Additives & Colorants

Kia Corp. wants to go green in its future car interiors. This involves using a range of natural and recycled materials, from mushrooms to fishing nets.

Avient added new grades to its Sincere XLPE Series 200 grades for wire and cable insulation that don’t contain DBDPE additive, which Canada might ban.

Albis and Italian “sustainable vinyl” maker Greenyl SRL have partnered to spin a whole new tune when it comes to manufacturing eco-friendly record albums.

Additive is formulated to reduce AA content by up to 80 percent.

Color line combines performance, compatibility, new sites speed product development and supply.

Post-processing specialist DyeMansion provides vibrant colors for pale parts made on new HP Jet Fusion printer.

Novel new color prediction tool for recycled resins can help shorten product development time.

CRDC Global develops RESIN8, a mixed plastics waste additive that boosts concrete properties.

Industry turns to monomaterial packaging for circular economy needs.

Milliken & Co. will begin production at its new clarifier plant soon in Blacksburg, S.C. The facility will increase capacity for Millad NX 8000 polypropylene clarifier by more than 50 percent and address strong global demand for clarified plastics products.  …

Datwyler, a manufacturer of system-critical polymer components for diverse industries, is expanding its in-house capabilities with an initiative called Project ETEMI, an acronym for electrically and thermally conductive and electromagnetic interference (EMI) shielding materials.   The Schattdorf, Switzerland, company is using…

Clariant data highlight advantages of metallocene PE waxes on pearlescent aesthetics Pearlescent pigments are a popular color option. Among the suppliers of process aids for these materials is Clariant Corp., whose fine-grain Licocene maleic anhydride  (MAH)-grafted metallocene polyethylene waxes are…