Specialty US packaging and merchandising provider, Chesapeake (Richmond, Virginia, USA) has acquired the Northern Ireland business of Boxmore International (Ennis House, Enterprise Way, Hightown ...

Mann+Hummel (Ludwigsburg / Germany; www.mann-hummel.com) has doubled production capacity at its water filtration headquarters in Singapore, while simultaneously expanding the site’s R&D facilities to ...

Speciality chemicals producer Lanxess (Leverkusen / Germany; www.lanxess.com) has developed a nanoparticle additive that can be used in the reinforcement of thermoplastic and thermosetting polymers ...

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; ...

With the recently announced takeover of 75% of Polish plastics converter Dom-Plast SA (ul. Zlota 6, PL-76200 Slupak) and the acquisition last spring of French converter Injecta Plastic SA (F-01103 ...

Germany’s RKW Group (Frankenthal; www.rkw-group.com), which bills itself as Europe’s leading manufacturer of high quality PE and PP films, has inaugurated its new USD 30m plant for hygiene plastic ...

In reaction to the fastest-paced surge in petrochemical feedstock prices in recent memory, Dow Europe (Horgen / Switzerland; www.dow.com) says it will discontinue market index formula pricing in its ...

BASF (Ludwigshafen / Germany; www.basf.com) has developed a range of PA 6 and 6.6 grades for use in sensitive electronic applications such as control units and sensors in cars. The new “Ultramid” EQ ...

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The world market leader in PET packagings, Schmalbach- Lubeca AG (D-40880 Ratingen), is launching a comprehensive restructuring program in its PET Containers Division Europe / Asia, involving an ...

The discussion about recycling end-of-life vehicles is having major reverberations at present. And, as usual, no one is prepared to bear the costs. The pressure to achieve closed cycles, however, is ...

Courtaulds plc (London) has announced it will sell its 28% stake in OPP films producer Hoechst-Trespaphan GmbH (PO Box 1143, D-66511 Neunkirchen) to joint venture partner Hoechst (HQ: D-65926 ...