Saperatec combining technologies to separate laminates
Work continues on the company’s first commercial-scale operation in Germany that’s scheduled to open in 2023.
Acquisition extends tire recycler into polymer markets
Prism Worldwide LLC was built on technologies and chemistries that turn waste tires into new elastomers. And with the Nov. 2 acquisition of CRC Polymer Systems Inc., Prism is taking its polymer expertise even further.
LanzaTech Develops Specialized Biocatalysts to Produces Ethylene from CO2 in a Continuous Process
Photo Credit: LanzaTech Chicago-based LanzaTech, an innovative Carbon Capture and Transformation (“CCT”) company that transforms waste carbon into materials such as sustainable fuels, fabrics, packaging, and other products recently announced it has successfully engineered specialized biocatalysts to directly produce ethylene from CO2 in a continuous process. LanzaTech has previously produced ethylene via the indirect ethanol pathway, taking ethanol produced from carbon emissions and then converting this ethanol to ethylene. However,…
PureCycle Targets Plastic Election Signs for Recycling
PureCycle Technologies has teamed up with the League of Women Voters (LWV) in Florida to recycle polypropylene (PP) election signs after the midterm election on Nov. 8, 2022. Starting the day after the election, PureCycle and the LWV will start collecting the signs. By the end of the month, they expect to recycle more than 15,000 signs, diverting thousands of pounds of plastic waste from the state’s landfills, waterways, and…
Nova introduces PE with PFAS-free processing aid
Nova Chemicals has commercialized new polyethylene resin grades with a proprietary PFAS-free polymer processing aid.
Thermoformer Portage Plastics closing Wisconsin facility
A total of 71 people will lose their jobs when the plastics company shutters Dec. 31, according to a court-appointed receiver.
International Space Station’s BFF 3D Prints Human Tissue
The BioFabrication Facility (BFF), a 3D printer capable of printing human tissue, is returning to the International Space Station as soon as this month. First deployed in 2019, when it successfully printed a partial human knee meniscus and human heart cells, it will evaluate the printing of knee cartilage tissue using bio-inks and cells on this latest mission. The upgraded BFF-Meniscus-2 will be part of the payload on the Northrup…
Huntsman Develops Breakthrough Bio-based Polyurethane System
Huntsman has launched Acoustiflex VEF BIO — a visco-elastic foam containing up to 20% bio-based content derived from vegetable oils for molded acoustic applications in the automotive industry. This new solution can lower the carbon footprint of automotive carpet back-foaming by up to 25% compared with existing Huntsman systems for this application. The technology can also be used for dash and wheel arch insulation. The Acoustiflex VEF BIO system addresses rising…
Engel’s US-based apprenticeship program attracts 1,275 applicants
Graduates in the training program tweaked for North America get paid, earn nationally recognized journeyman’s certificate and receive a full-time job offer from Engel upon completion.
K 2022: ‘We’ve Been Waiting 40 Years!’
Erema’s Dr. Gerold Breuer, head of marketing and corporate development (3rd from right), said this recycling-themed K fair was the show they had been awaiting for 40 years. (Photo: Erema Group) If you’ve been following the news about the just-completed K 2022 show in Düsseldorf, then you are well aware that overarching themes of the event were sustainability and the circular economy. The vast majority of the 3037 exhibitors (down…