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SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL — Braskem SA, the leading thermoplastic resin producer in the Americas and world's largest biopolymer producer, staked its claim Wednesday as the first chemical company to publish a carbon footprint of its products.

CINCINNATI -- Researchers in the Netherlands have found ways to making fractal structures in polymers that are more finely organized than nanostructures now taking the market by storm.

BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA — An Australian-invented nanoparticle additive that improves the durability of acrylic products is likely to be manufactured commercially this year.

GUANGZHOU, CHINA — PolyOne Corp. officials at Chinaplas launched a new color and design services business, highlighted recent applications of some of its products — from biopolymers to PET packaging additives — and discussed the...

NEW ORLEANS — You can make a package from recycled material, reduce the weight by 50 percent and ensure that it’s reusable. But that’s not always enough to make it sustainable. True sustainability requires looking at everything and considering the entire life cycle, said Erica Ocampo, sustainability and advocacy manager at Dow...

GUANGZHOU, CHINA — Polyolefin supplier Borouge has reorganized its China operations to reflect the growing importance of the region to its global business.

GUANGZHOU, CHINA — Chinese compounder Kingfa Sci. & Tech. Co. Ltd. is in advanced negotiations to make an investment in Indian compounder Hydro S&S Industries Ltd., in what would be its first production outside China, executives from both companies said May 22.

INDEPENDENCE, OHIO — Officials with specialty chemicals and plastics maker Ferro Corp. fielded questions from shareholders about the direction of the company at the firm's annual meeting, held May 22 in Independence.

GUANGZHOU, CHINA — Materials firm A. Schulman Inc. is in the midst of an expansion that is more than doubling capacity at its compounding plant in Dongguan, China, part of a broader effort to make Asia a much larger portion of global sales.

SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL — German specialty chemicals and plastics maker Lanxess AG will open its seventh factory in Brazil by the end of this year or early 2014. The facility, in Porto Feliz, will include a mega-extruder to make nylon and polybutylene terephthalate compounds.