ABS

Between conveyor belt and shock wave therapy

Iranpolymer/Baspar  Hansgrohe has consistently relied on GETECHA’s grinding technology. Last year, David Zapf, in his role as Specialist Surface Technology, oversaw the development of a new recycling plant for processing chromated faulty parts from injection moulding production. He used GETECHA’s…

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EREMA Group expands offering on a global scale

Iranpolymer/Baspar The ReadyMac celebrated its market launch at K 2022. The recycling system, which is produced in stock and available at short notice, has since established itself successfully in the 50 hertz version, particularly on the European market. Based on this…

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Lego Group’s purchase of mass-balanced polymer surges to 30%

Iranpolymer/Baspar The earnings report for the first half of 2024 released today by Danish toymaker Lego Group contained a number of highlights, particularly as regards the company’s progress towards its sustainability goals. While the company delivered double-digit growth on the…

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Eco-friendly flame-retardant plastics

Iranpolymer/Baspar LG Chem has developed an eco-friendly flame-retardant material that resists burning. On 12th, LG Chem announced that its PFAS-Free flame-retardant PC/ABS* material, made from recycled plastics, received the V-0 rating in the standard flame-retardant test UL 94 for UL…

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Making a Play With PHA

Iranpolymer/Baspar  The drive toward sustainability is requiring North American processors — especially those serving the disposable packaging markets — to give more consideration to their material choices. Whether driven by their brand owner customers or internal demands or goals, molders…

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ELIX Polymers chemically recycled products with sustainable feedstocks

Iranpolymer/Baspar  All of ELIX’s Circular Economy activities come under the E-LOOP brand name, with two strategic programmes from ELIX Sustainable Portfolio Solutions: Circular Plastics and Responsible Innovation. E-LOOP CR products are manufactured with sustainable and certified raw materials that incorporate…

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Positive Plastics goes beyond the surface with latest update

Iranpolymer/Baspar  Friedrichshafen, Germany — The Positive Plastics team — the three material experts behind the Positiv Plastics initiative launched two years ago at Fakuma 2021 — returned with its third sample kit in 2023. For the first time, this year’s offering…

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Lego ditches plans to make bricks from recycled PET

Iranpolymer/Baspar  In a PR blow to the plastic recycling industry, Lego has abandoned its plans to switch to recycled polyethylene terephthalate (rPET) for its bricks, the Financial Times reported on Sunday. In 2021, the world’s largest toymaker announced it was testing…

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Styrene: Covestro / LyondellBasell declare force majeure

IRANPOLYMER/ BASPAR “Unpredictable damage” is the reason for the failure of the styrene and propylene oxide plant at Lyondell Covestro Manufacturing Maasvlakte VOF in Maasvlakte, the Netherlands, on February 11, 2021. A spokesman confirmed both the failure and the directly…

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Ineos Styrolution: higher prices for ABS specialties and ASA

IranPolymer / Baspar For January 1, 2021 Ineos Styrolution (Frankfurt) has announced higher prices for ABS specialties (brands “Novodur” and “Novodur HH”) and ASA (“Luran S”). In Europe, the company intends to raise prices by EUR 350 / t each.…

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ABS 3D printing project to develop new generation of polymers for additive manufacturing

An R&D project initiated by Spain-based specialty acrylic-butadiene-styrene (ABS) producer Elix Polymers aims to develop advanced resin grades specifically for 3D printing using the fused filament fabrication (FFF) process.

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