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World’s Largest Appliance Manufacturer to Use Honeywell’s Insulating Material

September 19, 2014March 12, 2020 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Haier, the world’s largest appliance manufacturer, will adopt Honeywell’s new low-global-warming-potential Solstice Liquid Blowing Agent in China to help insulate and increase the energy efficiency of its refrigerators. Blowing agents such as Solstice LBA allow closed-cell polyurethane foam insulation to expand and provide the majority of the foam’s insulating properties. ... Read more »

Honeywell’s Low-Global-Warming Material Insulates Net-Zero Energy Home

September 15, 2014September 15, 2014 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Honeywell’s Solstice Liquid Blowing Agent — an ultra low-global-warming-potential foam blowing agent — has been used to help insulate a net-zero energy home project at Purdue University, the company says. The blowing agent, which causes closed-cell spray foam insulation to expand and provides the majority of the foam’s insulating properties, ... Read more »

PRI Opens Foam Recycling Facility

August 5, 2014August 6, 2014 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Plastic Recycling Inc. (PRI) has opened a recycling facility in Indianapolis, Ind. dedicated specifically to the recycling of post-consumer foam cups, foam take-out containers and other used polystyrene materials collected through curbside pick-up programs across the country. This facility, slated to be fully operational by the end of the first ... Read more »

Foam Cup with up to 25% Post-Consumer Recycled Content

January 8, 2014January 8, 2014 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Foodservice packaging company Pactiv has added a new line of foam cups to its EarthChoice portfolio. The new foam cup is made with up to 25 percent post-consumer recycled content material, the company says. According to Pactiv, these cups are a first in the foodservice industry and can be used ... Read more »

Cambridge Consultants Develops VOC-Free Foam

July 5, 2013July 5, 2013 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

A foaming technology that provides a low-cost alternative to volatile organic compounds (VOCs) from product development firm Cambridge Consultants can potentially eliminate harmful emissions from aerosols in everyday items such as shaving foam and hair mousse, the company says. By doing away with flammable propellants such as VOCs, the technology ... Read more »

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