.
In the light of the current COVID-19 pandemic, ensuring that surfaces are clean and hygienic have become a major issue.
Avantium Renewable Polymers, a wholly-owned subsidiary of renewable chemistry company Avantium N.V., has signed a patent licence agreement with Eastman Chemical Company granting it the right to use Eastman’s 2,5-furandicarboxylic acid-related patent portfolio.
A new bottle made entirely from recycled plastic material will soon find its way to shelves across the United States.
Recon Polymers BV, a Dutch start-up located in Roosendaal, has developed an innovative solution that makes it possible to recycle currently hard-to-recycle beverage cartons.
Last year, Sympatex, a Munich-based producer of high-tech functional membranes, laminates and functional textiles for clothing, footwear and technical application, committed to ensuring that within the next five years, at least half of the raw materials needed for its functional laminates will derive from the circular textile loop and be recyclable again.