sustainability

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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Elastomers

Bio-based Elastomer for Biopharmacuetical Tubing

Avient introduced its Versaflex elastomer formulated with bio-derived content.

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plant tour

Evolving Opportunities for Ambitious Plastics Recycler

St. Joseph Plastics grew from a simple grinding operation and now pursues growing markets in recycled PP, food-grade recycled materials, and customized post-industrial and post-consumer compounds.

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Packaging

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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Recycling

Lindner Recycling Opens New Headquarters

Recycling solutions supplier marked its 75th anniversary with the opening of its new headquarters in Austria.  

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UPM Biochemicals and Selenis Form Strategic Alliance to Develop Sustainable PETG

Partnership to develop PETG made from renewable, sustainably sourced forest biomass for use in a variety of packaging applications  

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How to Optimize Injection Molding of PHA and PHA/PLA Blends

Here are processing guidelines aimed at both getting the PHA resin into the process without degrading it, and reducing residence time at melt temperatures.

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Engel Aims for Net Zero Emissions, Commits to Standard

The Austrian-based maker of automation and injection molding machines will subject its CO2 reduction targets to the Science Based Targets Initiative (SBTi) and it achieved ClimatePartner status.

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sustainability

SABIC Gets 2023 ACC Sustainability Leadership Award

The award is for circularity achievements with ocean bound plastic-based solutions.

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Electronics

"Sustainable" Halogen-Free Flame-Retardant TPEs for Consumer Electronics

Avient expands its reSound Bio and Resound Rec content TPE portfolios.  

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Process Cooling