End Markets

Packaging

Dairy Product Company to Release All-PE Film Pouch in China

Dow announced that Mengniu is developing a recyclable yogurt pouch using its INNATE TF-BOPE resin.

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Packaging

Production Milestone Achieved for Partially Biobased PET

Origin said its partially biobased PET was injection molded into preforms by Husky, using that company’s established PET processing technology, and then stretch blowmolded into bottles.

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Automotive

Atop the Plastics Pyramid

Allegheny Performance Plastics specializes in molding parts from high-temperature resins for demanding applications as part of its mission to take on jobs ‘no one else does.’  

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Postconsumer

ALPLA Launches ALPLArecycling Brand & Expands Food-Grade rPET Production

Global packaging powerhouse continues its growth as a major international plastics recycler.

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sustainability

BASF Opens Biodegradation and Microplastics Center of Excellence

Located at BASF’s site in Wyandotte, Mich., the center will support customers seeking a broad range of biodegradable circular economy solutions.

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Elastomers

Thermoplastic Elastomers With Recycled Content for Automotive Applications

Avient announced new grades of TPE to meet demand for recycled content.

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polystyrene

PS Prices Plunge, Others Appear to Be Bottoming Out

PS prices to see significant drop, with some potential for a modest downward path for others. 

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Packaging

Services to Help Blow Molders Convert to rPET

Sidel launches “RePETable” range of services as “one-stop” solution to efficient adoption of rPET for bottle production.

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Medical

Integrated Injection System for Blood-Collection Tubes

Husky says the system started up by CML Biotech Ltd. of India is the first of its ICHOR units to be deployed in the field.

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Avantium and SCGC Partner to Scale-Up CO2- Based Polymers to Pilot Plant

SCGC will use Avantium’s Volta Technology which uses electrochemistry to convert CO2 to chemical building blocks such as glycolic acid which combined with lactic acid make carbon-negative PLGA.

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Plastics Size Reduction