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INDUSTRY NEWS
REPORT – Phasing Out Plastics The Packaging Sector
https://www.odi.org/sites/odi.org.uk/files/resource-documents/odi-et-cp-packaging-report-sep20-proof02_final2.pdf
Protesters Put Plastic Waste at the Doors of Producer SABIC in Run Up to World Clean Up Day
https://www.dutchnews.nl/news/2020/09/protesters-put-plastic-waste-at-the-doors-of-producer-sabic-in-run-up-to-world-clean-up-day/
Borealis Granted €250m to Develop Circular Economy Solutions for Plastics
https://www.energylivenews.com/2020/09/29/borealis-granted-e250m-to-develop-circular-economy-solutions-for-plastics/
SABIC Collaboration With Alliance To End Plastic Waste Outlined In 2020 Progress Report
https://www.sabic.com/en/news/24215-sabic-collaboration-with-alliance-to-end-plastic-waste-outlined-in-2020-progress-report
Axieo Website Redirection
Effective October 1, 2020 Axieo changed its name to DKSH Performance Materials. Please click on the button below to be redirected to the DKSH website.
https://www.dksh.com/au-en/home/performance-materials
Mechanical Recycling of Packaging Plastics: A Review
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/marc.202000415
NEW PRODUCTS & NEW RESEARCH
Nordmann Adds Antioxidants and UV Stabilizers to its Additives Portfolio
https://www.eppm.com/materials/nordmann-adds-to-its-additives-portfolio-to-include-antioxid/
Microbial Degradation of Plastics and Its Biotechnological Advancement
https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-030-48973-1_1
Nordmann Extends its Additives Portfolio to include Antioxidants and UV Stabilizers
https://www.britishplastics.co.uk/materials/nordmann-extends-its-additives-portfolio-to-include-antioxid/
Synergistic Effects of Organoclay Cloisite 15A on Recycled PET
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2238785420317622
Evaluation of the Effect of Additives on Thermo-oxidative and Hydrolytic Stabilization of Recycled Post-Consumer PET using Design of Experiments
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0142941819316010
Study on the Thermal Stability of Stabilized and Unstabilized LDPE Films
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00289-020-03363-5
Milliken joins Polypropylene Recycling Coalition to Enhance Circularity
https://www.packaging-gateway.com/news/miliken-pp-coalition-circularity/
Tosaf‘s New White Masterbatch Boosts Efficiency and Reduces Smoke and Odour in Extrusion Coating
https://packagingpla.net/tosafs-new-white-masterbatch-boosts-efficiency-and-reduces-smoke-and-odour-in-extrusion-coating/
Nano CaCO3 Incorporation with Polypropylene to Reduce Film Water Vapor Permeability for Packaging Application
http://docsdrive.com/pdfs/ansinet/ajsr/2020/275-283.pdf
GRAPHENE-POSS Polymer Additives Enable Lightweighting
https://www.chemengonline.com/graphene-poss-polymer-additives-enable-lightweighting/?printmode=1
Physiological and Metabolic Approach of Plastic Additives Effects: Immune Cells Responses
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S030438942032104X
Silver Antimicrobial Protection for Plastics
http://www.biomasterusa.com/applications/plastics
Toxins in Plastic Blamed for Health, Environment Hazards
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/9/30/toxins-in-plastics-blamed-for-health-environment-hazards
X-Ray Detectable Masterbatches for Plastics
https://www.scopic.com/x-ray-detectable-polymers/
First infinite Loop facility Producing 100% Recycled and Infinitely Recyclable Plastic in Europe
https://www.petnology.com/competence-online/news/loop-industries-and-suez-announce-strategic-partnership-to-build-first-infinite-loop-facility-producing-100-recycled-and-infinitely-recyclable-plastic-in-europe.html
LyondellBasell Sustainability Report sets Ambitious Plastic Waste Targets
https://www.petnology.com/competence-online/news/lyondellbasell-sustainability-report-sets-ambitious-plastic-waste-targets.html
POLYMER TESTING
Rapid and Accurate Determination of Antioxidant and UV Stabilisers in Polymers (Full Additive Screen by ExcelPlas Labs)
https://www.excelplas.com/
Accelerated Weathering of Polymers and Determining The Resistance of Polymers to UV
https://www.uvtesting.com.au/
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EXCELPLAS offers the following polymer testing services:
- Identification of plastics by FTIR
- Determination of the glass transition temperature by DSC
- Determination of the melting temperature by DSC
- Detection of solvents by GC-MS
- Identification of pigments and fillers by XRD
- Determination of type and level of stabilizers by LC-MS
- Testing the hardening properties of thermosets by DSC
- Determination of crystallinity by DSC
- Determination of antioxidant and stabiliser levels by OIT
- Examination of fracture surfaces using the scanning electron microscope (SEM)
- Tensile tests
- Pressure tests
- Bending tests
- Charpy impact strength and notched impact strength
- Shore A and shore D hardness testing
https://www.excelplas.com/
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