Frank Esposito

Materials firm Trinseo is ending production of polycarbonate resin and combining management of three business units in an attempt to improve financial results.

Materials maker Selenis and biotech firm Carbios will work together to make specialty grades of polyester resin.

Avient Corp. has launched pigments derived from recycled content, including end-of-life tires.

With a focus on sustainability, materials maker Braskem has opened a Renewable Innovation Center in Lexington, Mass.

The Healthcare Plastics Recycling Council, made up of almost 40 plastics materials firms, is working to find solutions to medical plastic waste.

Companies across the value chain are working together to expand the value of material recovery facilities (MRFs) in the recycling market.

ExxonMobil Chemical is moving forward with chemical recycling, but the market still has room for improvement.

CEO Peter Vanacker said increased production from LYB's assets, higher integrated margins and rising seasonal demand drove sequential improvements in second quarter profitability.

Sabic came to NPE2024 to highlight sustainable materials and materials for electric vehicles.

Covestro AG has entered into "concrete negotiations" that could result in the German materials firm being acquired by Abu Dhabi National Oil Co.

Chairman and co-CEO Albert Douer said the site's production capacity enables the firm to convert almost 230 million pounds of regional waste into almost 180 million pounds of UBQ material annually.

As it enters its 100th year, Teknor Apex Co. is seeing increased interest in sustainable materials.

Earlier this year, Covestro released plans to cut its Scope 3 carbon emissions by 2050. Officials said that reduction will require a transformation of the firm's entire supply chain.

Under the plan, DuPont would spin its electronics and water businesses into new firms, with the remaining DuPont continuing as "a premier diversified industrial company."