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Kraiburg TPE GmbH & Co. KG says its Thermolast K lightweight TPE grades can save up to 6 kilograms per vehicle weight in automotive applications.

Eighteen months ago, machine builders and plastics industry suppliers faced the stark reality that international travel for business still wasn't safe because of the COVID-19 virus.

ExxonMobil Corp. said it is building its first commercial-scale advanced recycling plant and plans others. Recent investments it has made in new virgin plastics capacity, however, are much larger.

Polystyvert, a Canadian company that has developed innovative dissolution technology for recycling polystyrene, is collaborating with Coexpan, the Grupo Lantero division specialised in the manufacture of rigid plastic sheet and thermoformed products, to validate the use of its technology for FFS yoghurt packaging applications.

Rieke, part of the TriMas Packaging group, has this year turned 100.

TotalEnergies Petrochemicals & Refining USA, Inc., an affiliate of broad energy company TotalEnergies has become a funding partner of the Polypropylene Recycling Coalition, an initiative of The Recycling Partnership.

In August, European standard thermoplastic price development varied widely between the different polymer classes.

Greenback Recycling Technologies, a UK-headquartered advanced recycling technology company that aims to create certified circular solutions for plastic waste, has announced it has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding with PolyCycl, an India based chemical recycling technology company working to generate circular petrochemical feedstock from post-consumer landfill waste plastics.

Dow is taking a number of important steps toward meeting its sustainability targets to address both climate change and plastic waste.

Lanxess has added a new product to its Tepex line of continuous-fibre-reinforced thermoplastic composites.