Biobased polymers and elastomers derived from terpene monomers are gaining attention as sustainable alternatives to traditional petroleum-based materials. Terpenes, which are naturally occurring ...

GPD Companies, Inc. ("GPD"), a leading global value-added plastics distribution company, today announced it has completed the ...

Nature often demonstrates extraordinary ingenuity in material design, where structure dictates function. Examples include the ...

Niles, IL – Prism Worldwide and Sherwood Industries, a family-owned sheet extruder of thermoplastics, announced a partnership ...

Plastics market veteran Pratik Shah has joined Aurora Material Solutions as president of engineered thermoplastics.

The polymer behaves as a Velcro-like sealant or adhesive ... The scientists prepared the self-healing thermoset elastomers from common polymeric starting materials using a simple and inexpensive ...

Prism Worldwide will supply materials derived from its tire recycling process to be used in extruded TPE sheets developed by ...

In October 2020, Arkema successfully started a its new 90,000-ton acrylic acid reactor at its Clear Lake site in Texas to attract consumers from paints, super-absorbents, water treatment, and ...

A hydrogen-bonded styrenic thermoplastic elastomer is a polymer that exhibits rubbery properties, allowing it to stretch and ...

Formerra, a leader in performance materials distribution, announced today that Kyle Poyta has joined the company as Chief ...

Zeon Chemicals L.P. announces a leadership change in its Sales & Marketing team. Brian Cail, a 26-year ZCLP veteran who has most recently led ZCLP’s Sales & Marketing team for its Elastomer product ...