NEWS
NexPoint becomes the newest player in ETPs
NexPoint Materials, operat- ing as NexPoint, has launched as a standalone engineering thermoplastics (ETPs) company following the finalisation of its acquisition from Sabic’s Engineering Thermoplastics business by Mutares. The new company employs approximately 2,800 people and operates an integrated manufacturing, technical, and commercial network across Europe and the Americas. The name NexPoint is
meant to reflect the value the company provides at the precise point where customers need responsive collaboration, deep materi- als expertise, and practical solutions. NexPoint offers a broad
portfolio of thermoplastics including Lexan polycarbon-
Pulva
opens test lab in US
Pulva, the family-owned US manufacturer of industrial size reduction and pulver- izing equipment, has opened a new test laboratory at its headquar- ters in Pennsylvania. Occupying nearly 2,500
NexPoint has been formed from Sabic’s Engineering Thermo- plastics business by Mutares
ate (PC), Cycolac acryloni- trile butadiene styrene (ABS), and Valox polybutyl- ene terephthalate (PBT) resins and blends which are widely used in the automo- tive, healthcare, electrical/ electronics, building/ construction, consumer, and industrial markets. The launch marks a new
chapter in the engineering thermoplastic sector, said NexPoint, with a sharper focus on customer, supplier, and partner collaboration. NexPoint said it will continue to deliver products, techni- cal expertise, and responsive support, with no disruption to ongoing operations. �
www.nexpointmaterials.com
HydroGraph makes progress in US
Graphene company HydroGraph has opened a new headquarters in Austin, Texas, US. The facility is designed to provide up to 30 tons per
year of pristine graphene production capacity to support HydroGraph’s commercialization and customer engagement efforts.
The company’s commer-
cial-scale Bellville, Texas manufacturing facility is expected to begin opera- tions in 2027. �
https://hydrograph.com
square feet, the facility offers proof-of-concept material testing on full-size, production-scale pulveriz- ing machinery and auxiliary equipment to replicate actual operating conditions across a wide range of grinding applications. The test laboratory
houses Pulva-Sizer hammer mills in multiple configura- tions and sizes including the tabletop Pulvette Pulva-Sizer for seamless scale-up to full production, and the cryogenic Pulva- Sizer for grinding plastics and other materials that clump when milled at ambient temperatures. The new lab enables
processors to test new products and formulations in development without using their own processing lines or disrupting their production, it said. �
https://pulva.com
Mitsui Chemicals joins AI materials network
Mitsui Chemicals has become a founder member of AI Materials Foundry, an international network that aims to accelerate material develop- ment through the use of generative AI. More than 45 leading companies and research institutions worldwide are participating in the project, including
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NVIDIA, Meta, Samsung, Henkel, Applied Materials, and Tokyo Electron. “We expect AI-driven materials discovery to significantly improve the speed of R&D and the success rate of new business creation, generating tangible value,” said Omote Toshihiko, Mitsui Chemicals CTO and Managing
COMPOUNDING WORLD | September 2026
Executive Officer. With CuspAI’s proprietary AI
platform MIRA at its core, AI Materials Foundry intends to combine generative AI with the existing framework by integrating training data, computational resources, test facilities, and expertise. �
https://jp.mitsuichemicals.com
www.compoundingworld.com
IMAGE: NEXPOINT
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