Press Releases

Extreme E, the new electric car racing series with an ecological conscience, partners with Polymateria and its revolutionary technology which aims to fight against global plastic pollution. Both organizations are making the announcement on World Recycling Day. It is estimated that 32% of all plastic packaging used globally is not recycled or disposed of properly, and that a staggering 80 percent of plastic found in the oceans comes from this unmanaged waste on land. . Polymateria ha

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Synova and Technip Energies announce they have entered into a joint development and cooperation agreement to commercialize Synova's advanced plastic waste-to-olefins technology, in conjunction with Technip Energies' steam cracking technology. Synova's patented thermochemical recycling technology closes the gap in the plastic supply chain, by taking dirty and mixed plastic waste and breaking it down to its basic building blocks, such as olefin monomers and co-products, to

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Goldner Hawn, LP announced the sale of Applied Products, Inc. ("Applied Adhesives"), a leading manufacturer and value-added distributor of adhesive products and thermal product solutions in North America, to Arsenal Capital Partners ("Arsenal"). The terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Applied Adhesives is a comprehensive provider of adhesive solutions for the packaging, paper converting, graphic arts, bottle labeling, product assembly, and woodworking in

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Unilever North America announced today a $15 million investment in Closed Loop Partners’ Leadership Fund to help recycle an estimated 60,000 metric tons of U.S. plastic packaging waste annually by 2025, an amount equivalent to more than half of Unilever’s plastics footprint in North America. The impact of Unilever’s new investment and its continued use of post-consumer recycled (PCR) plastic packaging, which is approximately 59,000 metric tons per year, will underpin the del

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Maire Tecnimont S.p.A. announces that its subsidiary NextChem, and Agilyx Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of Agilyx AS (Euronext Growth (Oslo):“AGLX”), a pioneer in the advanced recycling of post-use plastics have entered into an agreement to support the development of advanced chemical recycling facilities globally. This agreement combines Agilyx’ s leading pyrolysis technology with NextChem’s expertise, as a leader in licensing, implementation, and EPC

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Smithfield Foods, Inc. announced bold new commitments it will implement across its portfolio by 2030: to achieve consumer packaging that is 90% recyclable, reusable or industrially compostable and to halve use of virgin petroleum-based plastic. To meet these goals, the company has established an internal cross-functional team to investigate and explore new strategic packaging and plastic-use reduction options. Among the team's current efforts is the identification and testing of

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The "Asia-Pacific Electric Vehicle Polymers Market 2019-2028" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering. Asia-Pacific electric vehicle polymers market is projected to surge at a CAGR of 31.61% in revenue during 2019-2028. India, China, Australia & New Zealand, Japan, ASEAN countries, South Korea, and Rest of APAC form the market in this region. China has shown the highest growth in the regional market for electric vehicles. The continual

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Reportlinker.com announces the release of the report "Global Thermoplastic Polyester Elastomers (TPEE) Industry" - https://www.reportlinker.com/p06033122/?utm_source=GNW In addition to being a global intelligence exchange platform, MarketGlass™ is a powerful knowledge center that delivers dynamic project-focused market intelligence. Client companies will have complete insider access to the project Data stack. - Interactive peer-to-peer and enterprise-to-enterpris

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Facts and Factors have published a new research report titled “Biodegradable Polymer Market By Type (Polymers with Carbon Backbones, Polymers with Hydrolyzable Backbones, Natural Polymers) and By Application (Packaging, Agricultural, Medical, and Others): Global Industry Outlook, Market Size, Business Intelligence, Consumer Preferences, Statistical Surveys, Comprehensive Analysis, Historical Developments, Current Trends, and Forecasts, 2020–2026”. “According

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Nexus Fuels, LLC, a leading circular waste-plastics operation, has secured a major investment from Cox Enterprises to accelerate its market expansion. Nexus converts waste plastics, formerly bound for landfills and oceans, back into their original components so they can be used to create new materials. Nexus' environmentally friendly recycling process can convert waste plastics into virgin plastic precursors and resins that partners, like Shell and Chevron Phillips, can use to develop ent

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Styrenics Circular Solutions (SCS), the value chain initiative to increase the circularity of styrenic polymers, announced that it has filed its first application for EU authorisation of mechanically recycled polystyrene (rPS) as food contact material. The application, on which the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) is expected to give an opinion, covers multiple end-consumer applications, including hot and cold beverage containers, yoghurt pots and trays. It follows several high

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PACCOR, the leading global player in the packaging industry, has been designated by Digimarc, the inventor of the Digimarc Platform for automatic identification (NASDAQ: DMRC), as a Platinum Pioneer Plastics Partner. This designation recognizes the substantial contributions to the joint projects to date. Together, both companies now take the next step to provide plastic packaging solutions with digital identities. The objectives of this partnership are to develop and commercialize a solution

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