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Whether it is hot or cold, there is no such thing as bad weather for insulation manufacturers. However, they are being hampered by the weakening residential construction sector, especially the slump in the real estate
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Wafer-thin films, often less than 1 millimeter thick, are one of the first areas of application in which bioplastics are able to establish themselves. Although casings made from petroleum products are still usually sold cheaper
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Are mini shampoo bottles or stickers on bananas redundant? The EU Commission wants to ban „unnecessary packaging“ with a new regulation. This would also affect label manufacturers. Other EU regulations, however, are increasing the demand
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Plastics play a major role in the „Green Deal“ that aims to make Europe climate-neutral by 2050. EU initiatives for circular economy and bioeconomy promote recycling and bioplastics, whereas plastic waste and microplastics are to
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The circular economy and bio-economy are reaching everyday life: European Union regulations determine how heads of lettuce are wrapped and what packaging ends up in household garbage cans. Laws initiated by the EU’s „Green Deal“
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Soft and flexible, yet easy and inexpensive to process: Thermoplastic elastomers (TPE) are elastic like rubber at room temperature, but can be melted and repeatedly moulded like standard plastics. „Thermoplastic elastomers offer high strength and
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Is the unpackaged trend over again? Recently, numerous small stores that were committed to organic and fair-trade products have had to give up. On the other hand, large supermarket chains are trying to reduce the
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Cables, pipes and window frames should ideally last forever. In most cases, they do if they are made of PVC – provided the material is protected with stabilizers against the harmful effects of oxygen and
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The world is often hard and brittle, but plasticizers make life easier: Chemicals are added to plastics, elastomers, paints and coatings, adhesives, and also, for example, textiles, deodorants and perfumes to make these materials soft,
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Cutting-edge technology from the field : Polylactic acid, or PLA for short, is one of the most important raw materials for 3D printing but also for medical sewing thread and implants. Less spectacular but strongly
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Are bioplastic bags compostable and can they be disposed of along with organic waste? In some places, there is a passionate debate about how environmentally friendly bioplastics really are. But that doesn’t change the fact
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The corona pandemic and the respective global containment measures are causing massive economic disruption, which is also damaging the supposedly solid construction industry. With this study, Ceresana has already examined the European market for windows
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Paints and coatings are not only useful for decoration, they can also provide protection. Hospital walls, for example, are increasingly often given antibacterial properties. Extremely thin but very durable coatings protect vehicles against rust. Ceresana
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Can rubber go “green”? The recycling of old tires is a major step forward on the path towards a circular economy. Major tire manufacturers, pyrolysis companies, and research institutions have launched pilot projects with the
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The Corona pandemic pushes digitization forward. Since the beginning of 2020, the disruption of the printing sector has accelerated significantly. “Traditional customers of the printing ink industry are disappearing, but at the same time new
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The construction industry is increasingly suffering from higher prices for building materials. The war over Ukraine and the ongoing corona lockdowns in China are also directly or indirectly affecting plastic pipe manufacturers. So far, the
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Pipes, sheets, profiles and hoses in almost any length: next to injection molding, extrusion is the most important process in the plastics industry. In fact, more thermoplastics and elastomers are forced through molding dies at
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Construction sites going green: the construction sector and other industries are increasingly working with sustainable materials, for example biobased insulation materials, biobased adhesives and bioplastics. Ceresana has now for the first time examined the global
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Crude oil helps with climate protection and energy saving. Less in heating or engines, but rather in the house facade: better building insulation is a key objective of the “European Green Deal”. Real estate is
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Small granules with a big effect: plastics only become colorful, durable and usable through the incorporation of additives. Therefore, granules with a high concentration of colorants, other additives or fillers, so-called masterbatches, are often added
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Is the plastic bag going extinct? By no means has it come to that. Yet consumption of plastic carrier bags has been falling ever since the EU and various governments started to take action against
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From raw material directly to finished part: Injection molding is one of the most important processes in the plastics industry. „3D printing may be faster and does not require expensive molds,“ says Oliver Kutsch, Ceresana’s
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Sugar in flooring or packaging films? Researchers are working on bio-based plasticizers made from waste from the production of food and wood. However, until now, these chemicals have been almost exclusively made from petroleum, and
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Defense with foam? Foamed plastics could contribute to making the European Union independent of oil and gas from Russia by 2030 and climate-neutral by 2050. The EU Commission now wants to mobilize up to EUR
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Is white dangerous? Titanium dioxide, the brightest and most commonly used of all known pigments, is controversial: In the EU, the colorant E171 is considered potentially carcinogenic and is no longer allowed to be used
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Without stones, there’s no energy transition: mineral fillers help make cars lighter, bioplastics more durable, and wind turbines and solar plants more weatherproof. Insoluble additives make many materials, especially engineering plastics, cheaper and suitable for
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Warning or camouflage? Pigments can send signals, but also protect against sunlight or other dangers. The small, color-giving particles are hardly soluble in water or other application media: pigments are mainly added to paints and
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Failures can become success stories. Cyanoacrylate was completely unusable as a transparent plastic – but as a superglue, the fast-curing material is now constantly inspiring new users: doctors use it to spray wound dressings, forensic
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Profiting from climate change and the energy crisis? Pipe manufacturers are certainly not short of tasks: Whether cities are preparing their infrastructure for more frequent heavy rainfall, new wind farms or heat pumps are being
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Taking a breather after Covid-19: during the pandemic, online retail virtually exploded – but now the development of e-commerce is slowing down again. Nonetheless, manufacturers and suppliers of shipping packaging can continue to expect growth,
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The construction sector and its suppliers are being hit – somewhat delayed – by the drastic measures to contain the Corona epidemic and by the consequences of the Ukraine war. Ceresana has studied the global
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More and more countries are trying to limit the demand for plastic packaging. In Germany, for example, lightweight plastic bags will be banned from January 2022. Nevertheless, demand for polypropylene (PP) continues to grow. “This
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