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As we round up 2023, it can be seen that Sustainability has been a major influencer in both the plastics and rubber sectors. 2024 holds promise of further technological developments to push the environmental theme across

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Company News

BASF to exit Chinese BDO jvs; cites oversupply and human rights allegations

BASF to exit Chinese BDO jvs; cites oversupply and human rights allegations

German chemical firm BASF has started the process to divest its shares in the two joint venture companies BASF Markor Chemical... Read More»

Financing: DuPont Teijin Films rebrands as Mylar Specialty Films; Dow completes US$1 bn green bond offering

Financing: DuPont Teijin Films rebrands as Mylar Specialty Films; Dow completes US$1 bn green bond offering

Mylar Specialty Films, which produces differentiated polyester films, has unveiled its global rebranding initiative highlighted by... Read More»

Material News

Notable achievement for portable speakers with TPEs

Notable achievement for portable speakers with TPEs

The portable speaker market has become competitive among manufacturers as consumers demand cutting-edge, functional audio devices with seamless, eye-catching design. To meet this demand, designers and manufacturers in the audio industry are working feverishly to.... Read More»

Green news: Covestro opens pilot plant for biobased aniline; Corsair to supply pyrolysis oil to Shell Singapore

Green news: Covestro opens pilot plant for biobased aniline; Corsair to supply pyrolysis oil to Shell Singapore

German materials firm Covestro says it is moving forward with the implementation of a unique process for producing the chemical aniline entirely based on plant biomass instead of petroleum for the first time.... Read More»

Machinery News

Chinaplas 2024: Shaping the future of the plastics & rubber industries

Chinaplas 2024: Shaping the future of the plastics & rubber industries

The year 2023 marked a turning point for China as doors reopened, revealing a multitude of opportunities and pathways. Under the resumption of normalcy, the economy grew at a rate of 5.2% in 2023... Read More»

Davis Standard completes extrusion acquisition; including Battenfeld-Cincinnati

Davis Standard completes extrusion acquisition; including Battenfeld-Cincinnati

US-based extrusion and converting machinery supplier Davis-Standard says it has completed the previously announced acquisition of Extrusion Technology Group (ETG), which was controlled by the... Read More»

SUPPLEMENTS

Epsilon Carbon to set up EUR1 bn carbon complex in Odisha

Indian firm Epsilon Carbon says its Integrated Carbon Complex (ICC) project will have a manufacturing capacity of 8 million tonnes/year for various carbon... Read More»


Hasco marks 100 years in mouldmaking; advances digitalisation, mould solutions

Hasco, a German manufacturer specialising in modular mould units and individually designed hot runner systems... Read More»


Vattenfall to supply Evonik with green electricity in Germany

Energy supplier Vattenfall and Gernam specialty chemicals company Evonik have concluded new long-term electricity supply contracts... Read More»