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MOVES: Pierre Minguet to Styrolution
Pierre Minguet, formerly business director polystyrene at INEOS Nova, is now vice-president business management polystyrene EMEA at Styrolution, he announced this week on LinkedIn. Minguet has been in the position since October 2011, and is responsible for all aspects...
iFad and iFoam
Even the Blog's children are being scathing about the new iPad, or iFad as all the techies in the office are so wittily calling it. Never mind that the purchase of a cute lightweight netbook in time for NPRA was...
Polystyrene Wedding Cake
I absolutely love this article about a newlywed couple finding out that their wedding cake was made of polystyrene, which Stuart spotted on the BBC news website today. Since everyone is usually too full to manage more sweet food at...
student discovers polystyrene-eating bug
Thought I'd highlight our ICIS chemicals confidential blog (http://www.icis.com/blogs/icis-chemicals-confidential/) that mentions an article in the Taiwan News about a high school girl who has discovered a polystyrene-eating bacterium.The article, Top awards in last month's Intel International
High School girl discovers polystyrene eating bacterium
Top awards in last month's Intel International Science Fair go to Tseng I-Ching from Taiwan who discovered a 'red bacterium' derived from mealworm beetles that metabolizes polystyrene , according to an article in Taiwan News which was
High School girl discovers polystyrene eating bacterium
Top awards in last month's Intel International Science Fair go to Tseng I-Ching from Taiwan who discovered a 'red bacterium' derived from mealworm beetles that metabolizes polystyrene, according to an article in Taiwan News which was picked up in this blog...
Global polystyrene industry threatened by sheep
An insulation material made from sheep's wool, which has won a UK innovation award this week, is set to
Global polystyrene industry threatened by sheep
An insulation material made from sheep's wool, which has won a UK innovation award this week, is set to "one day replace polystyrene and polyethylene as the packaging used to transport and store many perishables, such as fresh food,"
Keep your Carib cold in the Caribbean
ICIS polymers editor Linda Naylor sits in the sun and reflects on the insulating properties of polymer cups ... During my recent sailing holiday to Antigua, I had the opportunity to test the insulation properties of polypropylene and...
Food container ban in California
The American Chemistry Council (ACC) is battling another proposed plastic ban in California this time on food containers. The California Ocean Protection Council (OPC) proposed yesterday a ban on polystyrene (the styrofoamy ones) take out containers as well as a...
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