Teknor Apex and UBQ Materials to Further Expand Development of Sustainable Materials
Their strengthened compounding partnership will expedite product development.

Israel’s , a climate tech developer of advanced materials made from waste, has announced an expansion of its partnership with compounding solutions provider Teknor Apex. The deepened collaboration will catalyze the future development of a robust pipeline for sustainable innovations for carbon-negative manufacturing applications. The partners are exhibiting together at NPE 2024
In collaboration since 2022, Teknor and UBQ Materials will expedite product development leveraging UBQ’s new sustainable product portfolio. With a focus on durables, from industrial to consumer applications, the companies are poised to open new revenue streams for sustainable material integration. New solutions stemming from the partnership will enable customers across the value chain to meet multiple sustainability objectives, including greenhouse gas emissions removal and avoidance, increased use of recycled materials, circularity and reduced reliance on fossil materials.
New solutions stemming from the partnership will enable customers across the value chain to meet multiple sustainability objectives, including greenhouse gas emissions removal and avoidance, increased use of recycled materials, circularity and reduced reliance on fossil materials.
Says UBQ’s chief commercial officer Patricia Mishic O’Brien, “Our expanded partnership with Teknor Apex perfectly reflects the purpose of our UBQ Partner Ecosystem Program, which seeks to develop collaborative, mutually beneficial relationships with compounders, manufacturers, distributors and retailers, and connecting these partners together along the value chain. As our partners at Teknor Apex reach their 100-year milestone, they’ve closed out a century of development with a continued forward-looking perspective on increasing sustainability everywhere. This shared value is central to our work and will facilitate rapid application development for our partners in shared priority sectors to bring widespread change across industries for the next 100 years.”
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