Smith & McLaurin - AdaptEco Sustainability Brochure

Awareness of environmental issues such as climate change and plastic pollution has never been higher.

RECYCLING: WHAT’S ACCEPTABLE, WHAT’S NOT

Legislation is being put in place to ensure companies design and manufacture more environmentally-friendly packaging. The ability to adapt will be crucial.

Environmental taxes will be introduced across Europe from April 2022 that are designed to tax behaviour harmful to the planet’s health. This “Green Tax” is based on a simple principle — those who pollute, pay.

New European Directives are being commissioned to ensure packaging recycling targets are met.

Current targets: by 2022 all plastic packaging must have a 30% recycled content. Target will increase to 50% by 2025 and 55% by 2030.

Currently recycled plastic is oversubscribed by 185%infrastructure is needed to allow for the recycling of plastic packaging.

For the label industry the recycling of paper and film is a complex process. Currently a number of protocols, standards and laboratories claim to determine the recyclability of particular materials, but none provide a definitive measure or have cross industry support. Instead the Confederation of Paper Industries is working on a suitable test for measuring recyclability.

Paper - Most paper sent for recycling is used in manufacturing processes as an alternative to virgin material such as wood pulp. This means the quality of the recycled paper has to be as good as any virgin material and economically viable. The recycling process becomes more difficult when they are made water resistant or act as a gas/moisture barrier.

Plastics - Nearly all types of plastics can be recycled. However, the extent to which they are recycled depends upon technical, economic and logistical factors. Once the plastic is collected and sent to a recycling centre, it is typically separated into different polymer types, which are then separately shredded (and impurities like paper are removed), then melted back into polymer pellets. These pellets are then sold on to be used in new products. Nevertheless, plastic laminated with adhesive is seen as a contaminant and can cause issues in the recycling process.

Adhesives - Hotmelt and pressure sensitive adhesives used in the label industry can soften or plasticise in the heat of the pulper. They agglomerate and stick to the machinery which causes holes and defects in the finished paper. These are known as “Stickies”.

As a general rule recycling plants accept adhesives if the overall content is less than 6% of the total pack weight although this will depend on each recycling plant.

Metallic/Foil Block Printing - As with films and laminates, metallic and foil block can be difficult to separate from the paper/film content and the particles can clog up machinery. Generally recycling plants can recycle packaging that has metallic block printing on no more than 30% of its surface area.

WE ARE DESTROYING THE NATURAL WORLD, AND WITH IT OURSELVES.”

Sir David Attenborough at the World Economic Forum 2019

- 10 KEY

Packaging the Future: The SMCL Approach to Sustainability

POINTS

For plastic recyclability, we have developed our range of PURITY WASH adhesives for caustic hot and cold water recycling processes THAT ALLOWS FOR THE REMOVAL OF PRESSURE SENSITIVE LAMINATES from existing bottles, containers, etc. This includes the only pressure sensitive adhesive that does not reactivate in Veolia’s caustic wash process. The adhesives can be laminated to paper and film and allow the plastic container to be recycled.

Our Ecopack range of products OFFERS A RECYCLABLE PAPER-BASED PRODUCT as a replacement for avoidable plastic packaging.

We are working with our customers to RE-ENGINEER EXISTING INDUSTRY STANDARD MATERIALS into sustainable solutions, for example, Wineglass fruit tags. This allows our customers to reduce their plastic tax and environmental impact.

Our range of heatseal and moisture barrier coatings can be applied to our Ecopack range to offer recyclable SOLUTIONS FOR ALL TYPES OF PACKAGING.

SMCL’s response towards future packaging is to MAKE PRODUCTS FROM RENEWABLE AND RECYCLED MATERIALS, allowing products to be fully recyclable that fits into a low carbon circular economy.

The three key areas are RECYCLABILITY, COMPOSTABILITY and BIODEGRADABILITY.

PSL - at present recyclability is the key area of focus for our products whilst we continue to work with our partners on DELIVERING COMPOSTABLE and BIODEGRADABLE SOLUTIONS

SUSTAINABILITY IS NO LONGER A BOLT-ON ACTIVITY. The real-world issues are central to a healthy and prosperous society upon which companies’ success depends.

We view sustainability as the LICENCE TO GROW BUSINESS and partnerships are the accelerator of this change

Consumers demand action from industry. CONSUMERS ARE MAKING MORE INFORMED CHOICES over packaging, seeking environmental information and attaching a value to sustainable packaging.

Our FULL RANGE OF PRODUCTS are detailed on centre pages, 4 and 5

Disclaimer - The information relating to the use of the products is given for information purposes only. No guarantee or warranty is provided that the product is adapted to the client’s specific use. The client should perform their own tests to determine the suitability for a particular purpose. The final choice of use of a product remains the sole responsibility of the client.

Products

SUSTAINABLE FACE MATERIALS

GRAMMAGE DESCRIPTION

Eco Pack 42gsm - 180gsm A semi-transparent non-coated paper. This material has been certified to EN13432 for Home & Industrial Composting and is ISEGA approved for Direct Food Contact with dry, moist and fatty food

Clear Cello 65gsm

Clear Cello is a high performance filmic face stock manufactured from regenerated cellulose. This film is compostable in accordance with EN13432 and also carries the OK Home Compost certification.

Clear Cello complies with Regulation (EU) No. 10/2011 on plastic materials and articles intended to come into contact with food

White Cello 65gsm

White Cello is a high performance filmic face stock manufactured from regenerated cellulose. This film is compostable in accordance with EN13432 and also carries the OK Home Compost certification.

White Cello complies with Regulation (EU) No. 10/2011 on plastic materials and articles intended to come into contact with food

Eco Recy 100% White FSC® certified 80gsm

Eco Laid 100% PCW 80gsm

80gsm paper manufactured with 100% post-consumer FSC® recovered fibres. Available with various finishes

An 80gsm paper with a natural colour and subtle ribbed texture, manufactured with 100% post-consumer recovered fibres without the use of any bleaching process

Eco Wove 100% PCW 90gsm A 90gsm paper with a natural colour, manufactured with 100% post-consumer recovered fibres without the use of any bleaching process

Eco Cal WS 100% PCW 80gsm

A calendered 80gsm paper, manufactured with 100% post-consumer recovered fibres without the use of any bleaching process

ADHESIVES

DESCRIPTION

CWW20

WW630

WW620

WW528

PWC1018

A modified acrylic adhesive designed to be water removable from non-polar substrates. Can be removed from a variety of surfaces at room temperature. Water removal is achieved by immersion in or jetting with water

A modified acrylic adhesive designed to water wash off rough low energy substrates

A modified acrylic adhesive designed to water wash off rough low energy substrates

A modified acrylic adhesive designed to water wash off rough low energy substrates

A water-based acrylic adhesive designed to adhere well over a wide temperature range. It has been designed to be removable from substrates such as polyester, by alkaline washing techniques. Removal is achieved with agitation in a 1% sodium hydroxide solution at 65°C

variety of wash off adhesives designed for specific sustainable applications, e.g. cold water, hot water, caustic water

PWF1018

A modified acrylic adhesive designed for filmic face materials to be water removable from non-polar substrates. Can be removed from a variety of surfaces at room temperature. Water removal is achieved by immersion in water

PWP1018

HSM1009

A modified acrylic adhesive designed for paper face materials to be water removable from non-polar substrates. Can be removed from a variety of surfaces at room temperature. Water removal is achieved by immersion in or jetting with water

A heat seal coating. The heat seal conditions of this coating are >100°C at 20psi for 0.5 seconds. The bond strength obtained will depend on the surface the heat seal is bonded to. Above conditions may need to be altered to achieve the required bond strength

A selection of coatings can be added to the products to enhance material performance

We can supply a wide

GRAMMAGE

65HG** 60gsm Honey glassine liner **all of the liners have their own recycling streams 65WG** 60gsm White glassine Liner PET23** 23gsm Clear, polyester liner

FSC®

GRAMMAGE DESCRIPTION

Gloss 130 FSC® certified 130gsm 130gsm semi gloss white coated board

Gloss 150FSC® certified 150gsm 150gsm semi gloss white coated board

Gloss 80 FSC® certified 80gsm Semi gloss coated paper

Jet Gloss 90 FSC® certified 87gsm High gloss cast coated paper suitable for waterbased and pigment inkjet printing

Jet Matt 70 FSC® certified 70gsm Matt coated paper suitable for waterbased and pigment inkjet printing

Jet Matt 90 FSC® certified 87gsm Matt coated paper suitable for waterbased and pigment inkjet printing

P90N Elite FSC® certified 90gsm Smooth matt coated paper

T654 FSC® certified 74gsm Topcoated direct thermal paper

T751-125 FSC® certified 119gsm Topcoated direct thermal board

T764 FSC® certified 76gsm Topcoated direct thermal paper

T963N-FSC® certified 74gsm Economy direct thermal paper

Tag 651T-190(U) FSC® certified 180gsm Premium topcoated direct thermal board

Vellum 80 FSC® certified 70gsm Uncoated Paper

Eco Form Tag 952-165

FSC® certified

165gsm A 165gsm tear-resistant, formable tag which includes a semi-resistant thermal top coating. This solution is recyclable and is formed from a mono-laminate material, perfect as a tag on netted bags for fresh produce, such as fruit or veg.

FSC® certified 165gsm A 165gsm tear-resistant, formable tag with no thermal coating to allow all V.I.P to be printed via a thermal transfer ribbon as an alternative to direct thermal. This solution is recyclable and is formed from a mono-laminate material, perfect as a tag on netted bags for fresh produce, such as fruit or veg.

Eco Form Tag 165

Vivant

Vivant

Vivant

Vivant

Vivant Wove

Vivant

Heritage Buckram WSA FSC® certified 90gsm Embossed/Textured premium paper

Heritage Wove FSC® certified WSA 90gsm Uncoated, smooth woven paper

Anaerobic Digestion: A naturally occurring process of decomposition and decay, where organic matter is broken down to a simpler chemical component under anaerobic conditions (without oxygen).

Biodegradable/Biodegradability: Describes a material which breaks down at the end of its life into water, carbon dioxide and biomass.

Biodiesel: The biofuel substitute for diesel. It derives from oilseed-based crops –mainly oilseed rape (OSR) in the UK, and palm oil in South East Asia.

Bioethanol: The biofuel substitute for petrol (gasoline). It derives from cereal based crops – mainly wheat in the UK, and maize (corn), soya beans and sugarcane in the US and South America.

Black water, brown water, foul water, or sewage: Term used to describe water containing human effluent.

Blue water: Refers to surface and ground water.

Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS): The process of capturing carbon that is emitted from energy production and diverting it into ground storage areas, to reduce the amount of CO2 emitted into the atmosphere.

Carbon Dioxide Equivalents (CO2e): The internationally recognised way of expressing the amount of global warming of a particular greenhouse gas in terms of the amount of CO2 required to achieve the same warming effect over 100 years.

Carbon Footprint: The total emissions of greenhouse gases (in carbon equivalents) from whichever source is being measured – be it at an individual, organisation or product level.

Carbon Labelling: Used to measure for the consumers the amount of embedded carbon there is in the product.

Carbon Neutral: Making or resulting in no net release of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, especially as a result of carbon offsetting.

Carbon Offsetting: The process of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by purchasing credits from others through emissions reductions projects, or carbon trading schemes. The term often refers to voluntary acts, arranged by a commercial carbon offset provider.

Carbon Sink: An absorber of carbon dioxide; oceans and forests are natural carbon sinks.

Carbon Zero: The reduction of all carbon emission to zero by good practice, not including offsetting.

Chain of Custody: The tracing of a product or commodity through a supply chain to determine whether the product meets the criteria of an eco-label and that the certified product is identifiable.

Chemical Recycling: Chemical recycling is a process for returning plastic-based products back into the chemical monomer. During the hydrolysis process, plastic is broken down into its primary foundation, lactic acid.

Circular Economy: An economic system aimed at eliminating waste and the continual use of resources.

Clean Development Mechanism (CDM): UN regulated scheme that allows countries with an emission-reduction or emission-limitation commitment under Kyoto Protocol to implement an emission-reduction project in developing countries.

Cleaner Production Assessment (CPA): A methodology to systematically identify and evaluate cleaner (less polluting, less toxic and less wasteful) production opportunities and facilitate their implementation.

Closed-loop Production: A production system in which any industrial output is capable of being recycled to create another product.

Compostable/Compostability: Describes a material which breaks down into water, carbon dioxide and biomass within a defined period of time under defined conditions.

Corporate social responsibility (CSR): The continuing commitment by businesses to behave ethically and contribute to economic development while improving the quality of life of the workplace as well as the local community and society at large.

Cradle to Cradle: Using an end-use product for the source of a new product.

Cradle-to-Cradle Manufacturing: An approach to the design of products that seeks to be essentially waste-free. All materials used are designated as either technical nutrients, which are non-toxic synthetic materials that are reused in continuous cycles, and biological nutrients, which can be disposed of into natural environments to decompose into the soil.

Cradle to Grave: The life of a product, from creation to end use.

Degradable: Refers to a material which can break down into smaller pieces in the presence of specific conditions such as oxygen (Oxo-degradable), sunlight (photodegradable) and water (hydro degradable). Associated with micro plastics.

Down Cycling: A recycling practice that involves breaking an item down into its component elements or materials. Once the constituent elements or materials are recovered, they are reused if possible but usually as a lower-value product.

Eco-label: A visual communication tool that indicates environmentally preferable products, services, or companies that meet specific standards. Different types of eco-labels include pass-fail; tiered; multi-attribute; and single attribute.

EEA-European Environment Agency: The EEA provides targeted and reliable environmental information to experts on environment and sustainable development, information management and countries, as well as other national bodies (environment agencies, ministries, etc.)

Embedded Carbon: Term used to describe the way in which the carbon footprint of a product, as measured by a full lifecycle assessment from ‘cradle to grave’, can be represented in terms of kg of CO2 per kg of product.

Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA): The process of identifying and evaluating the consequences of one economic activity on the environment and, when appropriate, mitigating those consequences. An EIA is used as an aid to public decision-making on larger projects.

Environmental Impact Statement (EIS): A document required by the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) for certain actions significantly affecting the quality of the human environment. An EIS is a tool for decision making. It describes the positive and negative environmental effects of a proposed action, and it usually also lists one or more alternative actions that may be chosen instead of the action described in the EIS.

Environmental Management Systems (EMS): A framework that helps a company achieve its environmental goals through consistent control of its operations. The assumption is that this increased control will improve the environmental performance of the company. The EMS itself does not dictate a level of environmental performance that must be achieved; each company’s EMS is tailored to the company’s business and goals.

Environmental Performance Indicators: Indicators that describe products’ or processes’ impacts on living and non-living natural systems, including ecosystems, land, air and water.

Environmentally Preferable Products: Products or services that have a lesser or reduced effect on human health and the environment as compared to competing products or services that serve the same purpose. This comparison involves the impacts of a product or service’s raw materials, manufacturing, packaging, distribution, use, reuse, operation, maintenance, and disposal.

Environmental Product Declaration (EPD): A declaration of a product’s performance with regard to different environmental parameters during the product’s life cycle. An EPD requires the gathering of quantified environmental data for a product with pre-set categories of parameters (raw material, energy use, etc.). Also includes additional product and company information.

Environmental Risk Assessment (ERA): The examination of technology-related risks that threaten ecosystems, animals and people.

EN13432 Testing and Certification:

• A pass/fail test to determine industrial or home compostability status.

• 4 aspects of compostability.

• Disintegration – a test to see materials break down into small fragments. 90% of material must pass through a 2mm sieve.

• Biodegradation – a measurement of carbon content converted to carbon dioxide (CO2) during the specified time period. 90% of carbon content must convert to CO2.

• Eco toxicity – conducted on material from the disintegration test and fresh compost, cress is grown and the growth rate is compared between the two samples. Growth has to be no less than 90% of the fresh compost.

• Heavy metals – a theoretical exercise based on the chemical nature of each constituent in the material. 11 chemicals must be under the threshold set by the standard.

EPR-Extended Producer Responsibility: Concept of brand owners and manufacturers taking environmental responsibility for their products and associated packaging when they become waste. This involves activities such as creating take-back programmes, arranging waste collections, recycling or other suitable disposal and designing products for re-use or recyclability. A large part of EPR also involves engaging and encouraging the public to take responsible action with regard to an organisation’s products.

Ethical Investment or Socially Responsible Investment (SRI): Money that is directed towards activities which have a positive social and/or ecological impact.

EU/2018/851 Directive: The target is for overall municipal waste reuse and recycling to be at 65% by 2035.

EU/2018/852 Directive: The target is for 50% of all plastics to be recycled by 2025 and 55% by 2030.

FAIRTRADE Mark: A label that appears on UK products as a guarantee that they have been certified against internationally agreed Fairtrade standards.

Forest Stewardship Council (FSC®): Is an independent, non-governmental, not-for-profit organisation setup to respond to concerns over global deforestation. It provides internationally recognised standard setting, trademark assurance and accreditation services for companies, organisations and communities interested in responsible forestry.

Global warming: Most often refers to the greenhouse gas effect caused by human activities.

Green Design: The design of products, services, buildings, or experiences that are sensitive to environmental issues and achieve greater efficiency and effectiveness in terms of energy and materials use. Also known as sustainable design and sustainable manufacturing.

Greenhouse Effect: Gases produced naturally and by human activities that have contributed to the warming of the planet, known as global warming, by trapping the sun’s rays.

Green/Sustainable Procurement: A process for buying products with a reduced environmental impact compared to similar products.

Greenwash: Term used to describe a positive public relations act that has unsound environmental benefits.

Green Water: Water stored within soil as moisture; includes transpiration by plants and other forms of evaporation.

Grey Water: Polluted water that is associated with the production of goods and services. Grey water is calculated as the volume of water that is required to dilute pollutants to such an extent that the quality of the water remains above agreed water quality standards.

IEEP - Institute for European Environmental Policy: The Institute for European Environmental Policy is a sustainability think tank covering areas such as Agriculture, Land Management, and Climate Change and Energy.

IPPC - Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change: Scientific intergovernmental body set up by the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).

Kyoto Protocol: An international agreement linked to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. The major feature of the Kyoto Protocol is that it sets binding targets for 37 industrialised countries and the European community for reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.

Landfill-free: All waste (or at least 90 percent) generated from operations is reused, recycled, or converted to energy.

Life Cycle Assessment: Compilation and evaluation of the inputs, outputs, and the potential environmental impacts of a product system throughout its life cycle. The comprehensive examination of a product or service’s environmental aspects and potential impacts throughout its lifetime, including raw material extraction, transportation, manufacturing, use, and disposal.

Life Cycle Cost: All costs associated with the defined life cycle of a product, including capital costs, installation costs, operating costs, maintenance costs, and disposal costs. This definition does not include external costs (i.e., those not borne directly by the entity that owns and operates a product/service, such as environmental costs to society at large).

Life Cycle Thinking: A concept that integrates existing consumption and production strategies. Life cycle approaches help avoid shifting problems from one life cycle stage to another, from one geographic area to another and from one environmental medium (e.g., air, water, soil) to another.

Marine Stewardship Council: A certification and eco-labelling program for sustainable seafood.

Material Input per Unit Service (MIPS): The weighted cradle to-grave material inputs of a good, as defined per units of services obtainable. This concept can be used to measure the eco-efficiency of a product or service. The calculation takes into account materials required to produce a product or service. The total material input (MI) is divided by the number of service units (S). For example, in the case of a passenger car, the number of service units is the total number of passenger-miles during the whole lifespan of the vehicle. The lower the material input per mile, the more eco-efficient the vehicle.

Mono Plastic: In the context of plastic packaging, ‘mono plastic’ means the use of only one type of material for the whole pack. Traditionally, trays used by the food industry would be a combination of materials, such as PET, PP, PVC or similar and PE.

Natureflex™: Natureflex™ is made from natural, renewable materials such as wood pulp. NatureFlex™ is both biodegradable and compostable, making it one of the most eco-friendly products offered by SMCL.

NGO - Non-Governmental Organisation: An NGO is an organisation independent of any government. Commonly they are non-profit and many are active on humanitarian or social issues e.g. Greenpeace.

Oilseed Rape (OSR): Raw material for Biodiesel.

Open-Loop Recycling: A recycling process in which materials from old products are made into new products in a manner that changes the inherent properties of the materials.

Organic: A term signifying the absence of pesticides, hormones, synthetic fertilizers and other toxic materials in the cultivation of agricultural products; “organic” is also a food labelling term that denotes the product was produced under the authority of the Organic Foods Production Act.

Packaging Waste Recovery Notes (PRN) and Packaging Waste Export Recovery

Notes (PERN): The only legal forms to demonstrate compliance by the producer that the required amount of recovery and recycling has been carried out.

Pollution Prevention: Practices that reduce or eliminate the creation of pollutants through increased efficiency in the use of raw materials, energy, water, or other resources, or protection of natural resources by conservation, including:

• Reduction in the amount of any hazardous substance, pollutant, or contaminant into the environment prior to recycling, treatment, or disposal.

• Reduction in hazards to public health and the environment associated with the release of such substances, pollutants, or contaminants.

Polylactic Acid (PLA): A polymer made from renewable resources. Contrary to other thermoplastics which are petroleum-based, some of the raw materials used for PLA’s production include corn starch, tapioca roots, or sugarcane.

Post-consumer Food Waste: Household food waste.

Product Stewardship: A product-centred approach to environmental protection that calls on those in the product life cycle (e.g. manufacturers, retailers, users, and disposers) to share responsibility for reducing the environmental impacts of products.

Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification (PEFC): An umbrella brand incorporating different national certification schemes. The end goals of both FSC® (Forest Stewardship Council) and PEFC bodies are the same. Both provide schemes to protect forests and ensure end users get the responsibly sourced timber they requested.

Pyrolysis: The heating of waste to high temperatures to break down any carbon content, through an absence of air to a mixture of gaseous and liquid fuels and solid residue. E.g. the conversion of wood to charcoal.

Rainforest Alliance: An organisation that works to conserve biodiversity and ensure sustainable livelihoods by transforming land-use practices, business practices and consumer behaviour.

Recyclable/Recyclability: Is defined as any recovery operation by which waste materials are reprocessed into products, materials or substances whether for the original or other purposes. It includes the reprocessing of organic material but does not include energy recovery and the reprocessing into materials that are to be used as fuels or for backfilling operations.

Recycling: The process of converting waste into a reusable material or return a material to a previous state in a cyclic process.

Retail Ready Packaging (RRP): Packaging that is fit-for-purpose in-store. Also known as Shelf Ready Packaging.

Shelf Ready Packaging (SRP): Packaging that is fit-for-purpose in-store. Also known as Retail Ready Packaging.

Single Use Plastic: Single-use plastics, also known as disposable plastics, are commonly used for plastic packaging. They include items intended to be used just once before being thrown away or recycled. These comprise, among other items, grocery bags, food packaging, bottles, straws, containers, cups and cutlery.

Sustainability: A concept based in the principle that humans depend on the natural environment for survival and well-being, and that humans and nature can exist in productive harmony. Sustainability is the conditions that ensure that human impact on the environment is sufficiently mitigated in pursuit of the protection of natural resources and of future generations’ access to water, material, resources, and social and economic requirements.

Sustainable Manufacturing: Sustainable manufacturing (also called sustainable design or green design) is the creation of manufactured products through economically-sound processes that minimise negative environmental impacts while conserving energy and natural resources. Sustainable manufacturing also protects employee, community, and consumer safety.

Triple Bottom Line: A phrase describing a company’s improved top line financial performance over the long term due to sustainable business practices, including less capital investment and increased revenues. The triple bottom line refers to environmental, social, and economic sustainability.

Waste-to-Energy: A recovery process in which waste is incinerated or otherwise turned into steam or electricity, and used to generate heat, light or power through the process of combustion.

Waste-to-Profit: The process of using one company’s waste or by-product as the input or raw material for another company, thereby increasing business profits and decreasing waste; also referred to as “by-product synergy.”

WRAP-Waste and Resources Action Programme: WRAP works with governments, businesses and communities to deliver practical solutions to improve resource efficiency. Their mission is to accelerate the move to a sustainable, resource-efficient economy by:

• re-inventing how we design, produce and sell products

• re-thinking how we use and consume products

• re-defining what is possible through re-use and recycling.

Zero Waste: A system-wide approach that seeks to maximise recycling, minimise waste, reduce consumption, and ensure that products are designed to be reused, repaired, or recycled back into the environment or marketplace.

Innovation Starts with Inspiration and Communication

Smith & McLaurin’s abilities go beyond basic manufacturing into a comprehensive product portfolio of materials; strong research and development; a continuous focus on enhancing our customers’ buying experience.

We work closely with customers to deliver exclusive, flexible and managed supply solutions, as you’ll discover when you bring us your sustainability questions.

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