Materials & Compounding

Ascend Focuses on Reducing Product Carbon Footprint Ascend Performance Materials announced today two efforts to reduce the carbon footprint of its products. The company has made its global compounding operations carbon neutral, making it the first integrated polyamide producer to decarbonize a substantial part of...

Expert for Slitting and Winding Technology KAMPF Becomes a Member of the R-Cycle Consortium Slitting and winding are decisive process steps in the production and processing of belt-shaped materials. Kampf Schneid- und Wickeltechnik GmbH & Co. KG is a leading expert in this field since...

How Plastics Can Be Used in a Resource-Saving Way Plastics have been the subject of environmental debate for some years now. But they are also high-performance and efficient materials that, not least, make our everyday lives safer. In the case of food, for example, plastic...

INEOS Styrolution and Coexpan Claim Food Contact Standards Across All Dairy Formats Using 100% Mechanically Recycled Polystyrene Polystyrene, the material of choice for the dairy industry, now proven to be the most sustainable material as well Mechanically recycled Styrolution PS ECO 440FC MR100 meets...

Benefits of Borsafe Super Low Sag PE100-RC Pressure Pipe Material Make It Politejo’s First Choice for Large-diameter Pipeline Project Tailored polymer architecture and low melt flow rate of newly launched BorSafe HE3490-SLS-H prevents sagging and offers very high Slow Crack Growth (SCG) resistance Borealis...

The Technological Evolution for Gamma Meccanica Lines: New Design, Energy Savings and Smart Solutions for the Recycling of Plastic Materials The new technological evolution began for Italian company Gamma Meccanica S.p.A. that designs and manufactures the lines for the regeneration of plastic materials since 1987....