Karen Laird

Bluepha Co. Ltd, a China-based synthetic biology company in China, and Netherlands-headquartered PLA producer TotalEnergies Corbion, have signed a memorandum of understanding aimed at fostering the market adoption of PLA/PHA-based solutions in China.

Ingevity Corporation has earned the OK biodegradable WATER certification from TÜV Austria Bureau of Inspection and Certification for its Capa thermoplastic grades, the company has announced.

Dow has entered into a supply agreement with New Energy Blue in North America under which New Energy Blue will  produce and bio-based ethylene feedstock for Dow resins.

 Airmould technology,  a process by which nitrogen is injected into a mould cavity partly or completely filled with melt to form an internal cavity structure has long been available from Wittmann Battenfeld, the company that developed and patented the process.

A collaboration between Bausano, the Italy-based manufacturer and supplier of customised extrusion lines for plastics processing, and Wintech, a plastics machinery company producing, amongst other products, rotary injection moulding machines, has resulted in the development of a new solution for the processing and moulding of WEEE waste into new products.

For the first time, a PET resin made from carbon captured from emissions has been successfully produced and used in packaging applications.

ML Polyolefins, a major central and eastern European producer of polypropylene regranulate, and German distributor Brenntag have entered into a collaboration agreement that is said to be the first of its kind in the region.

While PRSE 2023 saw the return of many exhibitors who were participating for the second or third time, bolstering the hard core of veterans who had elected to support the event from the very first edition in 2017, there was also a multitude of new names.

Sumitomo (SHI) Demag has long been a presence in Ireland, with a sizable customer base it has built since the 1960s since first venturing to the island. High time, therefore, for its next step designed to build on its physical footprint in the region: the opening of a new office registered in Limerick.

With the launch of its additive manufacturing equipment at K2022 last year, KraussMaffei joined the select ranks of machinery manufacturers able to offer complete and integrated solutions covering the entire process chain.

A new type of solar panel has been developed that is not only claimed to be fully circular but also to boast a carbon footprint that is more than 25% smaller than seen with a conventional type of panel.

A new strategic partnership between Chinese company Xiamen Changsu Industrial Pte Ltd (Changsu Industrial) and Netherlands-based TotalEnergies Corbion, aimed at further advancing the polylactic acid industry has been announced.

The latest River and Ocean Plastics Collection and Recycling Programmes Report from the UK-based plastics resource efficiency and recycling charity Recoup has brought to light a number of pain points regarding the transparency of these programmes, which have a potentially detrimental effect on their efficiency.

The Global Research Innovation in Plastics Sustainability (GRIPS) conference this year welcomed 1,000 delegates to the Coventry Building Society Arena, with a live stream available for online viewers.

CCEP Ventures, the investment arm of Coca-Cola Europacific Partners (CCEP) has announced that it is making a further investment in recycling start-up CuRe Technology, in Emmen, Netherlands.