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Battery manufacturer Stryten Energy LLC purchased one of its suppliers, Milwaukee's Tulip Richardson Manufacturing (TRM) injection molding machine.
TRM manufactures products for the automotive, industrial lead-acid batteries and consumer markets. It also reprocesses polypropylene and manufactures high-density polyethylene rec...
In Vietnam, import PP prices have been going up in the past two weeks after a stable month. This is due to the bullish trend in the Chinese PP market because of the energy cuts of the country.
TotalEnergies, Plastic Omnium to develop new recycled plastic materials for auto industry
TotalEnergies and Plastic Omnium have joined forces to design and develop new plastic compounds made from recycled polypropylene, the companies have announced. To that end, the companies have entered into a strategic partnership to poo...
Today is America Recycles Day, so we're giving you an all-recycling edition of Kickstart.
Let's start granular. For those in the business of plastics recycling, there's good news in the form of higher prices for recycled resins, as documented in this Nov. 1 report from the Solid Waste Association of North America.
You may have seen or been asked about the controversial research on microplastics found in human blood and tissues. As expected, it attracted a lot of attention.
Saudi Arabia’s energy minister has instructed Saudi Aramco to increase oil production by 1 million barrels/day to 13 million barrels/day, its maximum capacity, as soon as possible, the company announced in a statement to Saudi stock exchange, Tadawul.
Plasticraft Corp. is suing to block the Biden administration's COVID-19 vaccine and testing rule, saying it is within the discretion of the company and employees.
Chemical recycler Aduro Clean Technologies Inc. and Ontario-based recycler Switch Energy Corp. will build a pilot plant in Sarnia, Ontario, to recover polyethylene and polypropylene used in agriculture.
Plastics suppliers in Africa are pushing for price increases due to higher energy costs caused by the Ukraine/Russia conflict and the potential to reduce supply in an already tight market. Although most grades of PP and PE saw price increases in March, basic demand in the market remained weak.