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Austin Resource Recovery (ARR), a department of the City of Austin, received a $45,000 grant from the Foam Recycling Coalition (FRC). This grant will increase the city?s capacity to manage and process more post-consumer foam polystyrene, including foodservice packaging and protective packaging for recycling. Austin?s Recycle & Reuse Drop-Off Center(RRDOC) currently serves single family residents and multifamily complexes. Most services are at no cost, but some services have a fee, i

The Alloyd Division of Sonoco , one of the most sustainable diversified global packaging companies, today announced the introduction of its first, all-paper retail blister package. The new EnviroSense PaperBlister? provides an alternative to the more traditional thermoformed plastic blister package that is found prominently in retail outlets around the world. ?This new mono-material package is further evidence of our commitment to developing more sustainable options for our customer

Silgan Holdings Inc., a leading supplier of rigid packaging for consumer goods products, announced that it has acquired Cobra Plastics, Inc. This business manufactures and sells injection molded plastic closures for a wide variety of consumer products, with a particular focus on the aerosol overcap market. ?The acquisition of Cobra Plastics expands the product offering of our global closures franchise into a variety of new markets and applications,? said Adam Greenlee, President of

Celanese Corporation, a global chemical and specialty materials company, today announces price increases on its Amcel? and MFI series (POM) grades sold in Europe. The price increase of ?0.10 per kilogram will be effective February 1, 2020, or as contracts otherwise allow. ? Product EMEA (Euro/kg) MFI 2 Series????????????????

The "Inorganic Polymers: Technologies, Applications and Opportunities" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering. Inorganic polymers are extensively used in petrochemical industries. Silicone rubber, another inorganic polymer product, is used in the building and construction industry for window and door seals. Furthermore, in electrical engineering, inorganic polymers such as silicone rubber are utilized in wire and cable jacketing, as well as in electrical safe

MFG Chemical, a global leader in specialty and custom chemical manufacturing, is improving its manufacturing capabilities in Dioctyl Sodium Sulfosuccinate (DOSS) through the current upgrading of its three Dalton, Georgia plants. DOSS is a specialty surfactant used in oilfield, lubricants, ethanol, coatings and agricultural industries, as well as polymerization, paints and inks, pulp and paper, resins, textiles and carpets, rubber, metals and minerals, petroleum oils and dry cleaning

Biffa, the leading UK recycler and waste management provider, opens its new ?27.5m1 state of the art PET plastic bottle recycling facility today in Seaham, County Durham. It will be officially unveiled at an opening ceremony by Henri Murison, Director of the Northern Powerhouse Partnership. Biffa?s investment in the new facility, which is among the most modern and technically advanced of its kind in the world, is part of the Group?s ongoing drive to invest in the UK?s recycling infr

Celanese Corporation, a global chemical and specialty materials company, and Nouryon today announced they have signed an agreement for Celanese to acquire Nouryon?s redispersible polymer powders business offered under the Elotex? brand (Elotex business). As part of the acquisition, Celanese will acquire all of Nouryon?s global production facilities for redispersible polymer powders across Europe and Asia, all products under the Elotex portfolio, as well as all customer agreements, technology

Global specialty plastics provider Eastman demonstrates its commitment to mitigating patient and clinician risk with superior materials for medical devices at the 35th annual Medical Design & Manufacturing (MD&M) West expo in Anaheim, California, Feb. 11-13. Eastman debuts a new portfolio of polymers for the housing and hardware of electronic medical devices. The MXF product line that started with Eastman Tritan? MXF121 is built on Tritan's proven durability and disinfectant resistance, a

The "Global High Performance Fluoropolymer Market Analysis & Trends - Industry Forecast to 2028" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering. The Global High Performance Fluoropolymer Market is poised to grow by 2028. Some of the prominent trends that the market is witnessing include increased use of polyvinyl tetrafluoro ethylene (PTFE) as suspending agents to reduce coalescence of polymer particles, growth in usage of the polymers to save energy and improve rene

Comar, a premier plastic packaging, dispensing, and medical device provider serving the Medical, Pharmaceutical, Consumer Healthcare, Personal and Home Care, Food and Beverage, and other niche market segments is thrilled to announce the acquisition of iMARK Molding ("iMARK"), a custom contract manufacturer focused on serving the medical device industry. The combined company will offer additional best-in-class engineering and custom plastic molding and assembly services to Comar's medical

The "Ethylene Tetrafluoroethylene (ETFE) - Global Market Outlook (2018-2027)" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering. The Global Ethylene Tetrafluoroethylene (ETFE) Market accounted for $359.81 million in 2018 and is expected to reach $834.64 million by 2027 growing at a CAGR of 9.8% during the forecast period. Some of the key factors influencing the market growth include eco-friendly and recyclable and growing demand in end-use industries. However,