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Production and Engineering Research

MEDICAL PLASTICS Antibacterial polypropylene film being developed for hospital use / Project funded by EU “Horizon 2020”	24.03.2020
EVONIK New process for precursor adipic acid / Greening of polyamide chain	11.02.2020
RESEARCH Food-grade films with chitosan barrier layer	31.01.2020
3D PRINTING RESEARCH Vision to revolutionise 3D printing filament in terms of material and quality / Recycled plastics to be used for the filament	29.01.2020
CHEMICAL RECYCLING Cross-industry consortium to advance technology targeting hard-to-recycle PET waste / Alpla, Britvic, BP, Danone, Remondis and Unilever	02.01.2020
MARKET RESEARCH BT2i and Nova-Institute offer advice for green plastic solutions	28.11.2019
SPAIN Plastics companies seek to improve recycling of multilayer food packaging to obtain high-quality recycled PA / Aimplas project	25.11.2019
HORIZON EUROPE Industry calls on EU council for bigger research budget / Planning starts on programme's first four years	14.10.2019
PLASTICS AND ENVIRONMENT Microplastics found in European snow / Studies in France and US find particles in remote areas / German organisation mulls ban on artificial turf	12.09.2019
MICROPLASTICS Presence in run-off could threaten drinking water / Cautious WHO report says more data needed / Monomers leached into environment during polymerisation not primary concern	29.08.2019
ENGEL Austrian machinery maker furthers Industry 4.0 development	09.07.2019
FLOORING RECYCLING EU Feasibility project to scale up on new recycling process for old PVC floorings / Process can extract plasticisers	26.06.2019
HENKEL Lightweighting potential of hybrid automotive body parts / “Teroson” structural epoxy foam	26.06.2019
PLASTICS AND HEALTH Ingestion of microplastics widespread / Drinking a lot of bottled water increases particle consumption / Canadian study sees health concerns	19.06.2019
PLASTICS AND ENVIRONMENT International research project on microplastics in the ocean / “Micro-FATE” starts with expedition in the Pacific	18.06.2019
SIBUR Russia's first polymers R&D centre opened / Cooperation agreements signed to develop new grades and recycling processes	17.06.2019
RESEARCH Strategies to reduce carbon footprint of polymers / California study examines scenarios to make the industry more sustainable	26.04.2019
INEOS STYROLUTION First batch of PS from recycled styrene / Next step to take process to industrial-scale	12.04.2019
MARINE LITTER Study analyses plastics pollution along Spanish coast / PE, PP and PS were most abundant microplastics / Barcelona plans "zero waste" strategy	25.03.2019
BIOLIVE Olive stones converted into bioplastics / Turkish company plans manufacturing facility	15.03.2019
BRASKEM Start-up of demo plant for renewable MEG in Denmark / Collaboration with Haldor Topsøe on “Mosaik” process for PET feedstock	22.02.2019
NESTLE Swiss R&D centre to develop environmentally friendly packaging / Deal with CarbonLite will expand use of rPET in US / Pledge of 50% plastic recyclate content by 2025	18.12.2018
RESEARCH Singapore scientists convert PET waste into aerogels / Customisable surface treatments	22.11.2018
PLASTICS RECYCLING EU establishes "polynSPIRE" project / Four-year programme comprises 22 partners with funding of nearly EUR 10m	23.10.2018
RESEARCH Finnish project to develop small, mobile factory to remove marine plastic waste / VTT unit to contain plastic-eating microbes / Plan for pilot unit in Baltic Sea in 2021	14.09.2018

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