Business & Economics
Evonik opens laboratory for PEEK applications in electric motors
Evonik (Essen, Germany; www.evonik.com) has announced the opening of its PEEK Rectangular Magnet Wire Lab during an inaugural ceremony at the CHINAPLAS international exhibition for the plastics and rubber industry. Built to serve the needs of major Chinese and Asian…
2026 CEPCI updates: February (prelim.) and January (final)
The preliminary value for the CE Plant Cost Index (CEPCI) for February 2026 (most recent available) rose slightly compared to the previous month’s value. The most current increase is the sixth consecutive monthly rise, and pushes the CEPCI value to…
Dow and RDM Group collaborate on food packaging made with recycled fiber and plastic
Dow Chemical Co. (Midland, Mich.; www.dow.com), a global materials science company, and RDM Group (Milan, Italy; www.rdmgroup.com), a leading producer of recycled cartonboard, today announced the launch of Multiboard CirculaRR, a breakthrough solution that advances circularity in food barrier packaging.…
Corbion announces new patent for liquid suspension of high-omega-3 algal biomass
Corbion (Amsterdam, the Netherlands; www.corbion.com), a global leader in sustainable specialty food ingredients, announces its latest awarded patent relating to the liquid suspension of algal biomass with a distinct DHA-rich omega-3 profile. This innovation builds on a unique suspension design…
BlueAlp technology selected for BioBTX circular economy project in the Netherlands
Dutch technology companies BlueAlp (Eindhoven, the Netherlands; www.bluealp.nl) and BioBTX (Gronigen, the Netherlands; www.biobtx.com) announce that BlueAlp has been selected as technology partner for the BioBTX project in Delfzijl. The goal is to combine the technologies in the BioBTX plant…
Air Liquide enters agreement to supply gases for low-carbon-emissions steel facility
Air Liquide (Paris, France; www.airliquide.com) has entered into a long-term agreement to supply oxygen, nitrogen and argon to HYUNDAI-POSCO Louisiana LLC (HPLS; www.hyundai-steel.com) for its landmark new low-carbon emissions steel facility in Louisiana. Thanks to this new infrastructure, the Group…
Evonik-Fuhua JV completes construction of hydrogen peroxide plant
Evonik Fuhua New Materials has completed construction of its hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) facility in Leshan, Sichuan Province, China. The joint venture between Evonik GmbH (Essen, Germany; www.evonik.com) and Fuhua Tongda Chemicals Company Ltd. (Leshan City, Sichuan, China; www.ccdp-ac.com) will purify…
Polyester-rich textile wastes are recycled to monomer at demonstration plant
AXENS (Rueil-Malmaison, France; www.axens.net), IFP Energies Nouvelles (Rueil-Malmaison, France; www.ifpenergiesnouvelles.com) and JEPLAN Inc. (Tokyo, Japan; www.jeplan.co.jp) announced today the success of a major industrial test for recycling post-consumer textile waste rich in polyester (polyethylene terephthalate; PET) using their Rewind® PET…
Aduro awards permitting contract to Ebert HERA for first-of-a-kind plastics recycling facility
Aduro Clean Technologies Inc. (London, Ont., Canada; www.adurocleantech.com), a technology company using the power of chemistry to transform lower-value feedstocks, like waste plastics, heavy bitumen and renewable oils, into resources for the 21st century, today announced the award of a…
Global Impact Coalition releases report on automotive plastics recycling pilot project
The Global Impact Coalition (GIC; Geneva, Switzerland; www.globalimpactcoalition.com) today released a report on a pilot project that involves recycling plastics from end-of-life vehicles. The report (Closing the Loop on Automotive Plastics: From End-of-Life Vehicles to Circular Material Streams), outlines the…