Sheet extrusion lines Two extrusion lines are being completed at the AMU factory in Marano Ticino (Novara, Italy) for two Italian processors. The first...
PLA-based fibres under licence NatureWorks and Trevira jointly announced on July 12 that Trevira of Bobingen, Germany, now holds a master license to manufacture...
Evonik establishes independent carbon black company Evonik Industries is reorganizing its carbon black activities. On July 1, Evonik Carbon Black was founded as a legally independent...
Bioplastics in India India's first dedicated factory to make bio/compostable films is now up and running in Ahmedabad, making consumer and industrial products from...
Olefins from methanol Total Petrochemicals has started up its MTO (Methanol-to-Olefins) project in its research center in Feluy, Belgium. The 45 million euro MTO plant...
DSM strengthens presence in Eastern Europe DSM Engineering Plastics and Resinex have entered into a distribution agreement, to join forces in the market development and sales...
Rapid: end of restructuring process Rapid announced that it has successfully completed the restructuring process which the company began...
Thirteen machines to Imper Imper, the Italian subsidiary of Imper Medis BVM Components, has purchased from Negri Bossi 13 Canbio injection machines of different tonnage...
Paintless moulding The Ecomolding project, developed jointly by Piovan, Meccanica Generale and Iveco, is an injection moulding process that eliminates the painting...
No JV between Basf and Astra Polymers On July 1 Basf announced the decision to discontinue plans for a joint venture with the Saudi company Astra Polymer...
Finnish cooperation Borealis strengthens its long-term commitment to the production site in Porvoo, Finland, with a 10 year contract with Neste Oil...
Sekisui Alveo complete the integration of Polymer-Tec Only six months after purchasing Polymer-Tec, Sekisui Alveo has integrated the German company on...
Vac from the sea To raise public awareness about sea pollution, Electrolux launched the Vac From The Sea project, which aims at gathering plastic debris...
Technical training After the injection moulding course from June 21-25 attended by some Jordan technicians, further courses were scheduled at CESAP...
Goodbye to the Swatch inventor Nicolas Hayek, chairman and former chief executive of the giant Swiss watch-manufacturing firm Swatch, died on June 28 at the age of 82...
Japanese-German platform for injection machines After a two-year joint venture between the German and Japanese partners, the financial and technological future of Sumitomo-Demag is taking...
PP firm expectations for July in Italy The changing sentiment in Italy’s PP market has been somewhat validated by the July propylene contract, which settled late last week with...
Shredder and pre-densifier Gamma Meccanica has developed the new Ecotronic continuous shredder and pre-densifier for its GM recycling lines. Featuring a transmission system...
Coextrusion of 3-layer blown film From July 1 to 16 Bandera opens the doors of its factory in Busto Arsizio (Varese, Italy) to European and Mediterranean customers so they...
More butyl rubber in Belgium Lanxess will expand the production capacity of its butyl rubber plant in Zwijndrecht, Belgium, by 10% to meet growing global...
