Materials

Sky Plastic becomes PreZero Polymers. Welcoming the recycling specialist into the unified brand identity successfully completes their integration into the globally active waste disposal and recycling company PreZero. The Sky Plastic Group had already been taken over by the Schwarz Group’s environmental services provider with retroactive effect to 1 January…

In order to enhance its support for the medical industry, Wacker Chemical Corporation (WACKER) has extended its partnership with H.M. Royal to include SILPURAN®, WACKER’s exclusive line of liquid silicone rubber (LSR) and high consistency rubber (HCR) specifically dedicated to medical applications. H.M. Royal has been a distributor of other…

Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC), Adani Group, German chemicals firm BASF and Austria’s Borealis have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to engage in a joint feasibility study to further evaluate a collaboration for the establishment of a chemical complex in Mundra, Gujarat, India. This is the next step…

Against the back of a Circular Economy theme at the K2019 show in Dusseldorf, Germany, companies have been launching new “green” technologies. For the first time, multi-national Henkel has produced bottles using chemically recycled plastic in collaboration with packaging manufacturer Alpla. Through chemical recycling, mixed plastic waste that was previously impossible to recycle…

Sabic has launched the first of its polycarbonate (PC) based on certified renewable feedstock, which it says is a first in the industry. Sabic’s PC cradle-to-gate LCA study reveals potentially significant reductions in carbon footprint (up to 50%) and fossil depletion impacts (up to 35%) for the production of polycarbonate…

Plastics used in exterior automotive applications can be exposed to severe weather influences. These applications often require a weatherproof plastic material that can withstand the negative impact of ultraviolet (UV) radiation can have on visual appearance and mechanical properties of automotive parts. Therefore, weatherproof plastics that are UV-resistant are often…

SK Capital, a private investment firm focused on the specialty materials, chemicals and pharmaceuticals sectors, has acquired the Performance Products & Solutions business (PP&S) from US compounder PolyOne Corporation in a transaction valued at approximately US$775 million. PP&S is a plastic compounded solutions provider that makes formulated polyvinyl chloride (PVC)…

Japanese composites supplier Toray Advanced Composites and German chemicals firm BASF have signed a manufacturing and supply agreement focused on the production of continuous fibre reinforced thermoplastic (CFRT) tapes for the automotive and industrial markets. Toray will produce CFRT tapes using Ultramid engineering thermoplastics developed and produced by BASF. The…

Japan’s Sumitomo Chemical has acquired Emas Plastik and its affiliated companies (Emas Group), a major plastic compounder group in Turkey through Sumika Polymer Compounds Europe, a Sumitomo Chemical’s subsidiary, to further advance the global development of its polypropylene (PP) compound business. Sumitomo Chemical has made the Emas Group its consolidated subsidiaries. Turkey is a…

Swiss speciality chemical firm Clariant’s Healthcare Packaging business unit is now producing desiccant packets at its plant in Cuddalore, Tamil Nadu, India. The addition expands the range of desiccant products immediately available to customers in the region and increases global capacity. The plant now manufactures both Continu-Strip continuous-roll desiccant packets…