Materials firms Ascend Performance Materials and Saudi Basic Industries Corp. are improving their sustainability footprints.

A giant inkjet printer is used to customize sheets of specialty paper Jan. 10 that will be pressed together to create bowling lanes and other products inside Panolam’s Auburn plant. Russ ...

But this time, the urban landscape is different: Modern homes are full of plastic, turning house fires into chemical-laced infernos that burn hotter, faster, and more toxic than their predecessors.