With the transaction, Covestro is expanding its business in several areas, from a leading global provider of water-based polyurethane dispersions to a broader range which includes water-based polyacrylate resins, as well as solid brands in terms of sustainability such as Niaga, solutions for additive manufacturing, and an advanced solar coatings business.

通过这笔交易，科思创正在多个领域扩展业务，从全球领先的水性聚氨酯分散体供应商扩展到更广泛的领域，包括水性聚丙烯酸酯树脂，以及Niaga等可持续性方面的固体品牌、增材制造解决方案和先进的太阳能涂料业务。

Nucleating agent is a kind of polymer material additive used to improve the crystallinity and speed up the crystallization rate of incompletely crystallized resin materials such as polyethylene and polypropylene, which can effectively improve the optical properties, mechanical properties and product stability of resin products.

In addition to smart devices, implant technologies and other medtech solutions, Collings said that the specialized application of additive manufacturing, also known as 3D-printing is spawning a multi-billion-yuan business segment in the medical and healthcare industry, making customized, even personalized, health and wellness solutions possible in China.

Tan said the role of the new facility will be supporting innovation and testing for additive technologies and products to serve the growing demand for higher-quality lubricants, which help improve efficiency, lower emissions and increase equipment life in transportation and industrial applications, including traditional and electric vehicles.

By using one of Corning Incorporated's latest technology solutions — Corning Guardiant — a novel antimicrobial paint additive containing copper ions, the product made its Asian debut in China.

For example, the appetite for silicones in electric automobiles, batteries, 3D printing and additive manufacturing is soaring, while the demand for casting materials in construction and alloys, and the demand for carbon in smelting and materials applications are on the rise.

Tyson said in February 2020 it will halt the purchase of hogs raised from American farmers raised with the feed additive ractopamine approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) but banned in China.

Rachel Gantz, director of communications for the National Pork Producers Council, a Washington-based trade group, stood by the use of the feed additive.

"Elanco Animal Health, based in Greenfield, Indiana, is one of several manufacturers of the feed additive and brands it as Paylean.

Neither Smithfield nor JBS use the feed additive.

The feed additive accelerates weight gain by mimicking stress hormones that speed up the conversion of feed to muscle, research showed.

But China, Russia and the European Union have banned use of the feed additive.

The advocacy group didn't cite research to support its claim that humans have been poisoned by the feed additive.

A Canadian study found that monkeys given the food additive developed a "rapid heartbeat".

Bioethanol is commonly made from biomass such as corn or sugarcane, which is mostly used as a motor fuel, mainly as a biofuel additive for gasoline.

Starbucks will unveil its first batch of cocktail-inspired summer beverage on Thursday, including eight kinds of flavors that are locally innovated and are low fat, zero additive products.

The company's businesses now include aviation, healthcare, power, renewable energy, digital, additive manufacturing, venture capital and finance, lighting, transportation, oil and gas.

As a startup company established in 2015, Morf3D mainly focused on metal additive engineering and manufacturing, a technology that enables lighter and stronger 3D-printed parts for aerospace applications.

Morf3D's metallurgy experts leverage a new set of additive manufacturing design rules to advance the technology and accelerate 3D-printing capabilities for commercial use, Boeing said.

"Developing standard additive manufacturing processes for aerospace components benefits both companies and empowers us to fully unleash the value of this transformative technology," said Kim Smith, vice president and general manager of Fabrication for Boeing Commercial Airplanes and Boeing Additive Manufacturing leader.

Apart from Morf3D, Boeing has previously partnered with Norway's Norsk Titanium and Swiss-based Oerlikon to produce structural titanium parts and additive materials for its commercial airplanes.

The production lines at Bolison, a Foshan-based additive supplier for the plastics industry in Guangdong, have been busy as the company landed new bulk orders from Vietnam and Iraq in late April.

- China's economic rebound is an "additive" needed for a year like 2023 where global growth is expected to be weak, said World Bank Group President David Malpass on Thursday.

"So in that context, China's growth is (an) additive in a year like 2023 where that's needed.

The forum promoted 128 projects seeking cooperation and witnessed the signing of five key projects, covering the fields of software information, vocational education, additive manufacturing and new energy.

The industrial park will focus on attracting investment and enterprises from industries such as intelligent mobile terminals, ultra-high-definition video display, smart energy, artificial intelligence, and laser additive manufacturing.

"The launch of the customized milk additive filled in a market vacuum in the new-style tea beverage market.

"The approval of this product indicates a significant step forward in the development of additive manufacturing for medical devices, from single materials to composite materials, and from biologically inert materials to biologically active materials," said Wu Suhua, general manager of Wedo-Bio.

Since its establishment in 2017, Wedo-Bio has been ramping up efforts on key medical projects, and established cooperation with top institutes nationwide to help improve the nation's industry chains in related fields, Wu said, adding that a number of breakthroughs have been achieved in fields including bio-modification and medical additive manufacturing polymer composites research and development.

Sun said it is necessary to set up industry standards and take better measures to standardize flavor restoration, food additive use, microbial control and labeling management to ensure food safety and quality.

"China relies heavily on importing pectin, which we need," Liu said, adding that the pectin, widely used as gelling agent and stabilizer, is an important additive in food and medicine, including such things as yogurt, soft sweets, pills and countless other products.

Previously, it could only be used as supplement additive.

all are now products of 3D printing, a term for additive printing that applies successive layers of materials to make a three-dimensional object from a digital model.

According to consultancy Statista, the global 3D printing industry's output value is projected to reach $23 billion by 2022.3D printing, also known as additive manufacturing, is a process of making three-dimensional solid objects from a digital profile.

"'Additive' means laying down successive layers of material until the object is created, and each of these can be regarded as a sliced, horizontal cross-section of the eventual item," said Michael Agam, president of South Asia at Stratasys, an additive manufacturing solution provider based in the United States.

Falling product costs, ease of customization of goods, as well as government incentives are helping China emerge as an Asia leader in additive manufacturing.

"3-D printing is entering a golden period in China," said Wang Peng, secretary-general of the Additive Manufacturing Alliance of China.

"Smart printing also requires higher standards and exacting technical specifications to support the development of additive manufacturing, he said.

Secondly, artificial intelligence should be an additive contributor to how people perform their work, rather than a backstop for automation.

It boasts a complete technical solution of metal additive manufacturing and repairing for customers, including customized products, equipment, raw materials, software and technical service.