MNA – The Latest Updates, News and Alerts on Polymer Masterbatches and Polymer Additives
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INDUSTRY NEWS
Avient Announces Tenth Consecutive Annual Increase in Quarterly Dividend
https://www.bloomberg.com/press-releases/2020-10-14/avient-announces-tenth-consecutive-annual-increase-in-quarterly-dividend
Brüggemann: New Polymer Additives Production Plant Commissioned
https://www.gupta-verlag.com/news/industry/24592/brueggemann-new-polymer-additives-production-plant-commissioned
PureCycle Technologies Partners with Milliken to Accelerate Revolutionary Plastics Recycling
https://injectionmouldingworld.com/purecycle-technologies-partners-with-milliken-nestle-to-accelerate-revolutionary-plastics-recycling/
Formosa Plastics USA Ramps up HDPE Production: Sources
https://www.spglobal.com/platts/en/market-insights/latest-news/petrochemicals/100220-formosa-plastics-usa-ramps-up-hdpe-production-sources
Borealis PEX-a Pipe Resin Achieves Highest Available Chlorine Resistance Rating
Borealis HE1878E-C2 for crosslinked pipes in plumbing applications has now achieved Class 5 listing corresponding to the highest chlorine resistance rating in accordance with ASTM F876. Its state-of-the-art stabilisation package also opens it up for use in certain industrial applications.
https://www.borealisgroup.com/news/borealis-he1878e-c2
BASF Reports Huge Q3 Net Loss on Impairments / Margin Pressure Expected to Continue
https://www.plasteurope.com/news/BASF_t246176/
DataLase Launches Functional Masterbatch Additive for Plastics Integration
https://www.medicalplasticsnews.com/news/datalase-launches-functional-masterbatch-additive-for-plasti/
Start-up with Plastic Waste Recycling Solution Wins Top Prize
https://www.miragenews.com/start-up-with-plastic-waste-recycling-solution-wins-top-prize/
BOOKS & REPORTS
Book on Additives for Polyolefins (Free PDF Download for MNA Readers)
http://oil.vcdcenter.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/Additives-for-PolyolefinsGetting-the-Most-out-of-Polypropylene-Polyethylene-and-TPO-2015.pdf
MNA Offering Masterbatch and Additives Market Intelligence Reports Using Augmented Analytics (NEW)
Report rich with competitor and customer data on your specific products and/or services 💼
https://www.excelplas.com/contact-us/
LEGAL
Formosa Plastics Sues Chubb Insurance for Coverage of $50 Mill Water-pollution Settlement (Breaking News)
https://www.reuters.com/article/chubb-formosa-lawsuit-idUSL1N2H501W
Opponents of Formosa Plastics’ Plan to Build one of the World’s Largest Plastic Plants in Louisiana have Filed a Motion Seeking a Judgment
https://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2020/10/02/opponents-formosa-plastics-louisiana-plant-move-overturn-federal-approval
NEW PRODUCTS
HI Tech Group Invents Plant Based Virus Reducing Keep-U-Safe Plastic Masterbatch, Films, Coatings and Additives Which can Reduce >99% of viruses Within 1 Minute
http://cloud.excelplas.com/s/9fJa7XFZM3q7SE0#pdfviewer
Ampacet Introduces PEARL 368, an Organic Cavitating Masterbatch for Premium White-Opaque BOPP Film
https://www.ampacet.com/ampacet-introduces-pearl-368-cavitating-masterbatch-for-premium-quality-white-opaque-bopp-film/
POLYMER STABILIZERS
Revealing Chinese Research Progress on Hindered Amine Light Stabilizers
https://longchangchemical.com/domestic-research-progress-of-light-stabilizers/
An Irgafos® 168 story: When the Ubiquity of an Additive Prevents Studying its Leaching from Plastics
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0048969720351809
Study on Extractables and Leachables from Pharmaceutical Products: Case Studies on Irgafos® 168, and Irganox® 1010
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0273230020302282
Improvement of Melt Stability and Degradation Efficiency of Poly (Lactic Acid) by using Phosphite
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/app.49951
ANTIMICROBIAL MASTERBATCHES
Masterbatch Additives to Fight COVID-19
https://plasticsinpackaging.com/close-contact/
IIT Delhi-incubated Startup Launches Antimicrobial Water Storage Containers ‘AqCure’
https://indiaeducationdiary.in/iit-delhi-incubated-startup-launches-antimicrobial-water-storage-containers-aqcure/
Nanosafe Solutions Launch Anti-fungal Water Storage Containers Using Nano-Copper Masterbatch
AqCure polymer masterbatch (polymers compounded with active nano-copper) granules based on different carrier polymers are also available, which can be used in polymer moulding and extrusion operations to make the final products antimicrobial.
https://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/delhi/2020/oct/10/nanosafe-solutions-launch-anti-fungal-water-storage-container-2208380.html
JOBS
BASF Seeking Technical Sales Manager in Plastic Additives
https://basf.jobs/red_AP/job/Guangzhou-Manager%2CSales-510000/625198801/?feedId=111101
NEW PUBLICATIONS
Lifetime Prediction Methods for Degradable Polymeric Materials—A Short Review [PDF]
https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1944/13/20/4507/pdf
Analysis and Fate of the Hindered Amine Light Stabilizer Tinuvin 622 in Polyester Powder Coatings using HPLC-TOF-MS
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0142941820311314
Enhancing the Performance of Rubber with Nano ZnO as Activators
https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acsami.0c15114
Studies on Natural Rubber Nanocomposites by Incorporating Zinc Oxide Modified Graphene Oxide
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s42464-020-00059-3
ENVIRONMETAL
Effect of Different Microplastics on Nematodes in the Soil Environment
https://www.x-mol.com/paper/1316558994473717760
Review on the Biological Degradation of Polymers in Various Environments
https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1944/13/20/4586/pdf
RECYCLED PET
World’s First Carbon-Neutral rPET Resin Unveiled
https://www.plasticstoday.com/sustainability/worlds-first-carbon-neutral-rpet-resin-unveiled
Major Innovation Brings a New Level of Sustainability to PET Bottle Recycling
https://business-reporter.co.uk/2020/10/14/major-innovation-brings-a-new-level-of-sustainability-to-pet-bottle-recycling/
Krones Webinar “Sustainability Trend and rPET Implementation with Krones” (22 October, 2022)
https://thailand.ahk.de/en/members/member-news/news-details/krones-webinar-sustainability-trend-and-rpet-implementation-with-krones
Remarkable Role of Experimental Olefin-Maleic-Anhydride Copolymer Based Compatibilizing Additives in Blends of Waste PET Bottles and Polyamide
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12649-020-01253-5
3D PRINTING
Accurate and Rapid 3D printing of Microfluidic Devices using Wavelength Selection on a DLP Printer
A recently developed absorber with a spectrum extending well above 400 nm (Tinuvin CarboProtect®) was tested with channel sizes down to 400 μm
https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2020/lc/d0lc00767f/unauth#!divAbstract
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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- 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)
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- Shore A and shore D hardness testing
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