Lower Carbon Footprint with Renewable Content Formulated in glass fiber-filled and unfilled options, Nymax BIO materials include between 16 and 47 percent natural filler from renewable plant sources, including corn, straw, and wheat. Renewable, plant-based raw materials have been shown to offer significantly lower product carbon footprint values than typical petroleum-based feedstock. Compared with traditional […]

Hexcel is presenting an array of product innovations for aerospace and urban air mobility customer applications during JEC World 2022 in Paris on May 3-5. These latest innovations demonstrate the company’s leadership in developing advanced composites technology for the aerospace market. Agreement with Fairmat In late 2021, Hexcel announced an agreement with Fairmat, a deep

SABIC has expanded its portfolio of exceptionally chemically resistant LNP™ CRX polycarbonate (PC) copolymer resins with four new grades These grades feature sustainability, thin-wall flame retardancy (FR), low-temperature ductility and ultraviolet (UV) stability, well-suited for healthcare and consumer electronics applications. Minimizing Environmental Impact There are two product pairs, each with a bio-based version that can further

Placon adds a new salad bowl family to its post-consumer content, tamper evident line up. The new line is making a statement to set itself apart by offering a tamper-evident feature and supporting sustainability being made using a minimum 25% EcoStar®  post-consumer (PCR) PET material. Tamper Evident Ten new products are available including a medium and a

3D Systems announced that it has entered an agreement to acquire dp polar GmbH, the German-based designer and manufacturer of the industry’s first additive manufacturing system designed for true high-speed mass production of customized components. State-of-the-Art AM System for High Volume Production Central to dp polar’s patented continuous printing process is a large-scale, segmented, rotating print

Lignocellulosic biomass has enormous potential for obtaining high value-added bioproducts, especially bioplastics. Lignocellulosic materials are abundant and generally inexpensive, and the current challenge is to produce valuable chemical products with: High selectivity, and Performance at a low cost For this reason, the number of pilot projects, demonstrations & industrial biorefinery plants are currently on the rise

A team of researchers from the CSIC has discovered that the saliva of the waxworm degrades plastic, which could have numerous applications in the treatment or recycling of plastic waste. This team discovered in 2017 that this species of worm (the Lepidoptera Galleria mellonella) is capable of breaking down plastic (polyethylene), and now they have

Borealis announces that two separate collaborations with long-standing value chain partners have resulted in new, fully recyclable flexible packaging formats, which incorporate 50% post-consumer recyclate (PCR 35% Reduced Carbon Footprint The use of new low-density polyethylene (LDPE) PCR grades developed and produced by mechanical recycling expert Ecoplast, a member of the Borealis Group, have made it

Researchers from the Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science have developed a method to make UAV wings cheaper to manufacture and more efficient in flight. Suong Hoa and his student pioneered a technique known as 4D printing of composites, the authors performed a feasibility study on the application of a new way to

The Market for wood plastic composites (WPC) is soaring Starting from a market size of $4.77 billion in 2019, the global wood plastic composite market is expecting huge growth rates in the future. Conservative researchers estimate a CAGR of 7% until 2026, while bolder forecasts project a CAGR of 11.5% until 2028.If you ask different

Neste, Idemitsu Kosan, CHIMEI and Mitsubishi Corporation have agreed to build a renewable plastics supply chain utilizing bio-based hydrocarbons (Neste RE™) for the production of styrene monomer (i.e., bio-SM), and its mass balanced renewable plastics derivatives including acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (i.e. bio-ABS). Joining Forces for Low-carbon Emission Society The bio-SM production in Japan and the renewable plastics production

SABIC has named Conventus Polymers, LLC, as an authorized distributor of high-performance engineering thermoplastics in the United States, Canada and Mexico. Delivering Exceptional Customer Experience Conventus Polymers will provide SABIC customers with products from SABIC’s Specialties business, including ULTEM™ resins and LNP™ compounds, and related services such as application development and customer support. The new distribution partner, based

Amcor has announced it is the first company to purchase certified circular polyethylene material using ExxonMobil’s Exxtend™ technology for advanced recycling. Amcor will leverage this new material across its global portfolio, providing customers in healthcare and food industries with circular content in a variety of solutions and applications. Sustainability Pledge Increasing the use of advanced

The Repsol Reciclex® range incorporates four new polymers for the automotive industry and three new circular polypropylene (PP) grades for non-food containers that are unique in the market for their excellent technical properties, incorporating up to 80% recycled plastic content. These new low-carbon materials aim to provide solutions to meet the decarbonization commitments of the automotive sector

Researchers have been trying to train a machine-learning model on a few existing chemical samples and then allow it to produce as many manufacturable molecules of the same class as possible, with predictable physical properties. If all these components are available, new molecules with optimal properties can be built. However, current techniques, mainly deep learning,