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Guill Tool introduces the NEW 500 Series crosshead with MAGS gum space adjustment.  The 500 Series is designed specifically for the flow characteristics and unique processing challenges of elastomeric compounds.  One of the key features…

New capacity brought online to meet growing demand HOUSTON – June 9, 2021 – Ascend Performance Materials has expanded production capacity for HiDura long-chain polyamides in its Greenwood, S.C., plant. The multi-million dollar expansion…

Suqian City, Jiangsu (China), 2021 – UniteChem Group, the world’s leading supplier of light stabilizers for plastics in a broad range of high-end industrial applications, has announced major investments to further expand the availability of…

Borealis Quentys™ technology used in photovoltaic modules made by Waaree Energies, India’s largest module maker Monza is first of several on-site solar projects planned to generate renewable electricity for Borealis production…

WASHINGTON – Over the past week, employers from across America within the plastics industry met with lawmakers on Capitol Hill during the 2021 Plastics Industry Virtual Fly-In. Representatives from 45 plastics companies joined 65 video…

OQ explored how polymers can help industry to meet the food packaging and waste implications of rapid urbanisation, modern lifestyles, and environmental concerns OQ has hosted food packaging industrialists at a webinar exploring the…

The Fraunhofer Cluster of Excellence Circular Plastics Economy CCPE and its Institute for Environmental, Safety and Energy Technology UMSICHT have developed an advanced recycling process for used plastics. The pilot project with…

Borealis secures exclusive supply of chemically recycled output material of Renasci Oostende Recycling NV, Belgium, a high-tech recycling centre Chemically recycled feedstock supplied by Renasci to be used to manufacture Borcycle™ C…

Adhering to the Paris Agreement, Sidel has set out and committed to emissions reduction targets grounded in climate science through the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi). Targets are 30% CO2 reduction across the company’s sites and…

Alon Tavor, Israel, June 2021 – New flame retardant masterbatches and compounds from Tosaf are either free of halogens such as bromine and chlorine or – for higher processing temperatures – free of antimony. What they all have in common is…