2:40 min
PET materials
Prof. Lee's team succeeds in producing plastics without use of fossil fuels
A team of scientists led by Prof. Sang-Yup Lee of the Department of Biological Sciences at KAIST have succeeded in producing the polymers used for everyday plastics through bioengineering, rather than through the use of fossil fuel based chemicals, the university authorities said on ...
5:21 min
Additives
Milliken’s new clarifying agent Millad® NX8000 opens up a world of opportunity for highly transparent injection-blow moulded PP containers
The market for very clear thick-walled bottles and jars that has remained largely untapped by polypropylene is now opening up as the result of a cooperative project between Milliken Chemical, market leader for clarifying agents for polypropylene, and precision blow mould maker ADOP ...
4:70 min
PET materials
Can bio-based plastics ever substitute conventional plastics?
The associations European Bio-plastics and the European Polysaccharide Network of Excellence (EPNOE) have recently published a jointly-commissioned study on bio-based plastics. It forecasts their capacity developments and technical substitution potential. The authors, from Utrecht ...
1:37 min
Additives
Gabriel-Chemie Group continues to grow
Following the investments in machinery and additional staff at the headquarters in Gumpoldskirchen/Austria and the production sites in Russia, Hungary and the Czech Republic, Gabriel-Chemie is now expanding its sites in Poland and Italy. Gabriel-Chemie has had a sales office near ...
3:13 min
Bottle development and design
Hot filling: The world’s lightest bottles
Less than 19 grams for 0.5 L: Sidel beats the world record for thelightweighting of hot-fillable PET bottles and designs innovative shapesthanks to the development of new technical solutions. Discover the newmodels Skyward™ and Curvy™. ...
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