polyolefins
Life Cycle Analysis Shows Pyrolysis Can Reduce Carbon Footprint of Cracking Operations
Research from Argonne National Laboratory describes greenhouse gas benefits of partially substituting pyrolysis oil for fossil fuels in the production of HDPE and LDPE.
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Food Grade PCR LLDPE Resin From Mechanically Recycled Stretch Film
Revolution announced that the FDA has issued a letter of no objection for its method of producing linear low density polyethylene from recycled stretch film.
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Prices Up for PE, PP, PS, Flat for PVC, PET
Trajectory is generally flat-to-down for all commodity resins.
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‘Breakthough’ Nucleating Agent for Range of PP Applications
CAI Performance Additives’ new ST-NAP32 nucleator boosts PP performance for improved lithium battery separators, injection-molded products and PP-R pipe.
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Masterbatch Emulates Look of Weathered Metals
For multilayer HDPE applications that include packaging for hair care, personal care, beauty care and cosmetics.
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TC Transcontinental Installs 'First Ever' BOPE Line in North America
TC Transcontinental Packaging will be installing what it says is the first-ever biaxially oriented PE (BOPE) line in North America.
Read MoreBiobased Mold Release for PP Automotive Formulations
Palsgaard’s Einar 201 was developed to help automotive compounders enhance the sustainability of PP formulations for class ‘A’ mold release.
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New Product Compounds Incorporate Post Consumer Recycled Content
LyondellBasell announced the addition of eight new grades to CirculenRecover, its portfolio of mechanically recycled PP and PE.
Read MoreExxon Adds Production of HDPE Molding Grades to Texas
HDPEs for pales and crates to be produced in Beaumont as well as Canada.
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New HDPE Grade for Mono-Material Machine Direction Oriented Films
Exxon introduced HD7165L for MDO film applications designed for recyclability.
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