ALPLA joins cross-industry consortium for chemical recycling

Innovative technology enables circularity for difficult-to-recycle PET plastic waste

02-Jan-2020 - ALPLA Group joins a new consortium for chemical recycling of PET. The consortium intends to speed up the commercialisation of enhanced recycling technology, BP Infinia, which turns opaque and difficult-to-recycle PET plastic waste into recycled feedstocks.Leading companies operating across the ...

Gerresheimer expands production of pharmaceutical plastic packaging in Brazil

23-May-2018 - Gerresheimer, the leading manufacturer of specialist packaging for drugs, is further expanding its strong presence on the South American market. The new Gerresheimer Anápolis plant has commenced production in the Brazilian state of Goiás in order to secure and support the continued strong ...

Comprehensive market analysis on plastic caps and closures

18-Sep-2013 - Plastics are not only an important material in the manufacturing of packaging, but also become ever more important in the production of caps and closures. Reasons for this are, among others, their low weight and extensive applicability, cost and environmental advantages, facilitation of handling ...

Grace Celebrates 100 Years of Manufacturing in Maryland

16-Sep-2010 - W. R. Grace & Co. is marking a century of manufacturing at the company’s Grace Davison operations in Baltimore (Curtis Bay), Maryland. Manufacturing at this location began in 1910 with the production of sulfuric acid, a basic building block of the early chemical industry. In later years, ...

Linde awarded certification for supply of calibration gases in China

02-Mar-2010 - Linde Gases, a division of The Linde Group, today announced it has been granted important GBW certification by the Chinese State Bureau of Quality and Technical Supervision, approving Linde’s production of gas reference materials from its plant in Suzhou, Jiangsu province in eastern China. GBW ...

Environmental award upcycling plastic bottles

VNCI rewards SABIC Innovative Plastics with Responsible Care Award 2009

09-Jun-2009 - Plastic drink bottles are used by just about everyone. They are usually made from PolyEthylene Tereftalate, better known as PET. They often end up in the rubbish bin and then in rubbish dumps after having been used only once. SABIC Innovative Plastics has developed a system to upcycle PET waste ...

Arkema continues to refocus its Functional Additives business

08-May-2009 - As part of the recentering of its Functional Additives business unit, Arkema announces the sale of two families of additives produced in China to the Hoe Seng Co Pte Ltd group (Singapore): ceramic opacifiers and polyester resin catalysts. «The sale of these non-strategic activities for Arkema ...

New Study from Ceresana Research: Change in the Global HDPE Market

08-Aug-2008 - Whether used in shopping bags, packaging materials, or buckets, we see high density polyethylene (HDPE) every day. Less obvious, but nevertheless important products made from HDPE include water pipes, gas mains, oil tanks, and cable casings. A new study from Ceresana Research closely examines ...

BASF presents new Electronic Materials Center Europe to customers

New Electronic Materials Center Europe

13-Nov-2007 - After a construction period of around 15 months, the Electronic Materials Center Europe at BASF's Ludwigshafen site is now complete. BASF presented the new production center to its customers in the semiconductor industry. The production plant for process chemicals for the semiconductor industry ...

Shell Selects Ilika for Joint Development Project in Hydrogen Storage

31-Oct-2007 - Shell Hydrogen B.V., a division of the Shell Group has entered into a joint development project with Ilika Technologies Ltd, the materials discovery company, to develop materials suitable for the solid-state storage of hydrogen. One of the key barriers to the adoption of hydrogen as a fuel is ...