Environmental Recycling Technologies (ERT) has signed an agreement with Metallis Recycling (MRL) to form a 50-50 joint venture in the UK. ERT will give the JV exclusive rights to manufacture flat sheet using its proprietary powder ...
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Belgium-based chemical industrial group Solvay takes the wheel to develop an all-plastic automotive engine ‘Polimotor 2’ that will be tested in a race car next year. In what would become a replacement of metal parts through ...
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This follows the news that Huntingdon Beach in California has cancelled its ban on plastic bags in response to a recent surge in support for them from local residents, and the decision of Arizona’s State Legislature to stop cities and ...
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Eastman Chemical Company recently announced that it is expanding its polyolefin portfolio with the addition of Aerafin polymer. Aerafin is an innovative polymer created for use in hygiene construction hot melt adhesives. It enables a broad ...
NatureWorks said it has unveiled a new initiative to support the growth of the additive manufacturing market and its move to support the 3D market comprehensively, is based on a three pronged approach. “It includes the introduction ...
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In a major setback to efforts to ban plastic bags, Arizona lawmakers have made it illegal for cities to impose bag bans through a recent legislation. Arizona Retailers Association and the Arizona Food Marketing Alliance, which ...
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The Lubrizol Corporation's Performance Coatings business announces that a new video is available that provides customers a glimpse into the breadth and depth of its performance textile coatings capabilities. "Some customers may not have a ...
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Specialized polymer materials, services and solutions provider PolyOne has received an approval for using its ColorMatrix Ultimate UV390 light blocking technology for food and beverage PET packaging in China. The technology claims to ...
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PPG Industries’ industrial coatings business will showcase new ENVIROCRON HTE (high-transfer-efficiency) powder coating along with its entire line of architectural and industrial powder coatings at the 2015 Powder Coating Show in ...
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Researchers in Korea and USA have developed sidewall emission-enhanced (SEE) deep ultraviolet (DUV) light-emitting diodes (LEDs) to improve light extraction efficiency DUV LEDs with wavelengths less than 300nm become very inefficient due ...
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Iran will unveil the ethylene plant in Assaluyeh by September, according to Marzieh Shahedaei, director of the National Petrochemical Industries Company (NPC), say media reports. Shahedaei said the second phase of the complex would ...
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The Radiation Curing Program (RCP) has announced that John J. Stancampiano is the first to earn an Advance Certificate in Radiation Curingfrom the State University of New York (SUNY). This certificate is a graduate-level online program ...
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A Finnish research and product development company Spinnova is developing fibre to yarn (F2Y) technology which is completely different from traditional textile yarn production. F2Y technology uses no chemicals to dissolve wood fibre to a ...
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BYK Additives & Instruments is launching a new additive on the market: BYK-1640 is a polymer-based, VOC- and silicone-free defoamer for aqueous systems which is also suitable for some applications that come into direct contact with food. ...
The State University of New York is offering three in-depth, 500-level three-credit graduate courses in Radiation Curing this summer. Participants taking all three courses for credit are eligible for an Advanced Certificate in Radiation ...
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