“Plastic road” paved with milk bottles in China: The Milk Bottle Road

Explore how Dow and Shiny Meadow, the premium dairy brand in China, collaborated to divert plastic waste from the environment by building their first-ever “plastic road” in China using recycled milk bottles at East China University of Science and Technology (ECUST). This collaboration gives hard-to-recycle plastic a second life. Enabled by ELVALOY™ RET asphalt modification technology, more than 6,000 used milk bottles and other plastic … Continue reading “Plastic road” paved with milk bottles in China: The Milk Bottle Road

BASF to increase price of additives for plastic applications

Effective immediately, or as existing contracts permit, BASF will increase prices for products in its additives portfolio for plastic applications globally by up to 10 percent. The price adjustment is in response to higher costs for raw materials and logistics. Source: BASF Note to readers: Please follow us on LinkedIn ,Twitter and YouTube and subscribe to our website and receive notifications of new posts by email. Please click the share … Continue reading BASF to increase price of additives for plastic applications

Ascend to purchase Eurostar Engineering Plastics: Ascend’s flame-retardant portfolio and European footprint

Ascend Performance Materials has purchased Eurostar Engineering Plastics, a France-based compounder with a broad portfolio of flame-retardant engineered plastics and expertise in halogen-free formulations. “Eurostar’s experience in compounded polyamides fits well within our own portfolio and manufacturing capabilities,” said John Saunders, Ascend’s vice president for Europe. “Their Starflam® materials are enabling the transitions to clean energy and transportation, and smarter devices.” Last year, Ascend acquired the … Continue reading Ascend to purchase Eurostar Engineering Plastics: Ascend’s flame-retardant portfolio and European footprint

Covestro to cooperate with RAL to present trend colours of the RAL Colour Feeling 2021+ system

For the first time, Covestro has colored polycarbonate plastics in RAL colors. Here you can see samples in 15 trendy colors of the RAL Colour Feeling 2021+ matrix. © Covestro The colour matrix RAL Colour Feeling 2021+ is an important guide to the colour trends that will determine the product, industrial and architectural design of the future. In cooperation with RAL, a leading provider of … Continue reading Covestro to cooperate with RAL to present trend colours of the RAL Colour Feeling 2021+ system

BASF and SINOPEC to expand capacity for Neopentylglycol in Nanjing, China

Neopentylglycol (NPG) capacity expanded in August 2020 Annual capacity to reach 80,000 metric tons per year Market position further strengthened BASF-YPC Co., Ltd. (BYC), a 50-50 joint venture between BASF and SINOPEC, has expanded the production capacity of neopentylglycol (NPG) at the state-of-the-art Verbund site in Nanjing, China. The plant was established in 2015 with an annual capacity of 40,000 metric tons. With the completion … Continue reading BASF and SINOPEC to expand capacity for Neopentylglycol in Nanjing, China