Rinnovo meets the requirements of the U.S. standard specification for compostable plastics, along with the European Union’s directive for compostable and biodegradable packaging.

Milliken will collaborate with GO!PHA to address the technical and market development challenges related to polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) biodegradable biopolymers.  

The company says JONCRYL HPB 4K-based formulations compete with polyethylene solutions and can be applied in a number of coating processes. 

Kraton Corporation has launched a new CirKular+™ product line, which enables a holistic approach to the plastic product life-cycle and the circular economy.

As part of IHS Markit’s (IHS) ongoing services to the Flexible Packaging Association (FPA), IHS wrote a follow-up polyethylene report based on the presentation given by Nick Vafiadis, Vice President, Plastics, IHS Markit, at the recent FPA Annual Meeting.

DowDuPont will invest approximately $100 million over the next two years to expand manufacturing capacity and to modernize facilities at its Sabine River Works plant in Orange County, Texas.

Ashok Chaturvedi, founder, chairman and managing director of Uflex Limited has been honored with The Economic Times’ 2018 Polymers Lifetime Achievement Award.

Flint Group has named Pablo Steenwinkel as technical director of flexible packaging for Europe, the Middle East and Africa.

Ralph Arcurio, a technical manager for the Polymer Science Team at Sun Chemical, was this year’s Inventor of the Year award recipient during a ceremony held at the W Hotel in Hoboken, New Jersey, on Oct. 27.