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Wittmann Group: Indian headquarters moves to new location

09.07.2024 - In order to support the growth of the Wittmann Group in India and to better cover the current space requirements, the headquarters of Wittmann Battenfeld India will move to a new company building on 1 July 2024. The new building comprises a total of 5,000 square metres of office and production space,...

Trinseo: Price Decrease for Polystyrene in Europe

02.07.2024 - Trinseo, a specialty material solutions provider, and its affiliate companies in Europe announced today a price decrease for all polystyrene (PS) grades. Effective July 1, 2024, or as existing contract terms allow, the prices for the products listed below will decrease as follows: "Styron" and "Styron...

Plastics Recycling Awards Europe 2024: Winners announced in Amsterdam

21.06.2024 - The winners of the Plastics Recycling Awards Europe 2024 were recently announced at the Plastics Recycling Show Europe in Amsterdam. For the first time in the seven-year history of the awards, the judges announced two Plastics Recycling Ambassadors as well as the four product and two innovation category...

Röhm: Price increase for MMA und GMMA

19.06.2024 - Effective July 1st, 2024, Röhm GmbH announces a price increase for "Meracryl" MMA (methyl methacrylate) and "Meracryl" GMAA (glacial methacrylic acid) in Europe. As agreements allow, the increase is: "Meracryl" MMA: 300 Euro/mt "Meracryl" GMAA: 300 Euro/mt

Weima Maschinenbau: Kay Schulte is the new CSO

17.06.2024 - Kay Schulte is the new CSO of the Weima Group from Ilsfeld. In his new role as Sales Director of the Weima Group, Kay Schulte was responsible for the leading trade fairs NPE 2024 and Ifat 2024 for the first time. He has been with the shredding specialist for almost 20 years and has previously looked...

Starlinger: Austrian mechanical engineering company with record turnover

13.06.2024 - The Austrian company Starlinger & Co Gesellschaft m.b.H. is extremely positive about the past financial year: the globally active mechanical engineering company has reported the highest turnover in the company's history to date at just under EUR 400 million - a doubling of turnover compared to 2016....

Telko: Strategic acquisition of Polyma Kunststoffe

10.06.2024 - The Finnish company Telko expands its plastics business to Western Europe through an acquisition of Polyma Kunststoffe GmbH & Co KG in Hamburg, Germany. The acquired company is a distributor of engineering plastics. "The transaction strengthens our engineering plastics business and opens new markets...

Trinseo: Low Price Decrease for Polystyrene in Europe

04.06.2024 - Trinseo, a specialty material solutions provider, and its affiliate companies in Europe announced today a price decrease for all polystyrene (PS) grades. Effective June 1, 2024, or depending on existing contract terms, the prices for the products listed below will decrease as follows: "Styron" and...

Smurfit Kappa acquires Bag-in-Box plant in Bulgaria

04.06.2024 - Smurfit Kappa, a global provider of sustainable packaging solutions, has announced it has signed an agreement to acquire Artemis Ltd., a Bag-in-Box packaging plant located in Shumen, Bulgaria. Artemis focuses on food and beverage packaging and makes the bags for Bag-in-Box products as well as films...

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...

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