UK plastics converter Danisco Flexible (GB-Bristol; www.daniscoflexible.com) has invested GBP 1.6m in the installation of a new Windmöller & Hölscher “Varex” Optifil P2 co-extrusion line at its ...

Operator Butachimie (Chalampé / France; www.butachimie.eu) has announced that the triennial maintenance of its adiponitrile (ADN) plant in Chalampé, running since the end of September 2019, has been ...

SIG Schweizerische Industrie-Gesellschaft Holding AG (CH-8212 Neuhausen; www.sig.ch) underwent a strategic realignment in the 2000 business year. The group parted with divisions that were not related ...

Injection moulding specialist Demag Ergotech GmbH (D-90571 Schwaig; www.demag-ergotec.com) and Van Dorn Demag Corp. (Strongsville, OH/USA; www.vandorn.com) have joined their business activities under ...

Swissplast (Sargans / Switzerland; www.swissplast.com), a company that thermoforms technical components, is acquiring CAP-Vakuform (Diedorf / Germany; www.cap-vakuform.eu) for an undisclosed sum. The ...

A classic example of the willingness to take entrepreneurial risks is the acquisition of Zeneca Specialities by the company´s own management for GBP 1.3bn (nearly EUR 2bn) in what is the biggest ever ...

Under the title “Thinking the Unthinkable”, Bayer Polymers (D-51368 Leverkusen; www.bayerpolymers.com) has published a 150-page book on the history of this versatile engineering plastic. Published by ...

The four members of the former management team at PolyOne Engineered Materials UK have formed their own company to supply engineering plastics compounds to injection moulding companies and OEMs in the ...

The PVC recycling process developed by “VinyLoop”, a partnership of PVC producer SolVin (Brussels / Belgium; www.solvinpvc.com), French mixed membranes manufacturer Serge Ferrari (La Tour du Pin; ...

Following 18 months of preparation, the 14 May general assembly of the Association of Plastics Manufacturers in Europe (APME, B-1160 Brussels; www.apme.org) approved plans to establish a new ...

Shell Chemicals UK (Wrexham Road, GB-Chester CH90A) has begun construction at Carrington on what is to be the world's first commercial plant for aliphatic polyketone polymers. The new 20,000 t/y unit ...

Thermoforming and packaging specialist Multivac (Wolfertschwenden / Germany; www.multivac.com) and the Krehalon speciality plastics division of Japan’s Kureha (Tokyo; www.kureha.co.jp) have entered ...