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Karen Laird

Editor, Sustainable Plastics

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Karen was named editor of Plastics News Europe in May 2017. Based in the Netherlands, she has worked as a translator, journalist and editor in the plastics industry for the past thirty years, writing for both Dutch and English language online and print publications. Between 2001 and 2007, she served as chief editor of Kunststof en Rubber, the Dutch-language trade magazine for the plastics industry, after which, preferring to write in English, she moved to PlasticsToday, where she was the European and sustainability editor until 2016.

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Kvadrat, Avantium sign PEF offtake agreement

Renewable chemistry company Avantium N.V., has signed an offtake agreement with Denmark’s textile specialist Kvadrat A/S. Kvadrat will purchase polymer PEF (polyethylene furanoate) from Avantium’s FDCA (furandicarboxylic acid) Flagship Plant, currently under construction in Delfzijl, the Netherlands.

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Dutch Dopper bottle attains Cradle to Cradle Gold certification

Dutch B Corp Dopper this year became the first company to create a range of reusable water bottles that have been awarded Gold level certification from the Cradle to Cradle Product Innovation Institute.

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DIC , Idemitsu Kosan partner on bio-mass balanced PS

The Japanese companies DIC Corporation and Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd. have joined forces to set up a new value chain for the production of biomass-based polystyrene.

Norway
Getting to net zero in Norway

A new study analysing the Norwegian plastics system says a major portion of the country’s circularity and net zero emissions goals are achievable by 2040, but that this will require ‘ambitious policies, innovation, capital investment, cross value-chain collaboration, consumer engagement and labour force reskilling’.

Sabic
Value Balancing Alliance welcomes Sabic as newest member

The oft-heard conviction that collaboration is essential for sustainability is one that Sabic, it would seem, has taken to heart.

Din Certco
Evonik ’s Visiomer Terra biobased methacrylates now Din Certco certified 

Evonik’s Visiomer Terra methacrylate monomers have received certification from Din Certco ―the certification body of TÜV Rheinland Group―for 50-85% biobased content, earning the right to carry the label “Certified Biobased Product.

Distrupol
Distrupol celebrates 60 years in business

Plastics distribution specialist Distrupol is celebrating its 60th year in business today.

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Italian companies Saipem, Garbo team up on ChemPET project

Milan-based Saipem, a global provider of integrated basic and detailed onshore engineering, procurement, project management, and construction services and chemical producer Garbo, headquartered in Cerano have announced that they have agreed to collaborate on the industrialisation, further development and commercialisation of Garbo’s proprietary chemical recycling technology, known as ChemPET.

Harald Sikora
Sikora celebrates half a century of innovations

Founded in 1963, Sikora AG, a global manufacturer and supplier of measuring and control technology to industrial sectors ranging from wire and cable, to the plastics industry, is this year looking back at a half a century of innovative development aimed at increasing its customers’ productivity.

Nextek
Practising circularity: creating composites from complex polymer waste

A new collaborative demonstration initiative – one in a series of  supply chain projects funded by the Welsh Government and led by WRAP Cymru – has been launched with the aim of showing how plastic materials with no existing end-market can be turned into composites suitable for destined high-performance building applications

Bluepha
Bluepha launches commercial PHA portfolio

Beijing— After five years of research, China-based biotech company Bluepha, a China-based biotech company, celebrated the launch of its first portfolio of marine degradable biopolymers at a a festive 1 March event.

Evonik
Evonik invests in Interface Polymers

Essen, Germany - Evonik’s Sustainability Tech Fund, established in 2022 by the venture capital arm of the company, has invested in the British specialist in compatibiliser technology, Interface Polymers Ltd.

PureCycle joins forces with Mitsui
Mitsui, PureCycle to build PP recycling plant in Japan

PureCycle Technologies and Mitsui & Co. Ltd. have signed heads of agreement (HOA) to develop and operate a polypropylene recycling plant in Japan. The agreement follows up on the MOU signed by the companies last September.

Vinmar
Vinmar International joins Cyclyx Consortium

The Cyclyx International consortium recently welcomed Vinmar International as it newest member. Vinmar, a global marketing and distribution company, has over 40 years of experience and expertise in efficiency and logistics regarding petrochemical producers and the plastics market.

SK Chemicals
SK Chemicals signs a $100 million asset purchase agreement with China’s Shuye

South Korean chemical giant SK chemicals has concluded an asset purchase agreement worth $ 100 million with Shantou, China headquartered Shuye Environmental Technologies, a company with PET depolymerisation technology facilities and expertise.

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