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SABIC launches new upcycled resin made with ocean-bound plastic waste

SABIC, a global leader in the chemical industry, today introduced LNP ELCRIN WF0061BiQ resin, a novel material that uses ocean-bound polyethylene terephthalate (PET) bottles as a feed stream for chemical upcycling into polybutylene terephthalate (PBT) resin.

2022-05-25 ecology

Feddersen Group at Fakuma 2021

After one year without trade fairs, the companies of the Feddersen Group are finally looking forward to meeting their business partners in person again at Fakuma 2021. They will be coming up with a whole bouquet of new products and services to provide ideas and inspiration for new, future-oriented and sustainable applications.

2021-07-28 modified plastics

High hydrolysis resistance with plenty of extras

The new Pocan XHR (Xtreme Hydrolysis-Resistant) product range from Lanxess boasts outstanding resistance to hydrolytic degradation in very hot and humid conditions.

2020-09-22 chemical industry

Online-paintable fuel filler flap made from PBT

Customized compounds based on polybutylene terephthalate (PBT) can be a cost-effective alternative to high-performance thermoplastics in the production of fuel filler flaps.

2019-07-08 chemical industry

Material innovations for batteries and electromobility

Lanxess offering products and solutions along the value chain of lithium-ion batteries.

2019-04-26 automotive

Lanxess intensifies focus on electromobility

Lanxess sees great application potential for its Durethan and Pocan in the New Mobility growth market. This is why the High Performance Materials business unit founded the “e-Powertrain team”.

2019-04-04 automotive

Lanxess increases prices for engineering plastics

Specialty chemicals company Lanxess is raising its prices for its engineering plastics of the brands Durethan A and Pocan.

2018-11-09 polybutylene terephthalate (PBT)

Microbes Fully Metabolize Biodegradable Plastics

Researchers at ETH Zurich and the Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology (Eawag) succeeded in an interdisciplinary study to demonstrate that soil microorganisms metabolically utilised the carbon in the PBAT polymer both for energy production and also to build up microbial biomass.

2018-08-17 biodegradation