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Following a successful 2017 business year, Basf has had a good start to the year 2018. “Last year, we achieved significant growth and were able to further increase our profitability. Moreover, we laid important groundwork for the future development of our company - in terms of both people and strategy”, said Kurt Bock, chairman of the board of...

Specialised in the manufacture of complex moulds for multi-material and multi-component injection moulding, Brenta Group opened a new branch in Juárez, Mexico. “The exponential growth registered over the last few years in the automotive industry in this country, benefiting from the huge investments of auto producers worldwide, has triggered...

Preparations and arrangements are in full swing at the Bandera workshops in Busto Arsizio (near Varese, Italy), for the build up of Plast 2018, to be held at Fiera Milano, from May 29 to June 1, 2018. Throughout the whole fair period, the visitors of the manufacturer’s booth will be able to easily reach its...

Total, Borealis and Nova Chemicals announced that affiliates of the three companies have signed definitive agreements to form a joint venture in petrochemicals on the US Gulf Coast. The joint venture - in which Total will own 50% and Novealis Holdings, a joint venture between Borealis and Nova Chemicals, will own the remaining 50% - will...

LyondellBasell and A. Schulman announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement under which LyondellBasell will acquire A. Schulman for a total consideration of 2.25 billion dollars. The acquisition builds upon LyondellBasell's existing platform in this space to create a premier Advanced Polymer Solutions business with broad geographic…

Materials manufacturer Covestro had an outstanding fiscal year 2017. Driven by a high demand for high-performance plastics and significantly higher margins, Covestro increased group sales by 18.8% to 14.1 billion euros over the past fiscal year. This was accompanied by an increase in Ebitda at group level for the year as a whole of 70.6% to...

On the occasion of TireExpo 2018 in Hannover from February 20 to 22, 2018, KraussMaffei Berstorff showcases the new CompoundRework system 1000 (CRS 1000). This innovative solution is designed for processing scrap material generated during extrusion processes in the rubber processing industry. The CRS 1000 stands out for...

On March 8, at the Novotel Hotel in Amsterdam, ChemOrbis will host experts of the plastics industry at its Plastics Workshop. Participants will get the opportunity to discover latest trends in the global plastics market, including factors influencing supply and demand. Trend-setting issues will be deepened during the event...

Specialty chemicals company Lanxess has successfully completed the purchase of the phosphorus chemicals business from Belgian chemicals group Solvay including its US production site in Charleston, South Carolina. All relevant antitrust authorities have cleared the transaction. Lanxess and Solvay agreed to the purchase in mid-November 2017...

Jon M. Huntsman, founder and chairman emeritus of Huntsman Corporation, passed away today at his home in Salt Lake City, Utah, surrounded by family. Widely regarded as one of his generation’s great industrialists, Huntsman leaves behind an extraordinary legacy. He was a pioneer in the chemical industry, having founded the Huntsman Container…

At Polyurethanex 2018, the specialized event on polyurethane which will be held in Moscow from February 27 to March 1, Saip will exhibit the latest developments of its technologies for processing this material. Specifically, the Como-based manufacturer will present continuous and discontinuous production lines for sandwich panels, complete...

The Kistler Group posted strong growth in 2017: with a growth rate of 18%, an increase of 17% after adjusting for currency effects, sales revenue in the past year grew to approximately 422 million Swiss francs including acquisitions. Worldwide, 123 positions were created. The year 2018 at Kistler will be marked by digital transformation...

In recent days Clariant acknowledged the investment by chemical industry peer and partner Sabic, which has acquired a 24.99% stake in Clariant. The acquisition of these stakes, which were previously held by White Tale and 40 North, makes Sabic the largest Clariant shareholder...

Following a meeting of the World Plastics Council’s (WPC) executive committee in Dubai, Abdulrahman Al-Fageeh (Sabic) announced that James Seward (LyondellBasell) had been elected to succeed him as the next Chairman of the WPC. “The WPC is fortunate to have an exceptionally talented group of visionary executive...

Vienna-based Plastech Beteiligungs is the Kautex Maschinenbau Group’s new majority shareholder after acquiring a 74.9% stake. The Austrian company takes over from the previous investor capiton (Berlin), which had acquired its shares in the Kautex Holding in January 2013. The Kautex management team under Olaf Weiland and Andreas Lichtenauer...

+109%: this is the increase in Italian exports of machinery, equipment and moulds for plastics and rubber processing to Russia in the first nine months of 2017 with respect to the same period one year earlier, based on analyses of Istat foreign trade data by the Statistical Studies Center of Amaplast - trade association within Confindustria…

Among more than 1,000 exhibitors applied at Plast 2018, in the related section named Rubber 2018, almost one hundred exhibitors have already joined and their list is available in the online catalogue, selecting the theme section Rubber, while several contacts with renowned companies interested in exhibiting are still in course. Moreover...

The Saudi government has introduced new and more stringent rules, in force as of December 12, 2017, on all polyethylene and polypropylene products with thicknesses of up to 250 micron (0.025 cm), including packaging, entering the country. With some exceptions for products used in the medical and food industries, polyethylene...

With the specific aim of seeing Lean Six Sigma methods applied in the chemicals industry and in the fields of plastic, rubber and paper/card processing, Cesap and Six Sigma Management Institute (SSMI), with the support of the Italian Plastics Institute, are launching a Six Sigma Management Institute academy in Italy. Cesap’s commitment to...

Visitor preregistration opened on January 15 for Plast 2018, the international exhibition for the plastics and rubber industries taking place at FieraMilano in Rho-Pero (Milan) from Tuesday May 29 to Friday June 1, 2018. By preregistering (on the visitors page of plastonline.org), operators intending to visit the...