Building & Construction

Dutch specialty chemicals producer Nouryon said it has launched full-scale production at its new Expancel expandable microspheres plant in Green Bay, Wis.

Engel developed a technology that allows the production of parts with recycled plastic (PCR) at their core and virgin plastic at the skin.

Neste, LyondellBasell and two others create supply chain to supply carbon-storing natural fiber-reinforced biopolymers for construction materials.

BASF signs deal to divest its Neopolen expanded PP foam resins business. Buyer is major European foam processor Knauf Industries.

Automaker Subaru and a U.S. soccer club celebrated their “zero-landfill” stadium in Pa. by unveiling a large soccer ball sculpture made with recycled trash.

Market reports forecast near 5 percent CAGR for flexible PE packaging and HDPE pipe. Influences include sustainability, barrier and infrastructure repair.

Israel’s UBQ Materials Ltd., developer of advanced materials made from everyday waste, has secured more funding and is creating new end-use applications.

Polyvinyl chloride is widely used in durable building and construction goods, notably pipe, windows, siding, flooring and roofing. PVC manufacturers have long reused regrind and refined their processes to minimize post-industrial (or pre-consumer) scrap.

Company names Tom Fitzgerald Jr. vice president of composites manufacturing.

Nexboard developer Xeriant develops a fiber-reinforced polymer composite sourced from recycled plastics.

Improvements in PCR supply and end-use standards could keep more plastics waste from landfills.

PVC developments focus on resin process technology recycling techniques and life cycle analysis of products.