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Clariant to Slash 600 Jobs as Profit Plunges, Outlook Dims (Breaking News)
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/business/clariant-to-slash-600-jobs-as-profit-plunges-outlook-dims/articleshow/74114783.cms?from=mdr
BASF’s Plastic Additive Shields 5G Base Stations from UV Light
https://www.britishplastics.co.uk/News/basf%E2%80%99s-plastic-additive-shields-5g-base-stations-from-uv-lig/
BASF Additives Help Improve Highways in India Through Improved Durability
https://www.eppm.com/materials/basf-additives-help-improve-highways-in-india/
BASF’s Plastic Additives Improve the Manufacture and Functionality of Underwater Cable Sheathing
https://www.basf.com/global/en/media/news-releases/2019/11/p-19-380.html
Degraded Polyethylene Leads to Gas Pipeline Explosion
https://theprovince.com/news/local-news/stress-corrosion-cracking-led-to-pipeline-rupture-in-prince-george-tsb-report/wcm/fe6b3dcd-0a5a-44ee-958f-e3f89e201617
Oxidized Polyethylene Blamed for Gas Pipeline Blast
https://www.timescolonist.com/undetected-cracks-blamed-for-enbridge-gas-pipeline-blast-in-b-c-in-2018-1.24090051
Do You Want to Know What is in Your Masterbatch or Polymer Compound?
ExcelPlas Labs can do a complete elemental deformulation for inorganic additives such as pigments, fillers, flame retardants, reinforcements, etc in polymer compounds.
https://www.excelplas.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Excelplas-A4-Brochure-4pp-Capability-NTs.pdf
BASF Showcases Additive Solutions for the Entire Packaging Life Cycle at Interpack 2020
https://www.basf.com/global/en/media/news-releases/2020/03/p-20-138.html
Clariant Launches Medical Polymer Compounds Resistant To Hydrolytic Degradation
https://www.clariant.com/en/Corporate/News/2020/02/Clariant-launches-medical-polymer-compounds-resistant-to-hydrolytic-degradation
Clariant Releases Masterbatch Range for Automotive Plastic Connectors
https://www.plasteurope.com/news/CLARIANT_t244632/
Clariant Masterbatches Debuts Colors for High Temperature Resins
https://www.plasticstoday.com/compounding/clariant-masterbatches-debuts-colors-high-temperature-resins/105059162962573
ExcelPlas Laboratories Melbourne offer support services for the chemical identification and quantification of polymer additives
Reverse Formulation, Deformulation of Plastics and Polymer Compounds – Over 25 years Experience in Polymer Analysis
https://www.excelplas.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Excelplas-A4-Brochure-4pp-Capability-NTs.pdf
Plastic Pellets Trigger Feeding Responses in Sea Anemones (Breaking News)
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0166445X19308136
Microplastics Found in Deep Sea Creatures (Breaking News)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidbressan/2020/03/05/newly-discovered-deep-sea-creature-named-after-plastic-found-in-its-guts/#6d9adaa26124
River of Plastic Waste in Africa (Shocking Video)
https://www.liveleak.com/view?t=sfrVy_1583284196
Footage Capture of Dumping of Plastics into Indian Rivers
https://www.liveleak.com/view?t=9fdZ8_1578084336
More Dumping of Plastics into Indian Rivers (Shocking Video)
https://www.liveleak.com/view?t=TPTH_1571267810
Dumping of Plastics into Rivers (Río Amarillo, Provincia de El Oro, Ecuador)
https://www.liveleak.com/view?t=aIyMN_1579204337
PolyOne Develops New Silicone Alternative TPE for Medical Tubing
https://www.plasticsinsight.com/polyone-develops-new-silicone-alternative-tpe-for-medical-tubing/
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