Arlanxeo seeks to extend global R&D network
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Novel Tinuvin NOR light and heat stabilizer for high end agricultural plastics
BASF, the global leader in the field of high-quality and innovative antioxidants and light stabilizers world-wide, expands its NOR technology to help farmers continuously produce in a sustainable way.
Polykemi is preparing for an electric future
Polykemi Ystad Sweden has for more than 50 years successfully developed and produced customer adapted thermoplastic compounds for the automotive industry, among others.
Multilayer packaging: innovative and sustainable
BASF, Borealis, Südpack and Zott present prototypes of food packaging made from 100% recycled material
Asahi Kasei’s Tenactm POM with the world’s lowest VOC emission level
Asahi Kasei’s copolymer polyacetal resin (POM) Tenactm -C Z4520 has been certified as an eco-friendly green material by the China Automotive Technology & Research Center (CATARC) for its outstanding low VOC emission performance.
BASF will present new products from plastic waste at K 2019
More and more companies from the plastics industry are working on improving the recyclability of plastics and thus helping to create a circular economy.
Ineos Styrolution collaborates with Indaver Aiming
Ineos Styrolution announces today a collaboration with Indaver nv, a European waste management company with large-scale treatment facilities in the port of Antwerp headquartered in Belgium, driving forward chemical recycling for polystyrene in Europe.
Large, lightweight and torsionally stiff
Tepex dynalite continuous-fiber-reinforced thermoplastic composite sheets from specialty chemicals company Lanxess can be used to manufacture even large, highly integrated structural components for automotive lightweight design.
Online-paintable fuel filler flap made from PBT
Customized compounds based on polybutylene terephthalate (PBT) can be a cost-effective alternative to high-performance thermoplastics in the production of fuel filler flaps.
Fakuma 2020: digitalisation, networking and sustainability
Everybody who’s anybody in the field of plastics processing will meet at the 27th Fakuma international trade fair for plastics processing in Friedrichshafen from the 13th through the 17th of October, 2020.
Clean and safe water
High-purity Ultrason E for ultra-filtration water treatment membranes. Polyethersulfone enables high flux membranes with excellent virus and bacteria removal.
Durable star wheels for waste sorting
Lanxess’s Urethane Systems business unit has developed an alternative to synthetic rubber for producing star wheels for material separation plants and material transport.