Novomer has announced the successful demonstration of the lowest-cost polymerization process to make compostable polymers that satisfy brand owner requirements for circular economy solutions. The compostable polymer, tradenamed Rinnovo™, will use Novomer’s highly efficient catalyst technology to manufacture world-scale production quantities. Plans to Design a Commercial Facility The compostable material – now proven at demonstration scale […]

While we all are counting down the days to return to a post-COVID time, the pandemic has shown that the world can change quickly. So, it goes without saying that COVID has sparked a rush for plastics, bringing substantial shifts in demand – be it the medical PPE kits or facemasks/face shields or even safe food

Soft Elastic News 02/2021 – Part 2 | Medicine and Medical Technology ​​​​​​​Dear Customer, TPE have a variety of properties or can be tailored and adapted to the requisite or desired characteristics depending on what end product is ultimately in focus. Accordingly, there is a range of solution options available for product design. Cooperation with

Dear Customer, ​​​​​​​People all over the world are suffering from Covid-19, the illness caused by the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus. Companies and research institutes alike are working flat out to develop vaccines. At least 224 vaccine projects have been set up within a short period of time to fight SARS-CoV-2 which only appeared around the New Year.

VIBA offers its multifunctional masterbatch VIBATAN®PE MULTIFUNCTIONAL GREY G6771, a combination of an anti-collapse additive, a nucleating agent and an inorganic pigment masterbatch in polyethylene. The product has been expressly developed for the extrusion of gas foamed insulating pipes and sheets in polyethylene. Product Enhances Processability During Extrusion   The tests which have been conducted by the

A team, led by Swindon-based specialist plastic recycling technology provider, Recycling Technologies and including the University of Bath’s Centre for Sustainable Chemical Technologies, is developing a method of chemically breaking down mixtures of plastics into their constituent molecules which can then be used to manufacture new plastics or other high value products. First Phase of

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When you work with elastomers, material selection is often the most critical step and you must get it right to avoid product failure. But despite very different and unique properties, the two elastomeric materials (Rubber and TPE) can look and feel similar. Don’t let the limited availability of comparative information make you select the wrong elastomer for

PP is becoming a polymer of choice in high performance applications (pressure pipe, geogrids, thermoformed packaging, oriented films…). But, with many countries looking to ban plastics due to environmental pressures & public awareness of problems (ocean pollution and climate change), it is crucial to respond with sustainable solutions. Beta nucleated PP resins are uniquely positioned to

PLASBLAK XP6801D black masterbatch enables excellent color performance, mechanical properties and UV resistance at a lower masterbatch concentration. PLASBLAK XP6801D Black Masterbatch Helps Customers: Achieve higher color without sacrificing impact properties Lower masterbatch loading in the final compound offering formulation flexibility to meet stricter customer performance requirements Deliver the same performance with up to 50%

Researchers from JAIST and U-Tokyo have successfully developed the white-biotechnological conversion from cellulosic biomass into aromatic polymers with the highest thermodegradation of all the plastics. Aromatic Molecules Produced from Kraft Pulp Organic plastic superior in thermostability (over 740 °C), was developed from inedible biomass feedstocks without using heavy inorganic fillers and thus lightweight in nature. Such an

ARLANXEO Canada and Diamond Petrochemicals Canada Corporation (“DPCC”), a subsidiary of Japan’s Mitsubishi Corporation, announce the execution of an agreement between the companies, where ARLANXEO will sell its olefins business to Mitsubishi. Closing is Expected in 1st Half of 2021 ARLANXEO’s olefins business produces butadiene and raffinate, and is located at the Bio-Industrial Park Sarnia in Ontario,