Last month saw the formation of two partnerships to produce biobased butadiene.

Higher-performance and easier processing PE film resins for packaging, a one-pass crosslinked PE for photovoltaic (PV) wire and cable, several higher-performing nylons and TPEs, “greener” plastics, and enhanced styrenic and PC resins are among the new materials that made their debut at the big show in Orlando, Fla., last month.

At the recent NPE show in Chicago, Invista announced its new engineering polymers business, based in Mississauga, Ont.

New rigid PET fillm and sheet from Invista Polymer and Resins, Wichita, Kan., contains up to 25% post-consumer recycled content and boasts color, clarity, and processability equivalent to 100% virgin APET for thermoformed food packaging.

A new PET resin is designed to provide very high clarity and a wide processing window for molding thick-walled bottles and containers of unconventional sizes and shapes.

A new PET bottle resin containing up to 20% post-consumer recycled material boasts exceptional color, clarity, and dimensional stability for applications such as bottled water, carbonated soft drinks, juices, sports drinks, teas, foods, and household goods and cleaners.

WEB EXCLUSIVE A new PET resin containing up to 20% post-consumer recycled material boasts exceptional color, clarity, and dimensional stability for use in container applications such as bottled water, carbonated soft drinks, juices, sports drinks, teas, food products, and household goods and cleaners.

UV protection is embedded directly into a new PET packaging resin that features brilliant clarity and is designed for high-temperature applications.

New high-performance oxygen scavengers from Invista, Wichita, Kan., and Valspar Corp., Minneapolis, are said to significantly increase the oxygen barrier of PET containers.