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Starlinger: PET bottle-to-bottle recycling line for Akij Food and Beverage Ltd. in Bangladesh

24.08.2022 - Dhaka-based food manufacturer Akij Food and Beverage Ltd. (AFBL), a member of Akij Venture Group, is producing its own rPET for the company’s brand beverage bottles. AFBL decided to start bottle-to-bottle recycling to reduce the growing environmental burden, as well as for economic reasons. “On a...

Starlinger: First PET Bottle-to-Bottle Recycling Line in Ghana

21.07.2022 - Mohinani Group, a third-generation family business group, ordered two Starlinger “recoStar PET 165 HC iV+” PET bottle-to-bottle recycling lines for its new plants in Ghana and Nigeria. As the machine builder further communicates, the two new systems will be delivered in 2023 and installed at the Mohinani...

BASF: Final approval for the construction of the Zhanjiang Verbund site

20.07.2022 - BASF yesterday gave final approval for the construction of the planned Verbund site in Zhanjiang in the southern Chinese province of Guangdong. The project is on schedule. The focus will now be on building the core of the Verbund, which includes a steam cracker and several downstream plants for the...

Röhm: Expansion of „Plexiglas“ capacities in Shanghai

18.07.2022 - With a groundbreaking ceremony at the Shanghai site, China, the construction work for the expansion of a „Plexiglas“ molding compounds production plant has officially begun. The expanded plant is set to begin operations by the second quarter of 2023. “The expansion of capacities in China is an important...

Ravago: Acquisition of Aurora Manufacturing and Venture Polymers - Expansion of plastics recycling activities in the UK

12.07.2022 - Ravago recently announced its acquisition of Aurora Manufacturing Ltd and Venture Polymers (UK) Ltd, both market leaders in recycling post-consumer waste plastics in the UK. This acquisition will extend Ravago’s “Ravapura” product portfolio, hereby increasing opportunities to use PCR-based compounds...

Plastics Recycling Show Europe Attendance Tops 5,000

08.07.2022 - The Plastics Recycling Show Europe (PRSE) 2022 exhibition and conference held recently in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, attracted a record number of visitors and exhibitors from across Europe and 80 different countries internationally. The annual event had a total attendance of more than 5,000 over two...

Trinseo: Price increase for PC/ABS and ABS in Europe for Automotive Market Products

30.06.2022 - Trinseo, a global materials company and manufacturer of plastics and latex binders and its affiliate companies in Europe recently announced a price increase for all "Pulse" PC/ABS and for all "Magnum" ABS Automotive market products. Effective July 1, 2022, or as existing contract terms allow, the contract...

Lego: Group to build US$1 billion, carbon-neutral run factory in Virginia

21.06.2022 - The Lego Group today announced plans to invest more than US$1 billion to build a new factory in Chesterfield County, Virginia. Once completed, the 1.7 million square foot (160,000m2 ) facility will employ more than 1,760 people. The factory will be designed to operate as a carbon-neutral facility....

APK: Casper Frijns is elected as new Chairman

14.06.2022 - As of 13 June 2022, Casper Frijns joined the Supervisory Board and was elected as chairman by his fellow board members. During his extensive career as an industrial engineer, Casper Frijns has worked in the plastics industry for over forty years, including many years working for international corporations...

Trinseo: Price Increase for Polystyrene

02.06.2022 - Trinseo, a global materials company and manufacturer of plastics and latex binders, and its affiliate companies in Europe announced today a price increase for all polystyrene (PS), ABS and SAN grades. Effective June 1, 2022, or as existing contract terms allow, the contract and spot prices for the products...

Röhm: Price increase for PMMA and PMMI molding compounds

30.05.2022 - Effective June 1st, 2022, Röhm GmbH will increase the prices for its PMMA and PMMI molding compounds, which are marketed under the trademarks “Plexiglas” and “Pleximid”. The energy surcharge of 0.30 Euro/kg that has been in effect since April 1, 2022 will be fully integrated into the regular pricing...

BASF 3D Printing Solutions: Martin Back will be new Managing Director

27.05.2022 - After three years as Managing Director of BASF 3D Printing Solutions GmbH, François Minec has decided to leave the company effective May 31, 2022. Minec has held this position since April 2019 and set the company on a growth track by accelerating the commercialization of Additive Manufacturing. In the...

EuPC: Benoît Hennaut elected as the new President

20.05.2022 - Today during the General Assembly of European Plastics Converters, Mr. Benoît Hennaut, CEO of Herige Group, has been elected as the new EuPC President for the period 2022-2024, replacing Mr. Renato Zelcher after four years of great leadership

RadiciGroup expands in India by acquiring the Engineering Plastics business of Ester Industries

11.05.2022 - RadiciGroup is continuing to strengthen its internationalization strategy. Through its High Performance Polymers business area – a multinational manufacturer and supplier of engineering polymers based on polyamide, polyester and other materials – the Group has invested approximately EUR 35 million in...

Starlinger: Recycling technology for Australia’s largest PET recycling plant

05.05.2022 - The recently opened Circular Plastics Australia PET recycling facility in Albury-Wodonga, New South Wales, is equipped with a “recoStar PET 215 HC iV+ PET” bottle-to-bottle recycling line from Starlinger that produces 2.5 tons of rPET per hour. Circular Plastics Australia (PET) is a joint venture...

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