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Wacker: Price increase for resins, dispersions and dispersible polymer powders

18.05.2026 - Wacker will raise prices for resins, dispersions and dispersible polymer powders by up to 15 percent as of June 1, 2026. The adjustment applies to products from Europe and the United States and will take effect where existing customer contracts allow. The company cites higher raw material and logistics...

iNoex opens new office in Suzhou

15.05.2026 - iNoex GmbH recently opened a new office in Suzhou. With the larger branch, the company is strengthening its local presence in China and expanding its service infrastructure. iNoex has been active in China for more than 20 years. Following its initial sales activities, a representative office in Beijing...

TMA Automation: Engel subsidiary consolidates development, assembly and project management at new site in Gdańsk

12.05.2026 - TMA Automation Sp. z o.o., a subsidiary of the Engel Group, has opened a new corporate headquarters with a production site in Gdańsk. The location is intended to support the implementation of larger automation projects for plastics processing as well as stand-alone robotics solutions. Development,...

Domo + Radici: Merger to Create a Global Tier-1 Compounder

12.05.2026 - Investment group Lone Star Funds has acquired the High Performance Polymers and Specialty Chemicals business units of Italian plastics company RadiciGroup. In a press release issued in recent days, Lone Star announced the completion of the transaction agreed in February of last year. No information...

Covestro: New energy efficiency project in Dormagen aims to cut energy demand in Germany by two percent

11.05.2026 - Covestro is investing in a new steam compressor at its Dormagen site. According to the company, the project is the group’s largest energy efficiency initiative to date. The investment is in the low double-digit million-euro range. From 2027, the compressor is expected to reduce Covestro’s energy...

Krones: Order intake rises 5.3 percent in the first quarter of 2026

11.05.2026 - Krones started the 2026 financial year with higher order intake and confirmed its full-year guidance. From January to March, orders increased by 5.3 percent to €1,512.1 million. Order intake was therefore above both the prior-year figure of €1,435.9 million and the fourth-quarter 2025 figure of €1,460.0...

Röhm: Goswin Uehlenbruck takes over CFO position

08.05.2026 - The Supervisory Board of Röhm GmbH has appointed Goswin Uehlenbruck as Chief Financial Officer with effect from June 1, 2026. He succeeds Martin Krämer, who is leaving the company after more than six years as CFO and Labor Director. Uehlenbruck is already serving Röhm as Senior Vice President Controlling...

Evonik: Adjusted EBITDA in Q1 2026 slightly above expectations

08.05.2026 - Evonik met and slightly exceeded its own operating profit target in the first quarter of 2026 despite a challenging market environment. Adjusted EBITDA came in at €475 million, above the previously expected figure of around €450 million. Business was weighed down in particular by geopolitical tensions...

interpack 2026: Packaging and processing technology industry gathers in Düsseldorf

08.05.2026 - Starting today, more than 2,800 exhibitors from 65 countries are presenting at interpack 2026 in Düsseldorf. The trade fair is regarded as the world’s largest event for processing and packaging and covers the entire value chain of packaging and processing technology. Exhibits include packaging machines,...

Next Generation Group: Bernhard Bohusch takes over management – Josef Hochreiter retires

07.05.2026 - Bernhard Bohusch has been the new Managing Director of Next Generation Group GmbH since May 1, 2026. He succeeds Josef Hochreiter, who led the group for many years and played a key role in shaping its growth and technological development. The ownership structure of the group remains unchanged. The...

Polykemi: Swedish compounder opens site in Thailand – Possible compound production under review

07.05.2026 - The Polykemi Group is expanding its international presence and establishing its eleventh company, Polykemi (Thailand) Co. Ltd. A local office has been set up in Thailand. At the same time, the group is examining the long-term requirements for a potential production facility for plastic compounds based...

9th PLA World Congress: Programme and Speakers Announced

07.05.2026 - 2–3 June 2026, Munich, Germany + online The 9th PLA World Congress will take place on 2 and 3 June 2026 at the Holiday Inn City Centre in Munich. The event is organised by the trade publication “Renewable Carbon Plastics”, formerly “bioplastics Magazine”. The specialist conference will be held as...

Engel: Slight Decline in Revenue in the Past Fiscal Year

06.05.2026 - The Engel Group closed the 2025/26 fiscal year with revenue of 1.4 billion euros. This means revenue was six percent below the previous year’s level. The company continues to face a challenging market environment shaped by structural changes in industry, regionally differing investment dynamics, and...

LyondellBasell: Sale of olefin/polyolefin plants in Europe completed

06.05.2026 - Chemical group LyondellBasell (LYB) has completed the sale of several olefin and polyolefin plants in Europe to Munich-based investment company Aequita. LYB announced the news at the beginning of the month in a press release. The group had already signed a corresponding agreement with Aequita in...

NatureWorks opens new PLA production plant in Thailand

05.05.2026 - NatureWorks opened its new, fully integrated production facility for “Ingeo” biopolymers at the Nakhon Sawan BioComplex in Thailand on April 29, 2026. The site combines the production of lactic acid from locally sourced sugarcane, lactide production, and polymerisation into PLA within a single plant...

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