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Röhm: Price increase for PMMA and PMMI molding compounds

17.05.2024 - Effective June 1, 2024, Röhm GmbH will increase the prices for its PMMA and PMMI molding compounds, which are marketed under the trademarks "Plexiglas" and "Pleximid". As far as permissible under existing agreements, the increase will be up to 0.18 Euro / kg for all grades in the regions Europe,...

Schütz: New PE drum line commissioned in Indonesia

15.05.2024 - Schütz has invested in a new extrusion blow moulding line at its Karawang site in Indonesia. The company is now producing its PE bung barrel F1 220 litres here using a multi-layer process. This complements Schütz's existing IBC product range. With its patented design and thanks to the use of new,...

Trinseo: Price Decrease for Polystyrene and Copolymers in Europe

06.05.2024 - Trinseo, a specialty material solutions provider, and its affiliate companies in Europe recently announced a price decrease for all polystyrene (PS), ABS and SAN grades. Effective May 1, 2024, or depending on existing contract terms, the prices for the products listed below will decrease as follows:...

Domo Chemicals: New production plant for polyamides in China

30.04.2024 - Domo Chemicals inaugurates its new 40,000 square metre plant in Haiyan, Jiaxing, Zhejiang, China. The EUR 14 million (RMB 100 million) investment represents a potential doubling of Domo's commitment to the Chinese market. The new plant could increase the current capacity of 25,000 tonnes of "Technyl"...

Coveris: Packaging group takes over Hadepol Flexo

30.04.2024 - The Coveris packaging group continues to expand in Eastern Central Europe. In a press release in mid-April, the Group announced the takeover of the Polish sector company Hadepol Flexo. The financial volume and further details of this transaction were not initially disclosed. However, the takeover...

Paag: Expansion of PET bottle-to-bottle recycling in Turkey - New recycling plant from Starlinger

25.04.2024 - Paag, a Bell Holding A.Ş. company, has installed a "recoStar PET 165 HC iV+" PET bottle-to-bottle recycling system from Starlinger with a production capacity of up to 1,800 kg/h at its plant in Gebze, Kocaeli near Istanbul. According to the machine manufacturer, the system went into operation in...

Wittmann Technology Spain: New showroom opened

22.04.2024 - Wittmann Technology Spain opened a new showroom in Ibi, near Alicante, on 13 and 14 March 2024. The company welcomed 65 visitors to the grand opening. Wittmann Technology Spain's new showroom, Wittmann Levante, was created to better serve the south-eastern Spanish market, which accounts for around...

Zerma: New granulators for the size reduction of blow-moulding waste

22.04.2024 - The granulator manufacturer Zerma has optimised its tried-and-tested GST series of granulators by means of a comprehensive re-engineering process. During this process, it placed particular emphasis on size, weight, handling and energy efficiency. The compact granulators that make up the GST series...

Veolia: PET recycling plant launched in Japan

17.04.2024 - The French waste management company Veolia has commissioned a new plant for recycling used PET bottles in Japan. According to a press release, the complex in Tsuyama in the west of the island of Honshū has the capacity to produce around 25,000 tonnes of food-grade PET recyclates (rPET) per year....

Bericap: Closure manufacturer invests in new plant in China

17.04.2024 - Bericap, a global manufacturer of plastic and aluminium closures, is investing in a new plant in Kunshan, China. Bericap intends to modernise the site and increase production capacity by 50 percent in order to meet customer requirements even more efficiently. Bericap's customers in China include manufacturers...

Amandina Bumi Nusantara: Recycled PET for Coca-Cola's first 100 per cent rPET bottles in Indonesia - PET recycling systems from Starlinger

05.04.2024 - In June 2023, Coca-Cola Indonesia, in collaboration with Coca-Cola Europacific Partners Indonesia (CCEP Indonesia), launched the first bottles made from 100 per cent rPET (excluding caps and labels) for its most popular soft drink brands. The recycled PET comes from Amandina Bumi Nusantara, a pioneer...

Trinseo: Price Increase for Polystyrene and Copolymers in Europe

03.04.2024 - Trinseo, a specialty material solutions provider, and its affiliate companies in Europe, announced today a price increase for all polystyrene (PS), ABS and SAN grades. Effective April 1, 2024, or as existing contract terms allow, the prices for the products listed below will increase as follows: ...

Ascend: Price increase on nylon polymers and compounds

03.04.2024 - Ascend Performance Materials has announced a new round of global price increases for its polyamide polymers and compounds. Where contracts allow, prices for neat PA66 polymer as well as PA6 and PA66 compounds will be increased by €0.28/kg and $0.30/kg respectively. These price increases will take...

RadiciGroup: Plastoplan Polymers Ltd appointed as distributor in UK

03.04.2024 - RadiciGroup High Performance Polymers has announced a reorganization of its sales network in United Kingdom. As of 2nd April 2024, Plastoplan Polymers Ltd has been appointed as one of the RadiciGroup national distributors for a wide product range that includes "Radilon", "Radiflam", "Radistrong", "Raditer",...

Thees: Plastics recycler opens new site in Dinklage, Germany

02.04.2024 - Plastics recycler Thees Kunststoffverarbeitung GmbH recently opened a new site in Dinklage, Germany, in the district of Vechta in Lower Saxony. Ansgar Thees-Ovelgönne, Managing Director of the company, described this as "another strategically important step towards our 360-degree recycling approach."...

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