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JRD Polymers: Building Stronger Connections Across the Plastics Value Chain Can you share something about JRD Polymers and its association with the Indian Plastic Industry? JRD Polymers has been associated with the plastics and chemical industry, with a focus on distribution, technical support, and building long-term relationships between global material manufacturers and customers in India. Our role is not limited to supplying a material. We try to understand the customer’s application, processing requirements, and challenges, and then connect them with the right material and technical solution. Over the years, this approach has helped us build strong relationships across the value…

Covestro and puren Strengthen Sustainability Efforts for purenit® “With ISCC PLUS certification across our entire purenit® production we have the basis to use Desmodur® CQ MS from Covestro as a binder with bio-circular¹ attributed raw materials.” says Dr. Andreas Huther, Managing Director of puren gmbh. “For our customers, this means the same material, the same performance and less CO₂ emissions and thus a material that takes a further step forward towards more sustainability and circularity. Sustainability therefore becomes a key performance indicator.” Desmodur® CQ MS is based on climate-neutral² MDI made from bio-circular¹ feedstocks and certified through the mass balance…

Syensqo Strengthens Its India Presence with Aromatic Compounding New line at Panoli site will support growing automotive demand with flexible, local sourcing Syensqo, a global leader in high-performance materials, is investing in a new compounding line for high-performance aromatic polymers at its Panoli site in India, strengthening its ability to serve customers in one of the world’s fastest-growing automotive markets. Planned to be operational by Q1 2028, the new line will double Syensqo’s current compounding capacity at Panoli and will be the first asset in a modular compounding hub designed to provide flexibility across Syensqo’s aromatic polymers portfolio. It will…

MEDICA and COMPAMED 2026 reinforce their status as high-calibre community platforms with a new ticketing structure Premium tickets offer access to exclusive conferences and networking events – “Relevance counts, not size” With the launch of the online ticket shop for MEDICA and COMPAMED 2026 in Düsseldorf (16 to 19 November), the next phase of the transformation process has begun for both events. The leading international community platforms for the entire medical technology and healthcare industry ecosystem are not only expanding their programme to include exclusive, target-group-specific content, but are also introducing a new ticketing structure. “This underlines the clear quality…

PROMIX Solutions Advances Intelligent Material and Process Management at Fakuma 2026 At Fakuma 2026, taking place October 12–16 in Friedrichshafen, PROMIX Solutions will present innovative process technologies for mixing, foaming, cooling and process monitoring in plastics processing at Hall A6, Booth 6108. The focus will be on the proven PROMIX Microcell Technology for significantly reducing material consumption, as well as the Visco-P inline viscometer for real-time monitoring and control of extrusion processes. A notable new feature is the availability of the Visco-P with a closed-loop control system and direct connection to metering systems. This allows raw material flows to be…