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Covestro: Production expansion in Ohio with several new production lines - More capacity for customized polycarbonates

08.01.2025 - Covestro is investing a low triple-digit million euro amount in the expansion of its site in Hebron, Ohio, USA. As detailed in a press release, the company is significantly expanding its capacity in the Solutions & Specialties business for the American market with the construction of several new production...

Huhtamaki: Ralf K. Wunderlich to become new President and CEO

08.01.2025 - Huhtamaki has appointed Ralf K. Wunderlich (58) as President and CEO, effective January 15, 2025. At the same time, the company's current President and CEO Charles Héaulmé will step down. The company further announced that Charles Héaulmé will be available to assist as needed through July 2025 to ensure...

Gneuss: Project for the production of stretch film with recycled con­tent - Cooperation with Colines and ExxonMobil Signature Polymers

06.01.2025 - For LDPE/LLDPE films, collection systems have existed in many European countries for many years, sending this material for recycling. As markets for a wider range of applications demand recycled material, the challenge is to produce clear shrink, stretch or blown film that retains its properties while...

Abundia: Plastic recycling plant in Texas in the planning stage

13.12.2024 - The US-based Abundia Global Impact Group is planning to build its first plastic recycling plant in the state of Texas. According to a press release, the complex is to be built in Baytown, west of Houston. A ten-hectare site has already been acquired for the project in the Cedar Port Industrial Park...

Huhtamaki: Axel Glade to be new President "Flexible Packaging"

13.12.2024 - Axel Glade (55) has been appointed President Flexible Packaging and member of the global leadership team of Huhtamaki. He will join the company no later than 1 January 2026. He will report to CEO Charles Héaulmé and be based in Espoo, Finland. Axel Glade joins us from Constantia Flexibles, a flexible...

TeraPlast: New stretch film plant opened

13.12.2024 - In November, the Romanian plastics processor TeraPlast Group opened a plant for the production of stretch films made of linear low-density polyethylene (LLDPE). According to a press release, the new plant, located in the industrial park of Sărățel near Bistrița, has the capacity...

Doğa: PET bottle-to-bottle recycling plant opened in Turkey – Two Starlinger recycling lines put into operation

06.12.2024 - The Istanbul-based construction and real estate group Doğa recently commissioned two Starlinger PET bottle-to-bottle recycling lines at its new PET recycling plant in Kırklareli. The recycling plant, operated under the name ‘Doğapet’, is located in the city of Kırklareli in the...

Trinseo: Price Increase for Polystyrene and Copolymers in Europe

04.12.2024 - Trinseo, a specialty material solutions provider, and its affiliate companies in Europe, announced today a price increase for all polystyrene (PS) and ABS grades. Effective December1, 2024, or as existing contract terms allow, the prices for the products listed below will increase as follows: "Styron"...

Röhm: Price increase for PMMA and PMMI molding compounds

22.11.2024 - Effective December 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 0.08 EUR/kg for all grades in the regions Europe,...

Starlinger: Acquisition of Woven Packaging Division from Windmöller & Hölscher

20.11.2024 - Austrian Starlinger & Co Gesellschaft m.b.H. takes over the woven packaging division from German machinery producer Windmöller & Hölscher (W&H) as well as its Viennese subsidiary company “W&H Machinery GmbH” which specialises in woven packaging. With this acquisition, Starlinger intends to further...

Ineos Styrolution: New ABS extrusion grade for furniture edge band applications

18.11.2024 - Ineos Styrolution announced today the launch of its latest ABS grade, "Lustran" 532, developed for easy processing, medium gloss, and a stable colour base for self-colouring. This new grade is specifically designed for furniture edge band applications. "We are excited to introduce Lustran® 532 as...

Trinseo: Price Increase for Polystyrene and Copolymers in Europe

05.11.2024 - 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 November 1, 2024, or as existing contract terms allow, the prices for the products listed below will increase as follows:...

Starlinger: Machine manufacturer takes action against copyists in China

21.10.2024 - Starlinger & Co Gesellschaft m.b.H., machine manufacturer based in Vienna, Austria, with production plants in Austria, Germany and China, sued Chinese machine manufacturers and their customers (packaging producers) based on infringement of several of Starlinger’s patents. The legal proceedings have...

Technip Energies: Plant constructor hands over cracker in Long Son

11.10.2024 - The French industrial plant constructor Technip Energies (T.EN) has handed over a new cracker at the Long Son site in southern Vietnam to the client Long Son Petrochemicals (LSP). According to a press release, the plant, which is part of a petrochemical complex developed by LSP in the province of...

K.D. Feddersen: Guillaume Fromont new Sales Director in France

11.10.2024 - Guillaume Fromont will take over the position of Sales Director (Directeur Commercial) at the French subsidiary of Hamburg-based plastics distributor K.D. Feddersen GmbH & Co. KG on 1 October 2024. With more than 15 years of experience in the plastics industry, Guillaume Fromont brings valuable knowledge...

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