Specialty chemicals firm Vertellus sees a lot of opportunity in the plastics market, company officials said at the K 2019 trade show. The Indianapolis-based firm currently generates about 20 percent ...

A new study has found that chemical additives in everyday plastic might be stopping – or, at best, interrupting – the reproductive habits of a shrimp-like species that is key to the marine food chain.

PVC additives maker Rheogistics LLC has been sold to wax supplier International Group Inc. for an undisclosed sum. Rheogistics of Picayune, Miss., makes lubricant systems for rigid PVC. The firm's ...

The price adjustment is primarily required due to significant volatility in pricing and availability for essential raw materials and the rapid escalation of freight rates. About BASF Plastic Additives ...

Manufacturers that use plastics in their production processes have heard loud and clear that sustainability is increasingly important in every link of the plastics supply chain, all the way down to ...

Düsseldorf — For a company with plastic additive sales currently in the order of 15% if its $1 billion in annual revenue, Malaysian-based Emery Oleochemicals (8b/A62) has lofty options to transform ...

DETROIT, Mich.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Heartland and Ravago Americas have executed a joint development agreement to create the next generation of plastic resins. This collaboration aims to drive material ...

Plastic pollution has been at the center of environmental debate for decades. While it is well-known that plastic in the environment can break down into microplastics, be ingested by humans and other ...