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In the future Bayer intends to focus entirely on the Life Science businesses - HealthCare and CropScience - and float MaterialScience on the stock market as a separate company. The supervisory board unanimously approved the board of management’s plans on September 18. “Our intention is to create two top global corporations...

Over the next few years, polymers will have great opportunities in the medical field. According to a new study by Grand View Research, the global market for medical polymers is expected to reach 17.05 billion dollars by 2020. Increasing substitution of conventional materials such as glass and metals in medical devices by...

In September 2014, Lehmann&Voss&Co. acquired the majority shareholding in US-specialist Performance Compounding. The Hamburg-based company is further expanding its position in the important US market with this significant investment and resolutely continuing its strategy of internationalization...

According to Ceresana, a market research company, the global consumption of PVC is expected to grow by an average of 3.2% per year at least until 2021. In 2013, the global demand reached 39.3 million tons, 56% of which was generated in the Asia-Pacific region, thus showing a higher potential than other areas...

Persico Deutschland, the new German subsidiary of the Italian manufacturer Persico, started operations on September 1. The structure, headquartered close to Düsseldorf, will work to broaden the company existing capabilities in Germany and to achieve the following goals: improve the Persico local presence...

Based on a survey by the trade association Abiplast, in mid-2014 the Brazilian conversion industry (as well as the manufacturing industry generally) has registered a downturn of 1.9% in production of plastic articles with respect to the first half of 2013, just barely exceeding 3 million tons. There was also a drop of...

According to data reported by PETcore Europe, a European association headquartered in Brussels promoting the recovery and recycling of PET bottles, 1.64 million tons of PET packaging materials were recycled in Europe in 2013, corresponding to some 65 billion bottles. The report highlights that the upward trend...

The satellite show Start Plast - founded on the idea of creating a space dedicated to new and innovative enterprises paralleling the main fair populated by established, historical firms - will be held during Plast 2015 on May 5-9 in the Fiera Milano fairgrounds in Rho, near Milan, coinciding with the inaugural week of...

In July 2014 the Daverio family, founder of CMG (Cardano al Campo, near Varese, Italy), bought the minority stake held by the private equity fund IGI. By this operation the family Daverio now holds the entire share capital of CMG-MAM Group, specialized in the design and manufacturing of blown film extrusion...

A congress organized by ElitePlus on the extrusion of film and flexible packaging is scheduled in Mumbai on September 25 and 26. It will address all aspects of the production, including raw materials that can be used in the various processes, innovation in machinery, plants and auxiliary equipment...

According to a new study from The Freedonia Group, demand for pharmaceutical packaging products in the US will increase 4.9 percent annually to 22.1 billion dollars in 2018. Primary containers will make up two-thirds of the total, with the remainder generated by closures, secondary containers, labels, and other packaging accessories...

Solvay has signed an agreement to buy the Ryton PPS (polyphenylene sulphide) business from US-based petrochemical company Chevron Phillips Chemical Company for 220 million dollars, expanding its offering of high-performance polymers and entering a solid growth market. Solvay Specialty Polymers...

The Italian company Coim has announced that it has perfected the acquisition of Enser, a chemical distribution company located in Istanbul (Turkey). Enser had been distributing some of Coim’s product lines in Turkey for over twenty years. Erkan Sezer, a former shareholder of Enser, has been appointed as general manager of the newly...

On September 19, Plastic Systems will be celebrating its first twenty years in business together with its employees and their families, its suppliers, representatives of the local institutions and members of the press. The celebrations will include a tour of the company, a dinner, with music and entertainment, and the conferment of...

HRSflow (Hot Runner Solutions) - division of INglass Group (San Polo di Piave, Italy) - has extended its sales structure: Stephan Berz, appointed as vice president HRSflow Automotive, is responsible for the worldwide sales activities in the automotive sector. In particular, he will coordinate the cooperation with the major Tier 1 and OEMs...

As announced on July 24 by Scout One, the extraordinary shareholders’ meeting has decided to transform the “Sandretto” business unit (acquired from the Brazil-based Romi Group on September 19 last year) into a public limited company, to be called Sandretto SpA, and to transfer its headquarters to the company’s historical site at...

In cooperation with COM3 of Nicola Orlando the advertising campaign on the main magazines and portals, national and especially international, is going to be defined in order to promote Plast 2015 trade show. The new promotion will be more remarkable than the previous one both in the plastics and rubber media and...

Versalis has signed a cooperation agreement with CB&I, the US-based engineering and industrial services company, which will market and provide engineering services for Versalis’ low density polyethylene (LDPE) and ethyl vinyl acetate copolymer (EVA) technologies in North America...

Two congresses have been organized by ElitePlus in Mumbai, one on 21-22 August and the other on 25-26 September 2014. The first will focus on injection and blow moulding of PET containers and closures, while the second will feature extrusion of film and flexible packaging. Both will address all aspects of...

According to a survey by the International Rubber Study Group, in 2013 combined world production of natural and synthetic rubber exceeded 27.5 million tons, increasing by 3.1% over the previous year. Specifically, natural rubber was just over 12 million tons (+3.8%) with Thailand holding its top ranking among main...