22-05-2013

Bayer MaterialScience has inaugurated a regional innovation hub for Asia Pacific in Shanghai, China. More than 200 experts will develop novel ideas for the use of high-performance plastics, foams and coatings in key sectors such as mobility, construction, IT and renewable energy. They will ...

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Wake Forest University's Organic Electronics group has developed an organic semiconductor 'spray paint' that can be applied to large surface areas without losing electric conductivity

29-04-2013

Researchers at Wake Forest University's Organic Electronics group have come up with a novel solution to one of the biggest technological barriers facing the organic semiconductor industry today. Oana Jurchescu, an assistant professor of physics, and a team of researchers developed a high ...

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19-04-2013

LANXESS has opened a new Asia-Pacific Application Development Center for its high-tech plastics in the Hong Kong Science & Technology Park. It is run by the High Performance Materials (HPM) business unit. “The new Application Development Center will support our customers and industry partners ...

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16-04-2013

A new chemical process can transform waste sulfur into a lightweight plastic that may improve batteries for electric cars, reports a University of Arizona-led team. The new plastic has other potential uses, including optical uses. The team has successfully used the new plastic to make ...

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15-04-2013

Carbios, a green chemistry company that specializes in innovative biological and industrial processes for recovering plastic waste and is developing competitive production processes for biosourced plastics and biopolymers, announced the signature of a pivotal €7-million collaboration with the ...

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19-03-2013

The Dow Chemical Company announced that it intends to build several new, specialty material production units aligned to its high value Performance Plastics franchise on the U.S. Gulf Coast.The move further connects the Company’s U.S. manufacturing operations with cost-advantaged feedstocks ...

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15-02-2013

Recovery of raw materials from waste as a business model for developing countries: Empa, the Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, and the Swiss State Secretary for Economy Affairs (SECO) have been pursuing this approach since 2003. Since then, sustainable recycling ...

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21-01-2013

This is the fourth ECHA recommendation of substances for authorisation from the Candidate List. The 10 new substances have been prioritised based on their hazard properties, volumes used, and use related potential for exposure to humans. In its recommendation, the Agency took into account the ...

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ECHA is asking for evidence to assess the impact of expanding REACH restriction on cadmium and its compounds in plastic materials

16-01-2013

Following a request from the European Commission, the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) is examining the case for expanding the restriction on cadmium in plastics from the current 16 specific plastic materials listed in Annex XVII of REACH to all plastic materials. ECHA is asking for evidence ...

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Ceresana publishes the CIM fall report 2012

28-11-2012

Although geneal mood in the chemicals and plastics industry continues to cool down, companies all over the world are beginning to become more optimistic in regard to future development. However, structural problems in some states as well as the ongoing sovereign debt crisis in the eurozone ...

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