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 ...

A lack of orders for offshore wind turbines with a previous standard rotor-blade length of 85 m is forcing Vestas Wind ...

Envalior said its new Tepex composites based on PEI and PPS have respective heat deflection temperatures of 210°C and 275°C. Suitable to substitute metals in moving parts, the German producer expects ...

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 ...

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 ...

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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