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Akmert: Turkish PET recycler installs new Starlinger line

08.02.2023 - Akmert İplik San. ve Tic. A.Ş. (“Akmert“ is currently installing a Starlinger bottle-to-bottle recycling line for its new “GSR Granules” brand at the company’s rPET manufacturing facility in Kocaeli’s Gebze district near Istanbul. As the machine builder further communicates, the “recoStar...

Trinseo: Price Increase for Polystyrene and Copolymers in Europe

03.02.2023 - Trinseo, a specialty material solutions provider, and its affiliate companies in Europe yesterday announced a price increase for all polystyrene (PS), ABS and SAN grades, mostly based on raw material cost increases for styrene production. Effective February 1, 2023, or as existing contract terms allow,...

European Bioplastics appoints new Head of EU Affairs in Brussels

19.01.2023 - European Bioplastics (EUBP), the association representing the bioplastics industry in Europe, is pleased to announce the appointment of Roberto Ferrigno as Head of EU Affairs. He assumed his position on 1 January 2023 and will be based in Brussels. He will also head EUBP’s new Brussels office to be...

BASF: Achim Sties new Senior Vice President of plastic additives

12.01.2023 - BASF has appointed Dr. Achim Sties to lead the global plastic additives business unit effective January 1, 2023. The headquarters of this business will be in Singapore. Prior to his current role, Achim Sties was already heading the plastic additives business in Europe. He began his career with BASF...

Trexel: Levi Kishbaugh announced as new CEO

06.01.2023 - Trexel is pleased to announce the appointment of Levi Kishbaugh to the position of CEO. Mr. Kishbaugh has been at Trexel since 1999, starting as the Director of Process Development for injection molding technology. Most recently he was the Vice President of Engineering with full responsibility for all...

Trinseo: Price Increase for Polystyrene and Copolymers in Europe

06.01.2023 - Trinseo, a specialty material solutions provider, and its affiliate companies in Europe yesterday announced a price increase for all polystyrene (PS), ABS and SAN grades. Effective January 1, 2023, or as existing contract terms allow, the contract and spot prices for the products listed below will increase...

Röhm: Price increase for "XT Polymers" compounds

16.12.2022 - Effective January 1st, 2023, Röhm GmbH will increase the prices for its "XT Polymers" compounds for medical device industry. The increase across all grades will be 10 percent for Europe, Middle East, Africa and Asia, as far as permissible under existing agreements.

Maag: Acquisition of Witte Pumps & Technology GmbH - New "Gear Pumps" Business Unit

15.12.2022 - Maag Pump Systems AG (“Maag”) announced today that it has acquired Witte Pumps & Technology GmbH (“Witte”). Founded in 1984 and based in Tornesch, Germany, Witte Pumps & Technology GmbH develops and manufactures gear pumps and provides aftermarket parts and services for the chemical, plastic and polymer...

AVK board unanimously re-elected

09.12.2022 - The German Federation of Reinforced Plastics (AVK) re-elected its previous Board on 29 November 2022 in Augsburg during the regular Board elections. At the constituent board meeting on 6 December 2022, the board positions were also confirmed. Dr. Michael Effing, Managing Director of Amac GmbH, remains...

Gabriel-Chemie: New, halogen-free masterbatches for polyamides

07.12.2022 - Gabriel-Chemie launches a new range of halogen-free masterbatches for use in polyamides. The range includes products for applications such as stadium seats and electrical installation components. Flame retardant polyamides are special polymers with fire-inhibiting properties. These chemicals are...

Starlinger: Post-consumer HDPE and PP recycling line for Turkish plastics recycler Tanrıkulu

06.12.2022 - Starlinger has supplied a post-consumer HDPE and PP recycling line to the Turkish plastics recycler Tanrıkulu. The recycling line, installed at the company’s recycling facility in Başiskele, Kocaeli Province, took up operation mid of September 2022. Featuring Starlinger’s special high-vacuum...

Trinseo: Price Decrease for Polystyrene in Europe

05.12.2022 - Trinseo, a specialty material solutions provider, and its affiliate companies in Europe recently announced a price decrease for all polystyrene (PS) grades. Effective December 1, 2022, or as existing contract terms allow, the contract and spot prices for the products listed below will decrease as follows:...

Evonik plans to launch a further plasticizer

29.11.2022 - Evonik has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Czech chemical company Deza for the production of the plasticizer tri-isononyl trimellitate (TINTM). Both companies intend to manufacture the plasticizer as part of a tolling arrangement. The new plasticizer is to be launched on the market...

LyondellBasell makes decision to progress recycling plant in Wesseling, Germany

18.11.2022 - LyondellBasell today announced it has made a decision to move forward with engineering to build an advanced recycling plant at its Wesseling, Germany, site. Using LyondellBasell's proprietary MoReTec technology, this commercial scale advanced recycling plant would convert pre-treated plastic waste into...

APK: Changes in the Management Board - Klaus Wohnig resigns as CEO - Dr. Robert Marx new CTO

18.11.2022 - Today APK AG announced that Klaus Wohnig has resigned as CEO and chairman of the Management Board of APK AG for personal reasons and that Dr. Robert Marx will join as CTO and member of the Management Board, effective as of December 1, 2022. Dr. Robert Marx, who previously worked for Clariant AG,...

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