Press Releases

Lummus Technology, a global provider of process technologies and value-driven energy solutions, announced the commercial availability of its Saplene™ super absorbent polymer (SAP) technology. The process uses acrylic acid as the main feedstock to produce SAP, which consumer goods manufacturers use to produce liquid-absorbing personal hygiene products and other specialty applications. “Introducing this technology to the market is another significant step for our portfolio

Sun Chemical will showcase color materials, polymers, additives, and adhesives for the coatings industry during ABRAFATI 2023 (November 21-23, 2023) in São Paulo, Brazil. “As the biggest coatings event in Latin America, ABRAFATI is a significant event for Sun Chemical, and we look forward to demonstrating how our color materials, polymers, additives, and adhesives enable excellent results within any coatings application,” said Elisangela Silva, Sales Director Lati

Berry Global is uniting its global range of high-performance polyethylene (PE) lamination films under its Entour™ film brand, bringing together the company's wider portfolio. The move involves renaming the company's European ‘FormiForLAM’ product to Entour™ films. This not only simplifies the product line-up but also ensures that customers receive a consistent experience when choosing from Berry’s wide range of lamination films. Entour™ fi

Light is key to our quality of life: It is scientifically proven that rooms lit with daylight are more pleasant to live in and allow us to work and study more effectively. However, this is not possible everywhere – many residential buildings have corridors without any windows or other poorly lit areas. And in offices, classrooms and workshops, not all desks are near a window. Although artificial lighting provides the requisite brightness, it does not have the same positive effect on our

The ORLEN Unipetrol Group continues its commitment to innovating and streamlining its production technologies. This year, the Group has completed the modernisation of the unit producing electrically conductive soot, Chezacarb. Implementing state-of-the-art technologies in a unique production unit that will be subsequently expanded will increase production capacity and streamline the use of raw materials and energy sources. Thus, the Group is meeting its commitments to sustainable development,

LyondellBasell Industries today announced net income for the third quarter 2023 of $0.7 billion, or $2.29 per diluted share.  During the quarter, the company recognized identified items of $57 million, net of tax, which impacted third quarter earnings by $0.17 per share.  Third quarter 2023 EBITDA was $1.4 billion. Exceptional oxyfuels margins contributed to a record Intermediates & Derivatives EBITDA of $708 million during the third quarter.  Global olefins and p

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has issued a Letter of No Objection for Revolution's proprietary recycling method to produce post-consumer recycled, linear low-density polyethylene (LLDPE PCR) made from recycled stretch film for food contact applications. Clear PCR produced under Revolution's process can be used at recycled content levels up to 100% in the manufacture of food contact articles for all dry and wet, raw and processed foods (including fats and oil, dairy, beverages,

Clariant has unveiled its latest innovation for laundry liquid applications, TexCare Gemini SG Terra, which provides formulators with “one product, double function”, offering a high-performing soil release polymer that keeps the rheology of the detergent under control. Thickening agents are widely used in liquid laundry detergents to adjust the rheology and characteristics of the detergent, to provide consumers with convenient and easy-to-use products. In formulations wi

The Lubrizol Corporation announces the new EU food-grade approval for Carbopol® Polymers. The approval in the EU will enable nutraceutical manufacturers the ability to differentiate their portfolio and create unique new product claims. Carbopol® Polymers are reliable and proven excipients for creating high-value nutraceutical products. The multifunctional benefits of Carbopol® Polymers enable consumer-centric solutions by creating a convenient way to make your tablets sm

Braskem and Northwestern University have announced a partnership to develop a technology platform for converting the CO2 generated by industrial operations. It is based on co-electrolysis, a technology that makes full use of electricity to convert CO2 into products of interest. In typical electrochemical devices, apart from CO2 conversion, water is converted into oxygen, which has no high commercial value. However, in this new strategy, two reactions of interest occur at the same ti

Evonik is driving circular plastics economy in additive manufacturing. The leading specialty chemicals company is introducing a new grade of its polyamide 12 powders that is designed to unbound sustainable 3D printing at scale. INFINAM® eCO PA12 is the world’s first PA12 powder material for industrial 3D printing that substitutes 100 percent of fossil feedstock with bio-circular raw material from waste cooking oil in a mass balancing process. The new, ready-to-use powder features a