End Markets

Medical

Tessy to Nearly Double Its Space

The pending acquisition would add a campus with three buildings covering roughly 1.5 million ft2 one hour from its existing facilities in Upstate New York.

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Packaging

First Milk Jug with PCR Coming Soon

Claimed to be a first in the U.S., organic milk in HDPE gallon jugs with 30% PCR are due on market shelves by March.

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Additives

Biobased PE Colorants and Compounds for Medical and Pharma Applications

Avient has expanded its line of medical-grade Mevopur materials for pharmaceutical packaging and medical devices.

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BP and Lanxess in Strategic Partnership for Sustainable Raw Materials for Production of Nylon 6

BP will provide sustainably produced cyclohexane to Lanxess’s production site in Antwerp, Belgium.  

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Automotive

Hydrolysis-Resistant PBT that is Also Laser Transparent 'Shines' in Demanding Automotive Engine Application

Actuators for new automotive diesel engine series made with a Lanxess PBT that is hydrolylis-stabilized and allows for laser transmission welding.

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Extrusion

Raumedic to Expand Manufacturing in North Carolina

Medical processor to add new cleanroom at U.S. headquarters in Mills River.

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polyolefins

Future Caps & Closures: More HDPE, More PCR

Industry experts says uses of HDPE in caps and closures will proliferate and will incorporate PCR and PIR. Future designs will “tether” the caps to the bottles as well.  

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Four-Way Collaboration Yields Lighter Pharma Bottles with Better Barrier

Alltrista combined innovations in processing and materials for a competitive launch into a new 大象传媒 sector.

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10 Billion Feet…And Counting

‘Our reason is water.’ Those four words explain a focused strategy that helped Advanced Drainage Systems evolve from a two-man startup into a global supplier of corrugated pipe and water-management solutions with 10 billion+ ft of pipe in service all over the world.

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polyolefins

High-Performance LLDPE Film Grades

ExxonMobil’s new series Exceed XP 7 hexene LLDPE resins boast “never seen before” levels of performance.

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Process Cooling