Toray Industries, Inc., announced that it has augmented its REACTIS® brand of high-recovery film technology by innovating a stretchable c film with a high dielectric constant and recoverability. Applications should include dielectric components in dielectric elastomer actuators (DEAs) for robots, sensors for reducing weight and saving energy, flexible sensors suitable for curved 3D curved […]

he United States Environmental Protection Agency released the “National Strategy to Prevent Plastic Pollution”. It outlines opportunities for action to protect communities from the impacts of plastic production and waste and detailing how government agencies, businesses, non-profits, and communities can take additional action to prevent plastic pollution.  This strategy also aligns with the United States’

Lubrizol announces its collaboration with Lore Cycle, a manufacturer of custom cycling shoes, to provide a solution for its recently launched 3D-printed shoe. Designed Around 3D Scan of a Customer’s Foot Leveraging the latest advancements in additive manufacturing technology, Lubrizol and its Avid 3D printing brand collaborated with Lore Cycle to find a solution for a better-fitting

TAGS:  Medical    At this year’s COMPAMED medical technology tradeshow, WACKER presented customized silicone rubber grades that set new standards with their optimized properties in terms of haptics, tensile strength and adhesion. Forms No Peroxide Byproducts Products in the limelight are addition-curing solid silicones for the manufacture of medical and pharmaceutical tubing, for example for use in peristaltic pumps,

TAGS:  3D Printing    Cost Efficiency    Evonik is unveiling its latest innovations in PA12 polymer applications for 3D printing at Formnext 2024, the highlight exposition and convention for the world’s additive manufacturing community. Most notably on display will be the company’s PA12-based INFINAM® 6013 P and INFINAM® 6014 P 3D-printable powders. Through a feat of engineering, these powders possess

TAGS:  Automotive    Eastman Chemical Company announced it is making an investment to upgrade and expand its extrusion capability for production of Interlayers product lines at its manufacturing facility in Ghent, Belgium. Response to Growing Demand for PVB Interlayers The investment will strengthen Eastman’s supply capability to respond to growing regional and global demand for  Saflex™ polyvinyl butyral (PVB)

Mitsui Chemicals’ and Partners Develop Floor Tiles Using Fully Bio-based Composit TAGS:  Sustainability and Bioplastics     Thermoplastic Composites    Mitsui Chemicals, Inc. announced the development of a new bio-based building material in partnership with Prime Polymer Co., Ltd. and hide kasuga 1896 Co., Ltd.. The three partners have created floor tiles made of Transwood™ with Prasus™ – a fully bio-based composite.

Syensqo Makes Debut at Compamed 2024 with its High-performance Medical Polymers TAGS:  3D Printing    Metal Replacement    Medical    Sustainability and Bioplastics    Syensqo, previously part of Solvay Group is making its debut at Compamed 2024. Visitors will be able to explore the company’s full range of high-performance polymers for the healthcare and pharmaceuticals industry, including an advanced portfolio of Solviva® biomaterials for

hi Kasei Corporation (Asahi Kasei) and Honda Motor Co., Ltd. (Honda) announced that the two companies have signed a shareholders’ agreement to convert an existing Asahi Kasei subsidiary in Canada into a joint venture company. This agreement was reached as a result of continued discussions on collaboration for the production of lithium-ion battery separators in Canada

BASF to Increase Production Capacity of its Graphite-containing EPS Granulate Published on 2024-10-25. Edited By : SpecialChem  BASF is strengthening its styrene value chain at its Ludwigshafen site by expanding the production capacity of Neopor® by 50,000 metric tons per year. This increase is aimed at meeting the growing market demand for the grey insulation material.

DIC Corporation announced that it has developed a new specialty polyphenylene sulfide (PPS) film in collaboration with Japanese firm Unitika Ltd. that suppresses transmission loss at high frequencies. This product’s low dielectric properties make it suitable for use in a key for millimeter-wave printed circuit boards compatible with next-generation communications devices and for millimeter-wave radar. This new PPS

TAGS:  Automotive    Electrical & Electronics    Medical    Cost Efficiency    The plastics specialists at LEHVOSS Compounds bring standards into series production at low cost. From a huge product portfolio, decades of expertise and a lot of industry experience, standard compounds have been developed in Hamburg that are clearly ahead of the market in terms of performance and price. Striking Balance Between Price and

TAGS:  Sustainability and Bioplastics    BASF’s Petrochemicals division has completed its upgrades for Superabsorbent Polymers (SAP) after a $19.2 million investment into its Freeport, Texas site. Realizing Up to 20% Higher Throughput The project, which began in 2023, involved the installation of new equipment to increase production rates and the optimization of existing processes at the SAP

Covestro AG (“Covestro”) signed an Investment Agreement with certain entities of the ADNOC Group, including ADNOC International Limited (“ADNOC International”) and its subsidiary, ADNOC International Germany Holding AG (“Bidder”). Supports Covestro’s “Sustainable Future” Strategy The agreement outlines that the Bidder will make a public takeover offer for all outstanding Covestro shares at €62.00 per share. ADNOC

LANXESS has entered an agreement to sell its Urethane Systems division to Japan-based UBE Corporation. This strategic move signals LANXESS’s full exit from polymer-related products as part of its transformation into a specialized chemical solutions provider. The deal is valued at approximately €460 million, with the company expecting to generate proceeds close to €500 million. Transforming into