Moving to more environmentally benign monomers is essential for the continuation of a highly beneficial relationship with polymers. This shift creates an opportunity to simultaneously access new property profiles. New polyols synthesized using a high-purity isosorbide illustrate what is possible. 

Mondi, a global packaging and paper company, opened its first recycling laboratory at its Frantschach mill in Austria to test the recyclability of paper and paper-based packaging using non-paper components such as coatings.

Henkel Adhesive Technologies announced the winner of its “Seal the Cycle” initiative is a company that creates value from plastic waste by converting it into an eco-aggregate that improves concrete.