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BASF announced the start-up of the world’s first commercial loopamid plant. The production facility at the Caojing site in Shanghai, China, has an annual capacity of 500 metric tons and marks an important step in the supply of sustainable products for the textile industry.
trinamiX GmbH, a leading provider of mobile spectroscopy solutions and subsidiary of BASF, will participate in the Plastics Recycling Show Europe (PRSE) 2025, taking place in Amsterdam, Netherlands.
At last year's ITMA Asia, Barmag, a subsidiary of the Swiss Oerlikon Group with its product brands Oerlikon Barmag, Oerlikon Neumag and Oerlikon Nonwoven, presented Wings FDY Flex, the latest member of the Wings family. One year later, it is time for a summary.
SABIC a global leader in the chemical industry, has launched Noryl GTX LMX310 resin, the first in a new family of resins with enhanced dimensional stability.
At the beginning of 2025, K.D. Feddersen Distribution in Europe is expanding its Celanese portfolio to include the polyamide grades of Zytel, Minlon, Selar and Elvamide and the polyester portfolio to include Rynite.
With a clear focus on the needs of the Egyptian market, Oerlikon Manmade Fibers Solutions will be presenting itself at the Egy Stitch & Tex Expo 2025 in Cairo from February 20 to 23, 2025.
Polyethylene multilayer packaging containing polyamide 6 copolymers from Envalior can be recycled along with the waste from flexible polyethylene packaging.
For advanced metal replacement in structural parts, BASF is now offering a portfolio of polyamide (PA) and polyphthalamide (PPA) blends with better, more constant mechanical properties than PA66.
Syensqo has launched Ryton PPS XE-5000NA, the first grade of an innovative extrudable polyphenylene sulfide (PPS) technology set to revolutionize the performance and sustainability of piping materials.
At the Fakuma Promix Solutions will exhibit key components for the production of light foams, static mixers, melt coolers and inline viscometers for real-time process control, at the new location in Hall A6, Stand 6108.
The Zentrale Stelle Verpackungsregister(Central Agency Packaging Register - ZSVR) published the new minimum standard for recycling-friendly packaging.
At this year’s Fakuma exhibition (Hall B1-1115), Hexpol TPE will present a further expansion of their Dryflex Circular TPE materials containing post-consumer and/or post-industrial recycled content.
The tense political situation in various parts of the world may affect the plastics market in Poland. A Hungarian PE producer, for example, will face the issue of oil supply diversion.
Kraiburg TPE has launched Thermally Conductive TPEs for these applications, which meet the increasing requirements in terms of quantity and quality of batteries to a large extent.
trinamiX GmbH, a leading provider of mobile spectroscopy and a wholly-owned subsidiary of BASF, announces their presentation of Mobile NIR Spectroscopy Solutions at the upcoming PRSE 2024.
DOMO Chemicals achieves major sustainability milestone with ISCC PLUS Certification
Asahi Kasei Europe joined Plastics Europe Germany, the leading association of plastics producers in Germany, in December 2023.
International distributor Biesterfeld and leading technical plastics manufacturer Celanese are further expanding their collaboration in the new year. The partners have agreed to enhance their joint portfolio and to cooperate to develop new markets.
New Ampacet ColorMark masterbatch that enables processors to create permanent lettering and designs in intricate detail on dark plastic surfaces.
Kraiburg TPE presents further more sustainable product solutions: Recycling Content TPE.
New compounds for drinking water and hot water applications as well as trendsetting TPE solutions that contain high proportions of bio-based and recycled materials
Albis is expanding its comprehensive portfolio of sustainable solutions to include engineering plastics from BASF's new lowPCF product portfolio (low Product Carbon Footprint).
Rinco demonstrates energy saving capability of Servo-Driven Ultrasonic Welding Systems in new automotive application
The new 9,300 m2 manufacturing unit in Chongqing is now complete and has already started producing and supplying plastic compounds based on both virgin and recycled plastic raw materials.
Gabriel-Chemie presents it’s launch of a new range of halogen-free masterbatches for use in polyamides.
Innovative ZS-B MEGAfeed Side Feeder Makes Plastics Recycling Markedly More Economical
The Japanese technology company Asahi Kasei will present its newest concept car AKXY2 for the first time in Europe at the K 2022, from 19-26 October in Düsseldorf, Germany.
With its communications drive "There is only a Plan A", Arburg is dedicating itself strategically and operationally to the important global issues surrounding sustainability, the circular economy and CO2 reduction at K 2022.
At K 2022 in Düsseldorf, Akro-Plastic GmbH, Bio-Fed, AF-Color and K.D. Feddersen Ueberseegesellschaft mbH will present their product ranges on a joint booth at the new location in Hall 6, C52.
Plastics expertise and innovative PET recycling for high-quality products
Lanxess is placing an emphasis on sustainability in its business activities, driving the circular economy forward.
DOMO Chemicals and Hynamics have entered into a partnership project with the objective of achieving zero-carbon for 100% of the hydrogen used at the Belle-Étoile industrial site, in Saint-Fons, France.
DOMO Chemicals, a sustainable polyamide player, will exhibit at K 2022 in Düsseldorf. This will be the first opportunity for customers to experience the global TECHNYL polyamide portfolio since the disruption of COVID-19.
In a new publication, BASF and Institute cyclos-HTP reveals details of the mechanical recycling of coextruded flexible packaging films containing polyamides (PE/PA multilayer films).
Evonik's High Performance Polymers Business Line announces a price increase for its Vestamid, Vestosint, Vestamelt, Vestodur, and Trogamid product lines effective April 1, 2022.
On February 1, 2022 BASF will start marketing several polyamide (PA) and polyphthalamide (PPA) grades in Europe that it acquired as part of the takeover of Solvay’s PA66 business.