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News2 Oct 2013A new Recycled Claim Standard (RCS) has been introduced by the Textile Exchange (TE) to provide companies with a tool to ensure that final products are labelled with accurate recycled content amounts.
Yarn business in Indonesia has remained depressed of late. Domestic offtake has been undermined by the depreciation of the rupiah and growing inflationary pressures in the national economy. Demand throughout the local textile supply chain has slowed, with retail business flagging as consumers conserve their rupiah savings to buy essentials such as food.
News1 Oct 2013Invista, one of the world’s largest integrated producers of polymers and fibres, and Ingenza, a leading industrial biotechnology company, are to collaborate on the development of new technologies to enable bio-derived processes for the production of industrial chemicals.
News1 Oct 2013LyondellBasell, one of the world's largest plastics, chemical and refining companies, which serves the textiles, packaging, electronics, automotive and construction materials markets, has expanded its research and development (R&D) activities at in the US - focusing on improving catalyst and process technologies.
Sanyo Chemical and Toyota Tsusho Corporation have established a new joint venture agreement regarding San-Dia Polymers, a consolidated subsidiary of Sanyo Chemical Industries which manufactures and sells superabsorbent polymers (SAP). San-Dia Polymers has been renamed SDP Global.
News1 Oct 2013Clariant, a world leader in speciality chemicals, has closed the sale of its Textile Chemicals, Paper Specialties and Emulsions businesses to SK Capital, a US-based private investment firm with a disciplined focus on the specialty materials, chemicals and healthcare sectors.
News30 Sept 2013Imperial Innovations Group, a leading technology commercialisation and investment group, has recently led an £8m Series ‘C’ funding round in Plaxica, a technology and licensing company focused on the production of next generation biopolymers and platform chemicals from renewable resources.
The US composites industry is set to exceed expectations over the next five years driven by macro trends that are generating demand for advanced composites across multiple sectors, according to the JEC Group.
