Press release overview

Envalior today announces the launch of its first collaboration with New Zealand-based direct-to-consumer furniture brand noho: Lightly™ stackable chairs.

Envalior today announces its partnership with sustainability-focused startup DiFOLD, developing foldable reusable products. The startup has chosen Envalior’ Arnitel® Eco – a bio-based thermoplastic copolyester – to manufacture its flagship Origami foldable water bottle. Adopting Arnitel® Eco marks a major step forward in DiFOLD’s mission to reduce the environmental impact of packaging waste.

Today, Envalior announces the launch of Lucidiris™. Lucidiris™ helps customers reduce time to market when developing colors of high-performance materials for a variety of applications. Besides predicting color and mechanical properties, it can predict the envelope of potential color space within critical mechanical properties and prescribe recipes for targeted color properties. Lucidiris™ has been developed for several high-performance material grades and will be extended, including recycled-based and repurposed materials. It is a next step in Envalior’ journey to make product development for their customers quicker and easier via advanced digital solutions.

Envalior today announced the launch of two new grades—FLX40-HP and FLX-LP—for use as liner materials in Type IV pressure vessels for hydrogen storage in its Akulon® Fuel Lock portfolio. By adding these new materials, a more robust performance in processing and more resiliency in larger sized designs that are sustainable will be possible for tank and pressure vessel manufacturers. Amongst the lowest in the industry, the polyamide used to make the Akulon® Fuel Lock compounds has the lowest CO2 footprint and contributes to an overall more favorable LCA in line with the intended green application of hydrogen use and storage as an alternative carbon free fuel in mobile transport.

Envalior today announces it has supported Axis Communications, an industry leader in network video, which offers products and services for video surveillance and analytics, access control, intercom, and audio systems, to deliver camera components made with EcoPaXX®, a high-performance polyamide, which is made from renewable castor bean oil.

Today Envalior announces a new strategic partnership with Compounding Solutions, a global leader in high quality custom thermoplastic medical grade compounds and concentrates.

Today, Bugaboo, Envalior, Fibrant and Neste announce that their cross-value chain partnership has successfully enabled the launch of an entire Bugaboo stroller portfolio made with bio-based materials.

Today at K2022, Envalior announces the launch of an industry-leading suite of digital tools and online services that provide customers and industry partners with instant or express access to materials science expertise.

Envalior today announces it has supported Axis Communications, an industry leader in network video, which offers products and services for video surveillance and analytics, access control, intercom, and audio systems, to deliver camera components made with EcoPaXX®, a high-performance polyamide, which is made from renewable castor bean oil.

Envalior today announces that it will attend the K 2022 in Düsseldorf, Germany. Between October 19–26, the company will showcase its recent innovations in circularity, sustainable mobility, and digitalization that are driving transformation and empowering customers across automotive, electric, electronics, and consumer goods.

Envalior today celebrated the opening of its newly upgraded and expanded Evansville, Indiana (USA), facility. The investment, which has resulted in significant technology - and sustainability-focused improvements, will help Envalior to meet growing demand for next-generation high-performance polymers used in a wide range of end-applications and will help drive the shift to a low-carbon, circular economy.

With continued unprecedented increases in cost of Natural Gas and energy along with key raw materials and intermediates in the PA6 value chain due to the geopolitical instability, Envalior needs to increase the price for its Akulon® polyamide 6 grades in Europe.

Today, Envalior announces the launch of a new, more sustainable version of its flagship product Stanyl®: Stanyl® B-MB (Bio-based Mass Balanced), with up to 100% bio-based content.

Envalior is excited to announce the expansion of its Medical CARE portfolio of engineering materials designed to support global medical device manufacturers improve the quality of care for patients. The CARE portfolio expansion was developed by Envalior to address growing demand for advanced material solutions, leveraging years of successful application development for the medical industry. Envalior will be showcasing these new medical device applications at the MD&M West Show, Booth #3486, in Anaheim, California, April 12-14, 2022.

Envalior today announces the expansion of its high-performance materials production capacity at its Jiangyin plant in Jiangsu Province, China. Work on an additional compounding line began in February 2022, with completion expected in 2023.

Envalior today announces it has supported Samsung Electronics to deliver the first smartphone device to be made with Akulon® RePurposed. This high-performance polymer is produced by Envalior from repurposing discarded fishing nets collected from the Indian Ocean.

Today, Envalior announces it has taken the next important step on its journey to making electric vehicles safer, lighter and more sustainable by expanding its comparative tracking index (CTI) test laboratory to meet the next-generation, high voltage requirements of its customers.

With unprecedented raw materials increases in the PA6 value chain and steep rises of utility and energy costs, Envalior needs to increase the price for its Akulon® polyamide 6 polymer and compound grades in Europe and South America.

Envalior today announces that it is further enabling its customers to achieve their sustainability targets by accelerating its carbon footprint and greenhouse gas emission reduction journey.

In view of the current tightening of greenhouse gas (GHG) emission ambitions in Europe, it is with great pride that Envalior and Fibrant announce the accomplishment of a major reduction in the GHG emission of Caprolactam and thus subsequently also of Akulon® PA6 as produced in Europe by July 2021.

Royal Envalior, a purpose-led, global science-based company active in Nutrition, Health and Sustainable Living, announces an increase in price for its Akulon® polyamide 6 and 66 compounds and polymer grades in EMEA.

Royal Envalior, a purpose-led, global science-based company active in Nutrition, Health and Sustainable Living, is launching a new portfolio of engineering materials designed to help global medical device manufacturers improve the quality of care for patients around the world.

Price for Arnitel® TPCs to increase in Europe, North and South America and Asia Pacific.

Price of Arnitel®, Arnite® A, Arnite® T, Stanyl®, ForTii® and EcoPaXX® high performance plastics to increase on 15 March.

Price of Akulon® PA6 and PA66 compounds increased.

Bio-based Arnitel® is added to the growing range of Envalior' bio-based alternatives to its portfolio.

Price of Arnitel®, Arnite® A, Arnite® T, Stanyl®, ForTii® and EcoPaXX® high performance plastics to increase on 1 February.

Price of Akulon® and Novamid® unfilled polyamide 6 grades and Akulon® polyamide 6 and 66 compounds increased.