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Biopolymers

BASF Opens Biodegradation and Microplastics Center of Excellence

Located at BASF’s site in Wyandotte, Mich., the center will support customers seeking a broad range of biodegradable circular economy solutions.

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Elastomers

Thermoplastic Elastomers With Recycled Content for Automotive Applications

Avient announced new grades of TPE to meet demand for recycled content.

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Packaging

PS Prices Plunge, Others Appear to Be Bottoming Out

PS prices to see significant drop, with some potential for a modest downward path for others. 

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Packaging

Services to Help Blow Molders Convert to rPET

Sidel launches “RePETable” range of services as “one-stop” solution to efficient adoption of rPET for bottle production.

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PET Processing

Integrated Injection System for Blood-Collection Tubes

Husky says the system started up by CML Biotech Ltd. of India is the first of its ICHOR units to be deployed in the field.

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sustainability

Avantium and SCGC Partner to Scale-Up CO2- Based Polymers to Pilot Plant

SCGC will use Avantium’s Volta Technology which uses electrochemistry to convert CO2 to chemical building blocks such as glycolic acid which combined with lactic acid make carbon-negative PLGA.

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Medical

Stainless Steel Sealing Plugs Offer High Corrosion Resistance

Hasco says the plugs, which are used for diverting flows in temperature control systems and sealing drilled holes, are ideal for use in medical and clean-room spaces.

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Packaging

UPM Biochemicals and Selenis Form Strategic Alliance to Develop Sustainable PETG

Partnership to develop PETG made from renewable, sustainably sourced forest biomass for use in a variety of packaging applications  

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sustainability

How to Optimize Injection Molding of PHA and PHA/PLA Blends

Here are processing guidelines aimed at both getting the PHA resin into the process without degrading it, and reducing residence time at melt temperatures.

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Automotive

Injection Molded Tape and Resin “Sandwich” Technology Debuts

During its Mobility Days in Austria, Engel and KTM Technologies debuted an all-plastic molded motorcycle seat base produced via a tape-sandwich process that can run in a standard molding process.

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