BOREALIS

Austrian company wins polymer patent case against Mitsui Chemicals / Production of polyolefin elastomers for solar applications affected

3D PRINTING

Patent filings grow at 26.3% CAGR / Eight-fold growth for AM technologies in the past decade

NEXAM CHEMICAL

Swedish additives manufacturer set to receive EU patent for PE recycling process

INTERZERO

rHDPE for bottle production from low-value plastic / Patent obtained for novel process

PATENTS

Europe, US lead world in plastics recycling innovation / Healthcare out front in bioplastics advances / European Patent Office study

COMPOUNDING INDUSTRY

Wide-reaching European patent application sparks protest / Compounders will fight back