A tiny chunk of plant resin shows humans were living on an island in eastern Indonesia at least 55,000 years ago – revealing the likely route that modern humans took when migrating to Australia.

Avantium has partnered with Amcor Rigid Packaging to support the adoption of its plant-based polymer, polyethylene furanoate (PEF), branded as Releaf, for rigid containers.

Toray Industries, Inc. (Tokyo) announced that Toray Plastics (China) Co., Ltd. will establish a new production site for high-performance resin compounds.