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SCG Chemicals, or SCGC, a regional market leader in the chemical business and a pioneer in the circular economy committed to fostering business growth alongside sustainability, has agreed a major new award scheme to develop novel ideas and nascent research from Oxford’s laboratories into environmental sustainability solutions for the global chemicals industry. The SCGC Fund for Innovation and Research in Sustainability and Technology (SCGC-FIRST) will be administered by the University o

Mitsubishi Electric Corporation announced today that it will exhibit at CES 2024 in Las Vegas, USA, from January 9 to 12, with a booth themed "To create a sustainable Smart Society where people, leading technologies and the environment can thrive together." Mitsubishi Electric Group has positioned the realization of sustainability as the cornerstone of its corporate management. Having identified five social challenge areas to focus on - "carbon neutral", "ci

Toray Industries, Inc. announced today the successful development of recycled carbon fiber (rCF) derived from the production process of the Boeing 787 components using Toray’s advanced carbon fiber, TORAYCA™. The rCF, which is based on pyrolysis recycling process, has been integrated into the Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 12 as reinforcement filler for thermoplastic pellets. Toray and Lenovo will continue to collaborate to expand the usage of rCF in other Lenovo products.

SABIC, a global leader in the chemicals industry, Scientific Design (SD), an affiliate company licensing leader in Ethylene Glycol Technology and Linde Engineering, a subsidiary of Linde, a leading global industrial gases and engineering company, have entered into a Memorandum of Understanding to explore collaboration opportunities to decarbonize the SD Ethylene Glycol Process. This collaboration seeks to develop innovative solutions to reduce carbon footprint and achieve low-carbon emissions

Gunze Limited is pleased to announce that the company will launch an eco-friendly "GEOPLAS™ HCX1", the lightest shrink film for automatic sleeve applicators in December 2023. The product is a polystyrene/polyethylene terephthalate multi-layered product that uses 5% of chemical recycled raw materials with the mass balance approach. The new product will first be launched in Japan and then expanded to the U.S., China and ASEAN markets. The product to be launched this time is the

MAIRE S.p.A. announces that its subsidiary NextChem Holding, through Stamicarbon, part of the Sustainable Technology Solutions business unit, has been awarded licensing and proprietary equipment contracts related to an ammonia and urea complex for an overall value of approximately EUR 100 million, making it the largest award to Stamicarbon up to date. This award follows the licensing and process design package contracts awarded by the same client and announced in August 2022. The in

To contribute to the acceleration of its development in the electricity business, TotalEnergies acquires three start-ups that have benefited from its TotalEnergies On acceleration program based at STATION F in Paris. The success of the collaborations and tests carried out during their participation in the program has led TotalEnergies to negotiate their acquisition and integration into its business units which with they collaborated. With the acquisition of Dsflow, TotalEnergies wil

Cortec® is pleased to announce that its Cortec® Coated Products (CCP) division in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, has won the Wisconsin Recycling Excellence Award! CCP is one of 11 organizations that received the award this year from the Wisconsin DNR (Department of Natural Resources) in recognition of outstanding efforts to recycle and reduce waste. CCP’s award falls under the category of “Projects and Initiatives” that have led to the recycling of more material and/or bette

Plastics Recyclers Europe is an organisation that promotes the circularity of plastic and production of high-quality material from plastic waste, perfectly aligning with our No Waste sustainability strategy and ReCover recycling mission. With the launch of ReCover and the opening of two dedicated recycling facilities, we are already making waves in our No Waste sustainability journey, and joining Plastics Recyclers Europe allows us to partner with major players in the plastic recycl

DuPont today announced that Coryor Surface Treatment Company Ltd. and Nippon Paint Taiwan have introduced a series of new offerings including printed Tedlar® PVF solutions and PVF coating in Taipei Building Show, the largest building materials exhibition in Taiwan. DuPont worked very closely with Coryor Surface Treatment Co. to launch the printed PVF film solutions featured at the show. This innovative PVF product made with Tedlar® is one of the Coryor's AAMALON® app

Tricon Energy announced the successful acquisition of Polymat and Q-Logistics, a Mexico-based logistics service provider and distribution leader of polymers, engineering plastics, and additives. This strategic move marks a significant milestone in Tricon's commitment to the Mexican market and enables the company to better serve customers across the Americas with efficient polymer distribution and logistics. The acquisition of Polymat aligns strategically with Tricon's focus

The Supervisory Board of Borealis has appointed Craig Arnold (51) as the new Executive Vice President Polyolefins, Circular Economy Solutions and Innovation & Technology with effect from February 1, 2024. Craig Arnold is currently the Chief Commercial Officer at Ferroglobe PLC in Madrid, Spain. Prior to this appointment, he had a long-standing career at Dow Inc., where he held various senior management roles, including an Executive Secondment (from Dow Inc.) and Advisor to the C