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Crescent Garden Introduces Planters Made with Waste-Based UBQ to Consumer Markets Crescent Too O+ planters are first in gardening supplies to substitute plastic with climate-positive UBQ UBQ Materials, climate tech developer of advanced materials, announced today that its novel bio-based thermoplastic is being incorporated into a...

Eco-Conscious TPEs with Reduced Carbon Footprint to Hit Market in 2022 with New Teknor Apex-UBQ Materials Co-Development Partnership First time UBQ to be used in TPE compounds, a preferred rubber-like material used across consumer products, automotive, industrial, building and construction industries. UBQ Materials, climate tech developer...

ALTANA AG Acquires Stake in Technology Startup SARALON GmbH ALTANA’s ELANTAS division and SARALON have entered into an innovation partnership in the growth market of printed electronics Products are already successfully in use The specialty chemicals group ALTANA has acquired a stake in the tech...

Karsan Raises the Bar in the Italian Market! Karsan Targets Electric Midibus Leadership in Italy in 2023! Karsan, a pioneer mobility company in Turkey with its high-tech product solutions which was recently deemed worthy of the "Europe's Most Innovative Commercial Vehicle Brand" title at the Global...

Printing Inks and PTFE: Are You Ahead of the Evolving Regulatory Environment? New and stricter regulations on the use of certain chemicals can pose significant operational challenges for industry. In printing inks, the use of PTFE is being impacted by new PFOA regulations in Europe...

How Carbon Neutrality in the Supply Chain Benefits Brands By Dieter Niederstadt, Technical Marketing Manager, Asahi Photoproducts There is significant discussion across many different industries about achieving Net-Zero carbon emissions by 2050, and a reduction of emissions by 50% by 2030. These are steep goals to...