Chemicals & Plastics News
Improve your reaction time with insights into the world of chemicals and plastics. This section features news on innovations, technology and companies engaged in the processing and refinement of chemicals, adhesives, sealants, coatings, plastic resin materials, dyes, beverage ingredients, flavors and fragrances.
KENX Announces the Agenda for Analytical Procedures & Methods Validation
KENX is proud to announce that the agenda for its Analytical Procedures & Methods Validation Conference has been released. The event is being held June 26-28, 2018 at The Bahia Resort Hotels, San Diego, CA. The largest event of its kind, offering over 20 tutorials that address today’s top... - April 11, 2018 - KENX
Successful Launch of the New Diamondback Retractable Hose by Plastiflex
Plastiflex announces successful launch of the Diamondback Hose for in-the-wall hose storage systems in central vacuum. - April 08, 2018 - Plastiflex
New Methyl Acrylate Adhesive Has Low Odour and Flexibility
Techsil introduce a new two-component high-performance structural adhesive from Panacol. Penloc® GTN is an easy-to-process, methyl-acrylate based, low-odour adhesive that can be used in a wide variety of applications. Penloc® GTN adheres especially well to brass, ceramics, steel,... - April 07, 2018 - Techsil Ltd
Second Patent Awarded for AdvantaPure(R)’s AdvantaPass(R) Clean Room Wall Pass-Through System
AdvantaPure has been issued a second U.S. patent for its AdvantaPass technology. The system maintains the separation of room atmospheres to minimize contamination risks in biopharm and pharmaceutical processing. Improvements that warranted the second patent include welded wall portals, the elimination of adhesives and sealants and adjustable wall flanges. The upgrades offer users more options regarding mounting and using the system. - April 06, 2018 - AdvantaPure
Keene Village Plastics Launches New Website
Keene Village Plastics is excited to announce the launch of its new website. - April 04, 2018 - Keene Village Plastics
Molecular Glasses, Inc. Files Patent on Isomeric and Asymmetric Molecular Glass Mixtures for OLED and Other Organic Electronics and Photonics Applications
Molecular Glasses, Inc. has filed for patent protection for its Isomeric and Asymmetric Molecular Glass Mixtures for OLED and Other Organic Electronics and Photonics Applications. This filing expands Molecular Glasses patent portfolio and converts a provisional application into a full US patent... - March 26, 2018 - Molecular Glasses
Local Content Conference Houston 2018
The Local Content Conference will take place on 01 - 02 May 2018 at JW Marriott Houston Downtown, 806 Main St., Houston, TX. 77002. Check out https://localcontentotc2018.com for more details about the upcoming Local Content Conference. Learn about investment opportunities connected to local content policies. You'll meet local content experts from Middle East, Europe, North America, Asia, Africa and South America. - March 21, 2018 - Marak Alliance LLC
In Focus Brands Not Just Branding
Back from Europe, a new product launch of HullSpeed® marine coatings and nominations for Deal of the Year and Dealmaker of the Year, In Focus Brands is not what you normally consider a branding firm to be. - March 21, 2018 - In Focus Brands
FEMCO Holdings, LLC to Serve as Certified Service Partner for CDE Global, Inc.
FEMCO HOLDINGS, LLC, a leading national machine repair and manufacturing company, is pleased to announce an agreement with CDE Global, Inc., whereby FEMCO will serve as CDE’s Certified Service Partner throughout the US, providing factory approved services on CDE equipment, including: field... - March 14, 2018 - FEMCO Holdings, LLC
Saint-Gobain to Present Boron Nitride Solutions at Ceramitec 2018
Saint-Gobain Boron Nitride Ceramic Materials to participate in Ceramitec in Munich. - March 14, 2018 - Saint-Gobain Boron Nitride
WorldBuild Awards to Honour New Products, Design and Technology
WorldBuild Awards 2018 have just been announced. - February 28, 2018 - WorldBuild365 - ITE Group Plc
Agilyx Corporation Announces Ribbon-Cutting Ceremony to Celebrate the Opening of the World’s First Commercial Waste Polystyrene-to-Styrene Oil Chemical Recycling Plant
Ceremony celebrates the opening of the Agilyx Tigard, Oregon Polystyrene-to-Styrene Oil Plant on April 19, 2018 and launches a week of celebrations around Earth Day 2018. The plant is the first commercial-scale closed-loop chemical recycling process for polystyrene in the world and will produce high-quality styrene oil to be used by styrene manufacturers AmSty and INEOS Styrolution for processing into the virgin polystyrene stream used for manufacturing consumer goods. - February 28, 2018 - Agilyx
The Impact of Opioids on Manufacturing: Groundbreaking Research from the MAPI Foundation
The intersection of the opioid crisis and manufacturing is poised to be a drag on U.S. competitiveness. Each addict and overdose death is one less non-disabled adult in the labor market, but the undermining power of the drug crisis also hits manufacturing’s existing workforce too. Nearly one in 20 employees will misuse opioid prescriptions in some way this year, and this makes them susceptible to addiction. - February 23, 2018 - Manufacturers Alliance for Productivity and Innovation (MAPI)
UPS Freight Wins American Group's 2017 National Carrier of the Year award
American Group, a 3rd party logistics solutions provider based in Chandler, AZ has awarded their 2017 National Carrier of the Year award to UPS Freight. The award is based on a variety of performance metrics, including On Time Service, Claims Ratio, Invoicing Accuracy, Customer Service, Ease of... - February 22, 2018 - New American Group d/b/a American Group, LLC
Madden Manufacturing is Offering Complete Industrial Chemical Injection Packages
Save time and money with chemical metering packages that include all of the accessories you will need to get up and running. - February 19, 2018 - Madden Manufacturing
FEMCO Holdings, LLC Announces the Recent Appointment of Its Atlanta, GA Location as an Authorized Repair Facility for KPI-JCI and Astec Mobile Screens
FEMCO Holdings, LLC, a leading national machine repair and manufacturing company, is pleased to announce an agreement has been reached with KPI-JCI and Astec Mobile Screens, whereby FEMCO’s facility located in Atlanta, GA shall serve as an Authorized Repair Facility (ARF) in the Southeast... - February 13, 2018 - FEMCO Holdings, LLC
N&M Specialty Chemicals is Offering 3-Phenoxy-2-Hydroxypropyl Methacrylate (PHPM)
N&M Specialty Chemicals is offering PHPM in drums. 95% purity. It is used in various industries including medical devices and as a rubber additive. - February 09, 2018 - N&M Specialty Chemicals
Mason Color Works Announces New Line of Complex Inorganic Colored Pigments (CICPs) for the Pool & Spa Industry
Mason Color Works is pleased to announce its new line of high tint strength CICPs. The new line offers numerous benefits, including superb outdoor durability, chemical resistance and color saturation. - February 07, 2018 - Mason Color Works
Silicon Carbide Products, Inc. Positions for Future Growth and Expansion
Silicon Carbide Products, Inc. (SCP) announces the completion of an internal management buyout (MBO) to Joshua J. Dahlman and Rick L. Cleveland as it positions for continued growth. - February 02, 2018 - Silicon Carbide Products, Inc.
Ronald R. Bishop Honored as a Top Executive for 2018 by Strathmore's Who's Who Worldwide Publication
Ronald R. Bishop of Grand Island, Nebraska has been honored as a Top Executive for 2018 by Strathmore’s Who’s Who Worldwide for his outstanding contributions and achievements for over 55 years in the field of PVC piping. About Ronald R. Bishop Mr. Bishop is the VP of Engineering... - January 23, 2018 - Strathmore Worldwide
Precision Board Tool from Coastal Enterprises Successfully Dry Ice Cleaned by Cold Jet
Cold Jet, a pioneer in dry ice blasting and global expert on dry ice technology, dry ice blasted a PBLT-70 tool from Coastal Enterprises coated with FSC-88 WB Primer. Dry ice cleaning removed the primer (acting as a contaminant) and left the Precision Board HDU surface smooth and with no visible surface deterioration, allowing for multiple cycles of cleaning and resealing of a Precision Board tool. - January 18, 2018 - Coastal Enterprises
inno360 Launches New Research and Innovation Platform
inno360, developer of an award-winning SaaS platform that enables users to apply the power of cognitive analytics and artificial intelligence to proprietary repositories of business and technology-relevant data, announced that it has released a new state-of-the-art research and collaborative... - January 11, 2018 - inno360
Leading Procurement Consultancy Announces Sponsorship of ISM2018
Source One Management Services partners with the Institute for Supply Management as a principal sponsor of upcoming annual conference - January 10, 2018 - Source One, a Corcentric Company
Burrow Global Awarded Control Engineering's 2018 System Integrator of the Year
CFE Media’s Control Engineering and Plant Engineering have named Burrow Global as the 2018 System Integrator of the Year for Large System Integrator Technology. The winner is selected by a panel of Control Engineering and Plant Engineering editors and industry experts who judge applicants on... - January 09, 2018 - Burrow Global
MITO Material Solutions Awarded Competitive Grant from the National Science Foundation
MITO Material Solutions received NSF SBIR Phase 1 to solve the composite industry’s biggest problems with nano-sized solutions. MITO Material Solutions, LLC has exclusively licensed the patented nano-particle additive from Oklahoma State University and is currently conducting research and manufacturing in Stillwater, Oklahoma. The company expects to launch their first commercial product in late 2018, which is a nano-additive that will increase interlaminar toughness in composite parts. - January 06, 2018 - MITO Material Solutions
Molecular Glasses Receives U.S. Patent for Non-Crystallizable Organic Semiconductors
The U.S. Patent Office has awarded patent no. 9,859,505 to Molecular Glasses, Inc. for “Charge-transporting molecular glass mixtures, luminescent molecular glass mixtures, or combinations thereof or organic light emitting diodes and other organic electronics and photonics... - January 05, 2018 - Molecular Glasses
Berg Engineering Releases World’s First Battery Operated Handheld Explosion Proof UV Inspection Light
Non-Destructive & Material Testing Company Launches Labino MidBeam Hercules EX Worldwide (L3000). - January 04, 2018 - Berg Engineering
AdvantaPure(R) Introduces Sterile, Single-Use, Molded Filling Assemblies for Aseptic Fill and Finish Applications
Single-Use filling assemblies for fill and finish applications in biopharmaceutical and pharmaceutical processing are now available from AdvantaPure. They feature molded connections for seamless fluid flow. Supplied sterilized and ready to install, the assemblies are manufactured with tubing, bags, filters, sterile connectors, filling needles and other accessories specified by the customer. Two tubing materials are offered. - December 21, 2017 - AdvantaPure
EasyLock Launches Plastic Cereal Container Series
EasyLock, the trusted plastic/glass food storage containers manufacturer, announced the launch of the latest plastic cereal containers series. - December 16, 2017 - Easylock - Shantou Leqishi Plastic Products Co., Ltd.
Marie-Louise Burkle Honored as a Professional of the Year for Two Consecutive Years by Strathmore's Who's Who Worldwide Publication
Marie-Louise Burkle of Killingworth, Connecticut has been honored as a Professional of the Year for two consecutive years, 2017 and early admission for 2018, by Strathmore’s Who’s Who Worldwide for her outstanding achievements and high level of success for over 20 years in the field of... - December 15, 2017 - Strathmore Worldwide
Agilyx, Fred Meyer, B-Line Join to Recycle Polystyrene Waste
Agilyx Corporation, B-Line, and Fred Meyer announce a pilot program that creates a Circular Plastics Ecosystem that recycles stores’ polystyrene waste. The agreement is an innovative collaboration in which a major store chain works with a “final mile” logistics company to deliver waste polystyrene for recycling. All the polystyrene will be delivered to Agilyx where it will be recycled in a fully circular solution back into styrene oil. - December 14, 2017 - Agilyx
International Assoc. of Who’s Who Has Named Emilie Meddah as Professional of the Year
Emilie Meddah, of Charlotte, North Carolina, is recognized by the International Assoc. of Who’s Who for exemplary achievements in the field of Chemistry. - December 13, 2017 - International Association of Who's Who
Procurement and Strategic Sourcing Consultancy Recognized for Promoting Green Supply Management
Industry-leading Procurement consultancy Source One Management Services earns its sixth-consecutive Green Supply Chain Award from Supply and Demand Chain Executive. - December 12, 2017 - Source One, a Corcentric Company
Rust Bullet, LLC Introduces Industrial-Low VOC Coating
Industrial-Low VOC: A High-Performance Rust Inhibitive Coating for Tough Commercial Jobs - November 17, 2017 - Rust Bullet, LLC
Ronald R. Bishop Chosen as the Biography of the Year for 2018 by Strathmore's Who's Who Worldwide Publication
Ronald R. Bishop of Grand Island, Nebraska has been chosen as the Biography of the Year for 2018 by Strathmore’s Who’s Who Worldwide for his outstanding achievements and high level of success for over 55 years in the field of PVC piping. About Ronald R. Bishop Mr. Bishop is the VP of... - November 15, 2017 - Strathmore Worldwide
Mason Color Works Announces New Plastics Division with High-Performance Plastic Pigments for Coatings
Mason Color Works, a leading manufacturer of inorganic pigments, coatings, stains and investment castings for 175 years, is pleased to announce its new Plastics Division. The new division is dedicated to high-performance plastic pigment technology for coatings, which provides heat resistance, UV... - November 15, 2017 - Mason Color Works
Agilyx Announces William McDonough Joining the Agilyx Advisory Board
Agilyx today announces that William McDonough, FAIA, Int. FRIBA, a global leader in sustainable development and design, is joining their Advisory Board. William McDonough will bolster Agilyx’s strategic efforts and partnerships in realizing Agilyx’s vision of closing the loop in the new... - November 02, 2017 - Agilyx
Global Water-Soluble Polymers Market to See 5.8% CAGR to 2022, Expects BCC Research in Its Topical Report Available at MarketPublishers.com
Topical research report featuring the global water-soluble polymers market prepared by BCC Research has been recently added at MarketPublishers.com. According to this report, the global water-soluble polymers market is predicted to increase at a 5.8% CAGR between 2017 and 2022. - November 01, 2017 - TD The Market Publishers, Ltd
Professor Dr. Hubert Gasteiger Joins Pajarito Powder Technical Advisory Board
Professor Dr. Hubert Gasteiger has joined the Technical Advisory Board of US-based Pajarito Powder, a leading supplier of novel Precious-Metal-Free (PMF) catalysts and Engineered Catalyst Support (ECS) materials for the automotive fuel cell and electrolyzer industry. Dr. Gasteiger is among the foremost contributors to the field of electrocatalysis in the world and is considered an expert in electrocatalyst development, as well as fuel cell and battery chemistry. - October 25, 2017 - Pajarito Powder, LLC
Molecular Glasses Inc. Expands Operations
Molecular Glasses, Inc. announced today that operations have expanded into a larger laboratory and office space at Eastman Business Park. Additionally, the company has added critical team members to accelerate ongoing development and commercial activities. “We continue to assemble a world... - October 23, 2017 - Molecular Glasses
Recent Case Studies Show Selective Technologies Inc. Unique Method to Provide Water Treatment Solutions is Potent
Several University Studies Have Shown This California-Based Company Utilizes Eco-friendly, Low-Maintenance Method to Provide Water Treatment Solutions to the Dairy, Agricultural and Industrial Sectors. - October 23, 2017 - Selective Technologies Inc
American PetroLog, LLC Expands Services with Fleet of Domestic ISO Tanks
American PetroLog, LLC expands their service offering by investing in domestic ISO tankers. This service will provide the chemical industry with reliable and cost effective alternative to the rising costs of traditional over the road tanker trucks. - October 18, 2017 - American PetroLog
Apex Welcomes Scott Shannon, PE, as Vice President of National Sales
Apex Companies, LLC - a leading water resources, environmental services, and industrial hygiene firm - welcomes Scott Shannon as their new Vice President of National Sales. Prior to joining Apex, Scott served as the Vice President and Area Leader for ARCADIS where he led multi-year, multi-million... - October 17, 2017 - Apex Companies, LLC
eVision Digital Control of Work Software to be Implemented on All Yara Sites Globally
Yara is now live with eVision’s digital Control of Work system Permit Vision on all pilot sites in France (Ambès), Germany (Brunsbüttel), and Norway (Glomfjord). The go live of the three production sites marks the first wave of the rollout of Permit Vision across Yara sites. The... - October 04, 2017 - eVision Industry Software
Marie-Louise Burkle Recognized as a Professional of the Year by Strathmore's Who's Who Worldwide Publication
Marie-Louise Burkle of Killingworth, Connecticut has been recognized as a Professional of the Year for 2017 by Strathmore’s Who’s Who Worldwide for her outstanding contributions and achievements in the field of cord manufacturing. About Marie-Louise Burkle Ms. Burkle is the CEO of... - October 03, 2017 - Strathmore Worldwide
Agilyx and INEOS Styrolution Sign Joint Development Agreement for Polystyrene Recycling in the USA
Agilyx Corporation and INEOS Styrolution have signed a joint development agreement to develop a recycling process for polystyrene based on “chemical recycling” in the USA. This collaboration is aimed at achieving a circular economy, where polystyrene waste is recycled into virgin, high-quality styrenic polymers, thereby reducing plastic waste and allowing for re-use of this valuable material. - September 30, 2017 - Agilyx
High Temperature Silicon Market Gains Traction, According to New Report by Infoholic Research Recently Added at MarketPublishers.com
Infoholic Research launches a research report on the Global High Temperature Silicon Market, covering the market landscape and dynamics, and providing forecasts through 2022. This research report has been recently added at MarketPublishers.com. - September 29, 2017 - TD The Market Publishers, Ltd
Kingspan Light + Air Offers Hurricane Protection with Polycarbonate Skylights
Kingspan Light + Air has a range of polycarbonate skylights which meet a large list of safety standards suited to the High Velocity Hurricane Zone recently affected by Harvey, Irma and Maria. - September 28, 2017 - Kingspan Light + Air, North America
Ronald R. Bishop Honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award by Strathmore's Who's Who Worldwide Publication
Ronald R. Bishop of Grand Island, Nebraska has been honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award by Strathmore’s Who’s Who Worldwide for his outstanding contributions and achievements for over 55 years in the field of PVC piping. About Ronald R. Bishop Mr. Bishop is the VP of Engineering... - September 28, 2017 - Strathmore Worldwide
Cooley Group Launches Improved, Stand-Alone Awning Solution
Weathertyte® PLUS - and its lightweight version Weathertyte PLUS Lite - is designed for use in awnings, pole banners, marine applications, canopies, umbrellas, garden furniture, and other specialty applications. The product is the premier alternative to woven acrylics currently in the market and features a softer hand, superior strength, and bolder, deeper image quality. It will be officially launched at the IFAI Expo 2017 in New Orleans, LA (September 26-29). - September 20, 2017 - Cooley Group