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CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY

DISTRUPOL | June 17, 2021

Distrupol, a major European distributor of thermoplastics and elastomers to the polymer processing industry and a subsidiary of GPD Companies, Inc., announced the acquisition of Lautrup Chemicals A/S today. The transaction's terms were not disclosed. Lautrup Chemicals, founded in 1982 by Chief Executive Officer and President Hans Lautrup, is the biggest distributor of polymers in Scandinavia. The Company offers a varied client base in the Nordic area and Eastern and Southern E...

CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY

American Chemistry Council | July 15, 2021

A major industry group is urging Congress to enact a national recycled plastic standard, as well as to allow for the “rapid scaling” of the chemical recycling sector. The American Chemistry Council (ACC) released an outline of five steps it thinks Congress should take to improve plastics recovery on July 13. It follows ACC's decision last autumn to endorse packaging taxes to enhance the United States' recycling infrastructure. By 2030, at least 30% of th...

CHEMICAL MANAGEMENT

ExxonMobil | February 25, 2022

ExxonMobil has completed its first commercial sale of certified circular polymers, using its Exxtend™ technology for advanced recycling of plastic waste. The purchaser is Berry Global, a leading provider of innovative packaging and engineered products, which will use the circular polymers to manufacture containers for high-performance food-grade packaging on a mass balance approach. “We are scaling up our advanced recycling capabilities around the...

CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY

Nexus Fuels LLC | November 20, 2020

Nexus Fuels LLC and Shell today reported a gracefully understanding, for 60,000 tons more than four years, of pyrolysis fluid produced using plastic waste, which is then changed over into substance items. Nexus, a pioneer in plastic waste atomic reusing, will flexibly completely round, ISCC Plus-confirmed item from its plant in Atlanta. This improved coordinated effort follows a time of consistent, great gracefully to Shell's substance plant in Norco, Louisiana, where it has b...