Press Releases

INEOS Olefins & Polymers has today announced a partnership with Forever Plast SpA, a leading polymer recycling technologies operator in Italy. Together they have developed a range of new Polyethylene grades that mirror INEOS virgin grades and perfectly fit injection moulding and compression moulding machines. The new Recycl-IN products take Post Consumer Recyclate (PCR) from used bottle caps and carefully blend them with highly engineered virgin polymer to create new high-quality ca

Ascend Performance Materials, the largest fully integrated producer of polyamide resin 66, today announced that it has signed a contract to buy Poliblend and Esseti Plast GD from D'Ottavio Group. The acquisition includes a manufacturing facility in Mozzate, Italy, the Esseti Plast GD masterbatch portfolio and Poliblend's engineering plastics portfolio, which consists of virgin and recycled types of PA66, PA6, PBT and POM. ?This strategic acquisition marks an important transf

INEOS and UPM Biofuels have today announced a long-term agreement to supply a renewable raw material for new and innovative bio-attributed polymers to be produced at INEOS K?ln, Germany. INEOS will use UPM BioVerno, a sustainable raw material from a renewable residue of wood pulp processing, to produce bio-attributed polyolefins. These new sustainable materials will be used in a wide range of products from plastic food packaging to medical and pipes. Applications also incl

INEOS Styrolution, the global leader in styrenics, has announced today plans to build a world-scale ABS plant in Ningbo, China. The new production site will be adjacent to the recently acquired polystyrene plant in Ningbo. Less than a year after announcing the acquisition of two polystyrene production sites in China, INEOS Styrolution embarks on plans to grow its production capacity in the country significantly. The company plans to construct a green field ABS plant adjacent to the

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