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SK chemicals Introduces 'Circular Recycle' Technology and Solutions in Chinaplas 2024 Focusing on "Circular Economy"

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Monday, April 22, 2024

At this exhibition, SK chemicals has prepared an booth where visitors can experience solutions for a sustainable future under the slogan 'Greening The Globe: On hand solution for a sustainable tomorrow.'

Key Points: 
  • At this exhibition, SK chemicals has prepared an booth where visitors can experience solutions for a sustainable future under the slogan 'Greening The Globe: On hand solution for a sustainable tomorrow.'
  • SK chemicals' circular recycle has garnered significant attention from industry stakeholders as the world's first commercially viable chemical recycling technology.
  • SK chemicals plans to showcase a wide range of circular recycling product portfolios by successfully achieving vertical integration from monomers, polyesters, to copolyesters through circular recycling technology.
  • By utilizing SK chemicals' circular recycling solutions, various forms of plastic waste, including transparent bottles, films, trays, etc., can be recycled to their original application.

SK chemicals Introduces 'Circular Recycle' Technology and Solutions in Chinaplas 2024 Focusing on "Circular Economy"

Retrieved on: 
Monday, April 22, 2024

At this exhibition, SK chemicals has prepared an booth where visitors can experience solutions for a sustainable future under the slogan 'Greening The Globe: On hand solution for a sustainable tomorrow.'

Key Points: 
  • At this exhibition, SK chemicals has prepared an booth where visitors can experience solutions for a sustainable future under the slogan 'Greening The Globe: On hand solution for a sustainable tomorrow.'
  • SK chemicals' circular recycle has garnered significant attention from industry stakeholders as the world's first commercially viable chemical recycling technology.
  • SK chemicals plans to showcase a wide range of circular recycling product portfolios by successfully achieving vertical integration from monomers, polyesters, to copolyesters through circular recycling technology.
  • By utilizing SK chemicals' circular recycling solutions, various forms of plastic waste, including transparent bottles, films, trays, etc., can be recycled to their original application.

Global Biodegradable Microbeads Market Report 2024, with Profiles of Ajinomoto, Andritz, Asahi Kasei, BASF, Bioweg, CELLiCON, Croda, Daicel, Green Science, Lactips, LignoPure, Naturbeads and More - ResearchAndMarkets.com

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Monday, April 1, 2024

The "Global Market for Biodegradable Microbeads 2024-2035" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering.

Key Points: 
  • The "Global Market for Biodegradable Microbeads 2024-2035" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering.
  • Plastic microbeads are a multi-billion dollar market, with applications in markets ranging from cosmetics to oil & gas.
  • Replacement of plastic microbeads with biodegradable and non-toxic alternatives is increasingly important and the market will grow to meet both regulatory demands and increased use of microbeads in healthcare (e.g.
  • Many companies have curtailed their use or pivoted to natural alternatives, but it still represents a sizeable global market.

Rumpke and Eastman join forces to expand recycling of PET waste

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Thursday, February 8, 2024

KINGSPORT, Tenn. and CINCINNATI, Ohio, Feb. 8,  2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Leading North American recycler, Rumpke Waste & Recycling (Rumpke) and molecular recycling pioneer Eastman , today announced a groundbreaking partnership to help address the global plastic waste crisis.

Key Points: 
  • KINGSPORT, Tenn. and CINCINNATI, Ohio, Feb. 8,  2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Leading North American recycler, Rumpke Waste & Recycling (Rumpke) and molecular recycling pioneer Eastman , today announced a groundbreaking partnership to help address the global plastic waste crisis.
  • Later this year, Rumpke will begin collecting and sorting hard-to-recycle and colored PET packaging waste, materials that are largely unaddressed in today's recycling ecosystem and will provide 100 percent of this waste stream as feedstock to Eastman's molecular recycling process.
  • Eastman will then turn this waste stream into virgin quality polyesters with its molecular recycling technology to be used across a range of packaging applications and to expand the circular economy for polyesters.
  • "Rumpke and Eastman are both committed to innovative approaches to reducing plastic waste through collaboration," said Brad Lich, Eastman executive vice president and chief commercial officer.

IDTechEx Analysis: Emerging Molecules Produced Through Industrial Biomanufacturing

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Tuesday, November 7, 2023

Within this diverse range, an emerging subset of molecules have attracted the interest of numerous companies, both well-funded startups and multinational corporations.

Key Points: 
  • Within this diverse range, an emerging subset of molecules have attracted the interest of numerous companies, both well-funded startups and multinational corporations.
  • IDTechEx has analyzed over thirty-five different molecules and compounds in their market research report " White Biotechnology 2024-2034 "; here are some of the most interesting molecules whose biomanufacturing development is worth monitoring.
  • Polyamide precursors: one emerging category of biomanufactured molecules are key precursors for polyamides like PA 6 and PA 66.
  • These profiled molecules are just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to the new types of molecules being produced through white biotechnology.

IDTechEx Analysis: Emerging Molecules Produced Through Industrial Biomanufacturing

Retrieved on: 
Tuesday, November 7, 2023

Within this diverse range, an emerging subset of molecules have attracted the interest of numerous companies, both well-funded startups and multinational corporations.

Key Points: 
  • Within this diverse range, an emerging subset of molecules have attracted the interest of numerous companies, both well-funded startups and multinational corporations.
  • IDTechEx has analyzed over thirty-five different molecules and compounds in their market research report " White Biotechnology 2024-2034 "; here are some of the most interesting molecules whose biomanufacturing development is worth monitoring.
  • Polyamide precursors: one emerging category of biomanufactured molecules are key precursors for polyamides like PA 6 and PA 66.
  • These profiled molecules are just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to the new types of molecules being produced through white biotechnology.

Origin Materials and Husky Achieve Commercialization Milestone for Advanced Packaging

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Monday, July 31, 2023

Origin Materials, Inc. (“Origin” and “Origin Materials”) (NASDAQ: ORGN, ORGNW), a leading carbon negative materials company with a mission to enable the world’s transition to sustainable materials, and Husky Technologies (“Husky”) , a pioneering technology provider enabling the delivery of essential needs to the global community, announced a milestone in the commercialization of PET (polyethylene terephthalate) incorporating the sustainable chemical FDCA (furandicarboxylic acid) for advanced packaging and other applications.

Key Points: 
  • Origin Materials, Inc. (“Origin” and “Origin Materials”) (NASDAQ: ORGN, ORGNW), a leading carbon negative materials company with a mission to enable the world’s transition to sustainable materials, and Husky Technologies (“Husky”) , a pioneering technology provider enabling the delivery of essential needs to the global community, announced a milestone in the commercialization of PET (polyethylene terephthalate) incorporating the sustainable chemical FDCA (furandicarboxylic acid) for advanced packaging and other applications.
  • View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20230731962598/en/
    Advanced co-polyester made by Origin Materials and Husky Technologies using PET/F.
  • We believe these materials have the power to transform plastics and the material economy,” said John Bissell, Co-Founder and Co-CEO of Origin Materials.
  • By combining FDCA with PET, Origin has produced PET/F, a “tunable” hybrid polymer offering performance enhancements and full recyclability.

H&M Foundation doubles GCA grant and winners to speed up textile industry transformation

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Thursday, June 8, 2023

STOCKHOLM, June 8, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The Global Change Award is an early-stage innovation challenge seeking bright minds that can transform fashion. Every year, H&M Foundation selects and supports the five most impactful innovations with the ultimate aspiration of a planet positive fashion future. This year, H&M Foundation doubles both grant and winners to speed up the transformation.

Key Points: 
  • STOCKHOLM, June 8, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The Global Change Award is an early-stage innovation challenge seeking bright minds that can transform fashion.
  • Every year, H&M Foundation selects and supports the five most impactful innovations with the ultimate aspiration of a planet positive fashion future.
  • This year, H&M Foundation doubles both grant and winners to speed up the transformation.
  • "We have an urgent opportunity to support innovations that could transform the entire fashion industry – that's why we're doubling the grant and the number of winners.

H&M Foundation doubles GCA grant and winners to speed up textile industry transformation

Retrieved on: 
Thursday, June 8, 2023

STOCKHOLM, June 8, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The Global Change Award is an early-stage innovation challenge seeking bright minds that can transform fashion. Every year, H&M Foundation selects and supports the five most impactful innovations with the ultimate aspiration of a planet positive fashion future. This year, H&M Foundation doubles both grant and winners to speed up the transformation.

Key Points: 
  • STOCKHOLM, June 8, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The Global Change Award is an early-stage innovation challenge seeking bright minds that can transform fashion.
  • Every year, H&M Foundation selects and supports the five most impactful innovations with the ultimate aspiration of a planet positive fashion future.
  • This year, H&M Foundation doubles both grant and winners to speed up the transformation.
  • "We have an urgent opportunity to support innovations that could transform the entire fashion industry – that's why we're doubling the grant and the number of winners.

Ambercycle and Shinkong Form Strategic Partnership to Scale Production of Circular Materials

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Tuesday, June 6, 2023

LOS ANGELES, June 6, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Ambercycle, a leading innovator in circular materials, and Shinkong Synthetic Fibers Corporation are excited to announce a strategic partnership to enable circularity in apparel.

Key Points: 
  • LOS ANGELES, June 6, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Ambercycle, a leading innovator in circular materials, and Shinkong Synthetic Fibers Corporation are excited to announce a strategic partnership to enable circularity in apparel.
  • Since 2021, Ambercycle and Shinkong Synthetics have worked closely to develop and manufacture premium performance yarns containing cycora® material.
  • We are moving quickly to scale our production capabilities, and thus make circular materials available and accessible as soon as possible."
  • Commercial-scale production resulting from this partnership will enable brands and manufacturers to seamlessly integrate and commercialize circular materials within their existing supply chains.