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Hexpol: Swedes take over Star Thermoplastics

13.12.2023 - The Swedish plastics group Hexpol has acquired the US industry company Star Thermoplastic Alloys and Rubbers Inc. (Star Thermoplastics). The Group announced the acquisition of 100% of the shares in Star Thermoplastics in a press release in mid-November. The shares were sold by company founder Thomas...

Sirmax: Expansion of compounding capacities in India

11.12.2023 - The Italian plastics processor Sirmax is building another production site in India. In a press release at the beginning of the month, the company announced the start of construction work on a new plant near Hosur in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu. According to the press release, the site...

Röhm: Dr Hans Bohnen appointed as new CEO

08.12.2023 - The Supervisory Board of Röhm GmbH has appointed Dr Hans Bohnen as CEO of Röhm GmbH with effect from 1 February 2024. He will take over the CEO role from Dr Michael Pack, who, after 34 years in the chemical industry and almost ten years at the helm of the MMA/PMMA business, has decided to step back...

Trinseo: New PMMA depolymerization plant

07.12.2023 - With the inauguration of its new depolymerization plant for polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA) in Rho, Italy, Trinseo wants to help promote the potential of sustainable plastics. The depolymerization process is designed to enable efficient recycling of end-of-life PMMA and other difficult-to-recycle materials,...

Borealis: Craig Arnold appointed new Executive Vice President Polyolefins, Circular Economy Solutions and Innovation & Technology

07.12.2023 - The Supervisory Board of Borealis has appointed Craig Arnold (51) as the new Executive Board member for Polyolefins, Circular Economy Solutions and Innovation & Technology with effect from 1 February 2024. Craig Arnold is currently Chief Commercial Officer at Ferroglobe PLC in Madrid, Spain. Previously,...

Hirsch Servo: Acquisition of the Czech injection moulding company Renostav

07.12.2023 - The Austrian Hirsch Servo Group, a provider of sustainable polystyrene insulation, packaging and technology solutions, is continuing its expansion. By acquiring the plastic injection moulding company Renostav spol. s.r.o. in Zábřeh na Moravě, Czech Republic, which currently primarily produces...

LyondellBasell: Technologies licensed for polyolefin complex in China

07.12.2023 - The chemicals group LyondellBasell (LYB) will be the technology supplier for a new polyolefin complex of the Chinese company Dongming Shenghai. LYB announced this in a press release at the end of November. According to the press release, the US group will licence the high-pressure pipe process "Lupotech...

Toppan: Japanese company builds barrier film plant in northern Bohemia

07.12.2023 - The Japanese Toppan Group is building new capacities for the production of barrier films in the north of the Czech Republic. According to a press release, the Group subsidiary Toppan Packaging Czech laid the foundation stone for a new plant in Havraň near Most at the beginning of the month....

JEC World 2024: Composites trade fair expects more than 1,300 exhibitors, including 116 newcomers, and 43,500 visitors

07.12.2023 - Three months before the event, JEC World 2024, the international trade fair for composites and their applications, is expecting more than 1,300 exhibitors, including 116 newcomers, and 43,500 visitors on an exhibition area of 76,000 square metres. According to the organisers, JEC World 2024 is already...

NatureWorks: Erik Ripple New President and CEO

06.12.2023 - NatureWorks, a leading manufacturer of polylactic acid (PLA) biopolymers made from renewable resources, recently announced the appointment of Erik Ripple as the company’s new President and Chief Executive Officer. Ripple will succeed interim President and CEO, Jill Zullo, who has served in the role...

Maag Ettlinger: Sysplast orders fourth ERF melt filter

06.12.2023 - The recycling company Sysplast GmbH from Nuremberg, Germany, which specialises in styrene-based thermoplastics such as PS, ABS and PC/ABS, uses and develops pioneering technologies, including for the processing of surface-coated waste materials from the electronics and automotive industries. The company...

Evosys: Move to new premises in Germany and North America

06.12.2023 - At Evosys, the specialist for laser plastic welding, the positive business development and the associated steady growth of the Evosys family at the Erlangen site, Germany, and in North America made it necessary to relocate both the service subsidiary "Evosys Laser Services GmbH" and the branch "Evosys...

Dow: Green light for "Path2Zero" project

05.12.2023 - The US chemical company Dow is to develop a complex for the CO2-emission-free extraction and processing of ethylene in the western Canadian province of Alberta. As the company recently announced in a press release, the Board of Directors gave the go-ahead for the investment project, known as "Path2Zero",...

swisspor: Acquisition of the Romanian XPS manufacturer Briotherm XPS

05.12.2023 - The swisspor Group of the brothers Bernhard and Georges Alpstaeg, provider of energy-efficient building envelope solutions, recently announced the signing of a binding agreement to acquire the Romanian XPS manufacturer BriothermXPS SRL. This strategic acquisition is therefore an important milestone...

LyondellBasell: Minority stake in Source One

04.12.2023 - LyondellBasell (LYB) has acquired a minority stake in Source One GmbH. Together with 23 Oaks Investments GmbH and Landbell AG, LYB intends to make the operational consulting company robust and fit for the future in all matters relating to sustainability. The common goal of the three shareholders is...

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