K 2022 - Trend Report Europe
European plastics industry braces for increased instability, higher prices, and lower growth
Recycling
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Hexpol TPE collaborates with Plastix to expand the use of Maritime Waste Recyclate
International TPE compounder Hexpol TPE has added to their growing portfolio of Thermoplastic Elastomer (TPE) materials containing recycled content.
Lanxess and Advent to acquire Engineering Materials business from DSM
Specialty chemicals company Lanxess and Advent International, one of the largest and most experienced global private equity investors with a well established track record in chemicals investings, are establishing a joint venture for high-performance engineering polymers.
TotalEnergies and New Hope Energy partner on U.S. Advanced Recycling Project
TotalEnergies and New Hope Energy announced a commercial agreement under which New Hope Energy will build an advanced recycling plant in Texas to transform end-of-life plastic waste into a recycled feedstock that TotalEnergies will partly purchase and convert into virgin-quality polymers.
Tetra Pak tests an industry-first: a fibre-based barrier to replace the aluminium layer
Tetra Pak is moving to the next level of development - testing a fibre-based barrier that is a first within food carton packages distributed under ambient conditions.
Husky takes the lead on enabling the circularity of PET
Husky Technologies, a pioneering technology provider enabling the delivery of essential needs to the global community, announced the introduction of its revolutionary HyPET HPP5e Recycled Melt to Preform (RMTP) system.
VinylPlus exceeds 810,000 tonnes of PVC recycling
VinylPlus announced the results of the first year of its 2030 Commitment at the 10th VinylPlus Sustainability Forum (#VSF2022). Livestreamed from Brussels, #VSF2022 gathered online around 500 participants from 40 countries.
SABIC launches new upcycled resin made with ocean-bound plastic waste
SABIC, a global leader in the chemical industry, today introduced LNP ELCRIN WF0061BiQ resin, a novel material that uses ocean-bound polyethylene terephthalate (PET) bottles as a feed stream for chemical upcycling into polybutylene terephthalate (PBT) resin.
Sirmax Group at Plastpol 2022
Sirmax Group to be at Plastpol 2022: showcasing new grades for the automotive sector. Xelter products take centre stage in European project Frontsh1p
A new flame retardant masterbatch made of post-consumer rPP
Gabriel-Chemie in cooperation with Vivi Srl produce sustainable polypropylene ideally for the furniture of all kind
Gold sustainability award for rPET packaging loop
Out of 440 entries from 37 countries, the "rPET School Milk Cup Project" from Upper Austria won the Sustainability Award in GOLD as the world's most sustainable packaging solution - beating out packaging made of cardboard, glass, aluminium and paper.
New ENGEL Packaging Centre launched
Some 300 international guests came to Austria mid-May for the inauguration of the new ENGEL Packaging Centre.
