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Label material wins Innovation in Sourcing Award
UPM Raflatac’s Forest Film label material has received the 2020 Innovation in Responsible Sourcing Award from the Sustainable Packaging Coalition (SPC). The announcement came on Wednesday, September 30, at the SPC Innovator Awards ceremony…
Tough and very fire-resistant
• Top classification of V-0 in UL 94 flammability test
• High degree of strength and rigidity
• Focus on automotive, electrical/electronic and industrial applications
The highest heat-resistant plastic ever is developed from biomass
The use of biomass-derived plastics is one of the prime concerns to establish a sustainable society, which is incorporated as one of the Sustainable Development Goals. However, the use of most of the biomass-derived plastics is limited due…
Virtual Community Day 2020 announced for November 17
The Sustainable Green Printing Partnership (SGP), the leading authority in sustainable printing certifications, announced the virtual 2020 SGP Community Day will take place on November 17. The community event provides insight into…
New strategic sales partnership for the Sanitized antimicrobial polymer additives
SANITIZED customers in the polymer industry in Italy will profit from FERRO-PLAST’s expertise and established sales network. The Sanitized antimicrobial additives for hygiene function and material protection for polymers will be marketed in…
Pilot project for vegetable bags made from certified circular polyethylene
SABIC, a global leader in the chemicals industry, has embarked on a pilot project with Schwarz Group, Europe’s largest retail store operator, for the use of transparent film bags made from certified circular polyethylene (PE) in vegetable…
A global collaboration unveils the first premium brand packaging tube
SABIC, a global leader in the chemicals industry, today announced its collaboration with The Estée Lauder Companies (ELC), a global leader in prestige beauty, global skincare brand Origins Natural Resources Inc. and beauty packaging…
Ideal for large-diameter pipes – less sagging, better quality
“The most outstanding advantages of the new extruder are low melt temperature with high output” is how Fuad Dweik, Managing Partner of Palad HY Industries Ltd., domiciled in Migdal HaEmek, Israel, sums up his assessment of the recently…
Millad NX 8000 ECO ready for plastic packaging recycling
Millad NX 8000 technology is fully compatible with polypropylene (PP) recycling processes in Europe and poses no recyclability issues, according to RecyClass, a cross-industry initiative that works to advance plastic packaging recyclability…
Specialty chemicals company funds pensions with EUR 100 million
Specialty chemicals company LANXESS is increasing its German pension plan assets by EUR 100 million. The pension provisions, which amounted to EUR 1.135 billion at the end of the second quarter of 2020, are reduced accordingly. The…
Technological Center in Brazil Expands Its Services
Comexi, a global supplier of solutions for the flexible packaging printing and converting sector, will end 2020 with three technological centers in various countries: the Manel Xifra Boada Technology Center (Comexi CTec), located at the…
What cookies, pasta and plastics (now) have in common
For many of us it was our first childhood lesson in culinary circularity: Seeing how, when the cookie baking season was finally here again, scraps of leftover dough from cutting were re-rolled and added to fresh dough to make a new batch.…