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Solvay Partners with French Start-Up Ostium in Single-Use Surgical Instruments Material Recycling Value chain collaboration aims to foster a circular ecosystem and reduce the carbon footprint of single-use surgical instruments molded in Ixef PARA Solvay, a leading supplier of advanced materials, has teamed up with French...

“Design4Circularity” wins 2022 Sustainable Packaging Award Collaboration by Beiersdorf, Borealis, Clariant & Siegwerk wins Ecovia Intelligence’s Sustainable Beauty Award 2022 packaging category Giving packaging waste a second life in Personal Care applications Designed to be recycled again and again: colorless bottle with 100% Post-Consumer...

Covestro Initiates Green Logistics Pilot Program With Partners in China Collaborative efforts with a focus on truck transport Program is key to the company’s reduction of scope 3 emissions Supporting customers’ sustainability and climate-neutral targets The reduction of indirect emissions from upstream and downstream processes...

Asahi Kasei Starts Construction of Alkaline Water Electrolysis Pilot Test Plant for Hydrogen Production in Kawasaki, Japan Asahi Kasei, a diversified Japanese multinational company, has started the construction of an alkaline water electrolysis pilot test plant for hydrogen production at its Kawasaki Works location in...

Covestro and Hasco Vision Join Forces for Recycling Post-Industrial Used Plastics Turning used engineering plastics into high-quality post-industrial recycled polycarbonates Novel business model allows full transparency and traceability along the value chain Contributing to the low-carbon development of carmakers With the automotive industry driving itself...

"We Need Concerted Action" The shortage of personnel is becoming increasingly noticeable in the plastics and rubber machinery industry. In an interview, Thorsten Kühmann, Managing Director of the Plastics and Rubber Machinery Association in the VDMA, describes the situation and indicates possible solutions. Mr. Kühmann, manufacturers...