Jul 5, 2024 | Product News
Global chemical company Huntsman has secured bluesign® approval for ten of its IROGRAN® thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) products. These TPUs are used extensively across the textile and apparel...
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Dow has announced the launch of NORDEL™ REN Ethylene Propylene Diene Terpolymers (EPDM) at the German Rubber Conference (DKT) 2024. This is a bio-based version of Dow’s EPDM rubber material, used in...
Jul 5, 2024 | Industry News
Sumitomo Chemical held a construction completion ceremony at its new research facility Innovation Center MEGURU (“MEGURU”) at its Chiba site located in Sodegaura City, Chiba, Japan...
Jul 4, 2024 | Industry News
A biofriendly new material made from barley starch blended with fiber from sugarbeet waste sees the light of day at the University of Copenhagen – a strong material that turns into compost should it...
RAMPF Advanced Polymers, the new company of the international RAMPF Group, officially starts operations. RAMPF Advanced Polymers was established by merging the chemical companies RAMPF Eco...
Jul 3, 2024 | Industry News
A new meta-study report commissioned by Holland Bioplastics, concludes that the fundamental characteristics of polylactic acid (PLA), a biobased polymer made entirely from fermented plant sugars...
CARBIOS and TOMRA Textiles, a tech venture set up by TOMRA, announce the signing of an agreement to collaborate on establishing an efficient stream in Northern Europe from textile waste collection...
Jul 2, 2024 | Product News
Good posture corrector for today’s fast-paced world requires innovative materials and technology. KRAIBURG TPE introduces a range of Thermoplastic Elastomer (TPE) materials to enhance the efficacy...
Borealis introduces Borcycle™ GD3600SY, a glass-fiber reinforced polypropylene (PP) compound with 65% post-consumer recycled (PCR) polymer content. It will first be used in automotive interiors in a...
Jul 2, 2024 | Industry News
Many municipal landfills “burp” gas from decomposing organic matter rather than letting it build up. And burps from buried waste containing per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) can release...