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27th Jan 2022

Swiss cutting system manufacturer Zünd Systemtechnik and Dutch composite automation company Airborne have announced the expansion of their collaboration. As a result of this new distribution agreement, the customers will be able to benefit from the state-of-the-art digital production solutions for automated processing of composite materials.

27th Jan 2022

Kimberly-Clark has been named among America’s 100 most JUST companies for 2022 by JUST Capital. The annual JUST 100 list recognises US corporations that outperform their peers on issues such as fair pay, worker health and safety, benefits and work-life balance, ethical leadership, cultivating a diverse workplace, and producing sustainable products.

25th Jan 2022

Synova, an advanced technology firm focused on production of high value chemicals such as olefins and BTX from waste, has announced the appointment of Jörg Krüger as chief executive officer. He will be based in Maassluis where he will lead the planning, execution and evaluation of the Synova strategy. is an advanced recycling company from the...

25th Jan 2022

Arkema has announced a 25 per cent increase in its global Pebax elastomer production capacity by investing in Serquigny in France. The investment will notably enable increased production of the bio-circular Pebax Rnew and traditional Pebax ranges. Arkema is a specialty chemicals and advanced materials company headquartered in Colombes, near Paris,...

25th Jan 2022

Shawmut has launched a small-size NIOSH-approved N95 filtering facepiece respirator to help protect people with smaller faces. The US-made smaller Protex N95 Particulate Respirator Model SR9520S will be sold starting next week alongside its medium/large Model SR9520 on Shawmut’s website and other popular sites for personal protective equipment.

25th Jan 2022

UK’s Paravir has developed a novel, IP-protected, composite material using readily available dry powders impregnated into off-the-shelf, nonwoven material of the type used in face masks, surgical clothing, and equipment. Recent testing at UK laboratories has confirmed the destruction of 99.99 per cent of the microbial population in under 20 minutes.

24th Jan 2022

BASF decided to build a new hexamethylene diamine (HMD) plant in Chalampé, France. The new plant is set to increase BASF’s annual HMD production capacity to 260,000 metric tons. Production is expected to start in 2024. Furthermore, BASF will expand its polyamide 6.6 production in Freiburg, Germany starting 2022. BASF is a leading chemical from Germany.

24th Jan 2022

Borealis, a leading provider of advanced and circular polyolefin solutions based in Austria, and the Reclay group, international experts in environmental and material recovery management, have announced that they have joined forces to satisfy increasing market demand for the supply of recyclate material for use in high-end plastic applications.

24th Jan 2022

Carbios, a France-based pioneer in the development of enzymatic solutions dedicated to the end-of-life of plastic and textile polymers, has announced it will accelerate the industrial development of its revolutionary enzymatic recycling process (C-ZYME) with the construction of its reference unit in Europe. One of the industrial sites is in France.