Covestro launches a breakthrough pilot plant in Leverkusen for chemical circular elastomer recycling, converting tough end-of-life polyurethane waste into high-purity industrial materials.
Groundbreaking Plant Based Food Packaging Solutions Disrupt Traditional Plastics Market The global drive toward circular industrial materials reached a defining milestone as rigid film manufacturing giant Klöckner Pentaplast (kp) entered into a strategic capacity reservation agreement with chemical technology innovator Avantium. The deal centers on evaluating and scaling next-generation plant based food packaging using polyethylene…
Despite a brief uptake in nominal sales during the first half of 2026, the European chemical sector remains trapped in a structural competitiveness crisis driven by high energy costs, low capacity utilization, and severe global oversupply.
Brent crude nears $108/bbl and WTI reaches $105/bbl as escalations between the US and Iran disrupt critical shipping routes.
Arpanon Beverage Company partners with packaging leader Sidel to launch a 9-gram ultra-lightweight 600ml PET bottle for its SENDAI brand. The solution cuts raw plastic by 30%, halves energy consumption, and slashes waste by five-fold without sacrificing bottle strength.
NAPCOR’s new PET decarbonization roadmap shows how the U.S. packaging industry can cut emissions up to 57% by 2050 while production grows, thanks to recycling, efficiency and innovation.
Italy is a European leader in plastic recycling, yet warehouses are full and the system risks stalling. Falling demand for recycled polymers, cheap imports and lack of plants are pushing Corepla and the Regions to call for urgent structural reforms.
Global oil prices surge past historic benchmarks, with Brent reaching $108 and WTI touching $103 due to escalating US-Iran conflict, pipeline shutdowns, and Gulf shipping chokepoints.
Driven by PLA bioplastics and semiconductor cleaning, lactic acid fermentation is shifting from a simple commodity to a strategic global material.