At the World Economic Forum in Davos, during a reception hosted by Sabic vice chairman & CEO Yousef bin Abdullah Al-Benyan, the company underlined its sustainability ambition with the announcement of its far-reaching plans to work with a network of partners to close the loop on plastics waste in 2020. 

Taking a cue from nature, Morphotonix Sarl uses a unique technological platform that provides uncopiable security features embedded directly in products.

At K 2019, Farrel Pomini, a self-described niche player in the plastics compounder market, is predominantly focused on promoting its systems and applications capability rather than a host of new products.

In line with the circularity theme at K 2019, the focus at the MEAF booth was on recycling and, more specifically, on PET recycling.

"In Germany, a sausage is completely traceable, from the cow to the packaging. All the ingredients are known. The field the cow grazed in is known ... Can we set up some kind of same system for plastics?"

Magna International Inc. has announced plans to buy Wipac Czech s.r.o., a premium automotive lighting engineering firm located in Ostrava, Czech Republic, to boost its capabilities in the region.

A European research team says it is now able to make biodegradeable plastic straws made of PHA.​​​​​​ The move follows a similar program in the U.S.

Specialty chemical company Clariant has completed the sale of its health care packaging business to Arsenal Capital Partners, a leading private equity firm investing in specialty industrials and healthcare companies. The company will be rebranded as Airnov Healthcare Packaging.

The trade in shares in Italian bioplastics maker Bio-On has been indefinitely suspended, the Borsa Italiana has announced.

The flexibility of the new line does not affect either hourly output performance, in the case of polyolefin film production, or end-product quality level with unrivaled tolerance ranges when producing barrier film.

The drive for more sustainability is sweeping across the industry. From resource and energy efficiency to renewably sourced polymers, solutions are being developed to address concerns about the impact of the plastics industry on the environment.

Hoogstraten, Belgium-based airline cutlery producer deSter Corp. is experimenting with PHA for disposable foodservice and tableware products. Yet officials still have no idea whether PHAs will ultimately be considered to be a polymer or a plastic.

At K 2019, Erema Group GmbH is presenting itself as one of the foremost drivers of the transition to a circular economy.

Asahi Kasei Corp. Honorary Fellow Akira Yoshino has been chosen for the 2019 Nobel Prize in Chemistry in recognition of his achievements in the research and development of the lithium-ion battery. He will share the prize, worth around 1.16 million euros ($1.27 million), equally with John B. Goodenough of the University of Texas at Austin and M. Stanley Whittingham of Binghamton University.

Italy-based bioplastics maker Bio-on says its sales took a nosedive in the first half of 2019, reaching only 917,000 euros ($1 million), compared to 6.1 million euros ($6.7 million) a year earlier.