Plastics & Rubber Asia (PRA) News

• Innovation meets sustainability with TPEs
• Eliminating microplastics with breakthrough innovations
• Increasing recycled material used in compounds while maximising quality
• Additives: Remaking plastics with new additive developments
• Building Sector: Building up an ecological balancing act
• Packaging Sector: A zero-waste future with sustainable packaging
• Automotive Industry: Plastics hit the ground running in the EV evolution
• Green Dot Bioplastics expands US plant, aims to double production capacity

Injection Moulding Asia (IMA) News

• Arburg sets up additive manufacturing hub in Shanghai
• Automotive Industry: Plastics hit the ground running in the EV evolution
• Japan Expansions: Sumitomo Chemical to build new research facility in Chiba; Mitsui to build PP plant
• Husky/Chem-Trend tie-up for colour change feature for hot runner controllers
• Sabic and Netstal open thinwall packaging application centre in Switzerland
• R&D centres: Ford invests US$185 mn in EV battery centre; BASF breaks ground on 3rd phase of Chinese centre
• Green materials: Seal/Dow to adopt PCR resin for e-commerce packaging; Ineos/Lactel to produce recycled HDPE milk bottles
• Arburg cancels its 2021 technology event; postponed to 2022

Energy, Oil & Gas (EOG-Asia) News

• Elkem eyes new site for potential battery materials plant in Norway
• Henkel in aerospace sector study on reducing CO2 emissions
• Sinopec aiming for China’s first green hydrogen project in 2022 in Mongolia
• IVS Warm-Up event culminates in successful note; Next conference slated in 2022
• SK/Lotte to set up hydrogen joint venture
• Solvay ramps up solar energy at Italian sites
• Shell awards Worley contract to build hydrogen plant in Netherlands
• PKN Orlen’s petchem expansion project in Poland

Rubber Journal Asia (RJA) News

• Tyre sector gears up on sustainable rubber
• Automotive Industry: Plastics hit the ground running in the EV evolution
• Green Dot Bioplastics expands US plant, aims to double production capacity
• Michelin debuts latest eco tyre with Enviro’s recovered carbon black
• Nokian Tyres adds two production shifts at its US factory
• Lummus, Synthos to cooperate on biobutadiene tech development
• Toyoda Gosei starts up new Mexican plant
• GPSNR unveils natural rubber industry’s first ever grievance mechanism