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Berry’s New India Facility Starts to Take Shape for Growing Healthcare Market Berry Global has begun construction of its new manufacturing facility and global Centre of Excellence in India. Based in Sira, close to the company’s existing…

TPE SHOWS WINNING COLORS IN MEDICAL APPLICATIONS THERMOLAST® M and THERMOLAST® H TPEs for safe coloring solutions Different colors are used for different purposes in a medical setting. During an emergency, color codes are used to enable…

Worn Again Technologies announces plans to build a new textile recycling demo plant in Winterthur Switzerland Worn Again Technologies’ demonstration plant will be constructed near one of the startup’s technology partners, Sulzer Chemtech,…

Sumitomo Chemical and Newlight Technologies Announce Joint Development Project to Create Automotive and Textile Materials Using a Carbon-Negative*1 Microbe-Produced Biomaterial Called AirCarbon Sumitomo Chemical Co., Ltd. and U.S.-based…

Mutares acquires MANN+HUMMEL Group’s high-performance plastic parts business Mutares SE & Co. KGaA has signed an agreement to acquire the high-performance plastic parts business of MANN+HUMMEL. The segment includes products beyond…

Direct sound printing is a potential game-changer in 3D printing Most 3D printing methods currently in use rely either on photo (light)- or thermo (heat)-activated reactions to achieve precise manipulation of polymers. The development of a…

Neste teams up with Circularise to increase visibility along circular polymers and chemicals value chains Neste and Netherlands-based startup Circularise have announced a partnership to bring Circularise’s traceability software into…

ALPEK CONCLUDES ACQUISITION OF OCTAL Alpek, S.A.B. de C.V. announced that it has received all necessary approvals from the regulatory authorities and has finalized its acquisition of OCTAL Holding SAOC (“OCTAL”). Pursuant to the purchase…

Tribological issues in engineering Teflon Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai, Marathawada Campus, Jalna. Teflon, scientifically known as polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE), is one of the most versatile materials known to history of…

Plastic used in Fertilizer Industry Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai, Marathwada Campus Jalna. The main objective of employing various types of plastic (packaging material) in the fertilizer sector is to meet the specific needs of…

Cars could get a ‘flashy’ upgrade The part of an old car that gets turned into graphene could come back as a better part for a new car. Rice University chemists working with researchers at the Ford Motor Company are turning plastic parts…

LanzaTech, with the support of Danone, Discovers Method to Produce Sustainable PET Bottles from Captured Carbon A consortium, including LanzaTech and Danone, led to the discovery of a new route to monoethylene glycol, (MEG), which is a key…