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LyondellBasell, one of the largest plastics, chemicals and refining companies in the world, REHAU, a well-known 1st tier supplier for painted plastic exterior components in the automotive industry, and surface specialist Eschmann Textures today announced the successful creation of a physically foamed rear lower trim with an excellent surface appearance. With growing concerns about climate change and environmental degradation, sustainability has become a strategic priority for automo

INVISTA’s technology and licensing group, INVISTA Performance Technologies (IPT), and Hengli Petrochemical (Huizhou) Co., Ltd, a subsidiary of Hengli Group (Hengli), have reached agreement to license INVISTA’s P8 PTA technology for two PTA lines. These two lines will be installed at Xiachong, Daya Bay, Huizhou City, Guangdong province, China. The kick-off meeting was successfully concluded on October 23, 2020, between Hengli, INVISTA and CTCI (the engineering contractor).

BGN Technologies, the technology transfer company of Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU), announced today that it had signed a research collaboration agreement with ECOIBÉRIA in the field of plastic recycling by bacteria, based on research from the team of Prof. Ariel Kushmaro and Prof. Alex Sivan, both from the Laboratory of Environmental Biotechnology and Avram and Stella Goldstein-Goren Department of Biotechnology Engineering at BGU. Polyethylene terephthalate (PET) i

The acrylonitrile market is expected to grow by 1096.62 thousand tons during 2020-2024, according to Technavio. The report offers a detailed analysis of the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on the acrylonitrile market in optimistic, probable, and pessimistic forecast scenarios. Enterprises will go through Response, Recovery and Renew phases. Download a Free Sample Report on COVID-19 The acrylonitrile market will witness Neutral impact during the forecast period owing to the wid

Lightwave Logic, Inc., a technology platform company leveraging its proprietary electro-optic polymers to transmit data at higher speeds with less power, today announced that Michael Lebby, Chief Executive Officer of Lightwave Logic presented at the AngelTech Virtual Live II Summit, an event connecting the compound semiconductor and photonic integrated circuit industries. During Dr. Lebby's virtual presentation he  discussed optical devices and gave an update on polymer mat

The "Polyurethane Chemicals and Products in Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) 13th Edition 2020 - Volume 4 Coatings" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering. The publisher introduces the updated in-depth market report on Polyurethane Chemicals and Products in Europe, Middle East and Africa. Geographical coverage of the report is as follows: Western Europe (12 countries/regions) Austria, Benelux, Fran

Maire Tecnimont S. P. A. and Hera Group announce that Aliplast, Hera Group's company for the collection, recycling and conversion of plastics, and NextChem, Maire Tecnimont Group's company for energy transition, signed a strategic agreement for the realization in Italy of a plant with MyReplast™ technology. NextChem will provide technology, Engineering, Procurement and Construction services for the plant, that will use its proprietary and innovative technology MyReplast™ f

Lucite International (LI) and Agilyx Corporation, a pioneer in the advanced recycling of post-use plastics, announced plans to pursue a commercial-scale trial for the recycling of PMMA, commonly known as acrylic, at Agilyx's Tigard, Oregon facility. Following the success of an initial smaller-scale trial using Agilyx's molecular recycling technology, LI, with the support of parent company, Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation (MCC), will further advance its collaboration with Agilyx to del

Residents and businesses in Collier County, Florida, will now have the opportunity to recycle foam polystyrene through the county’s drop-off collection sites, thanks to a $50,000 grant from the Foam Recycling Coalition. The county’s program will focus on receiving foam food trays, colored foam and white bulk packaging foam from local commercial businesses and residents. The new grant funding allows Collier County to purchase and install a foam densifier, train its employ

Amur Gas Chemical Complex, LLC (“AGCC”), the project being implemented by SIBUR, the largest integrated petrochemicals company in Russia, has selected Univation Technologies’ UNIPOL™ PE Process for three world-scale PE reactor lines. These three lines will be incorporated into a world-scale, integrated project that also includes two additional SIBUR petrochemical production lines under design and construction near Svobodny town, Amur region, in the Far East of the Russ

Celanese Corporation, a global chemical and specialty materials company, today announced that its subsidiary, Celanese (Nanjing) Chemical Co. Ltd., has recently extended its long-term contract with Nanjing Dragon Crown Liquid Chemical Terminal Co. Ltd., for providing terminal services to its integrated chemical facility in the Nanjing Chemical Industrial Park, Nanjing City, in eastern China (Jiangsu Province). Financial details of the contract were not disclosed. Reliable terminal s

Nexeo Plastics, a leading global distributor of thermoplastic resins, has signed an agreement with STFG Filamente GmbH, a subsidiary of the Russian chemical company KuibyshevAzot , to distribute its polyamide-6-based (PA6 ) Products signed across Europe. " We are excited to partner with Nexeo Plastics and become part of their extensive distribution network to offer our customers greater choice and excellent customer service across Europe," said Dmitriy Rybkin, Director of