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Greiner Extrusion now 100 percent owner of Simplas

03.01.2022 - The northern Italian flat die specialist Simplas has now become a full member of the international network of Greiner Extrusion. The Austrian supplier of extrusion lines, tools and complete systems for profile extrusion continues to grow in the plastic film and sheet extrusion segment and is strengthening...

Wittmann: Change of brand strategy for the Group – “Wittmann Battenfeld" becomes just "Wittmann"

23.12.2021 - The Wittmann Group has decided to change its previous brand strategy, transforming it from a two-brand strategy into a one-brand strategy, with the aim of communicating its advantage of being able to offer complete system solutions from a single source via the brand as well. With the integration...

Starlinger delivers its first bottle-to-bottle plant to Turkey

23.12.2021 - The food-grade PET recycling system will be supplied to rPET flake producer Başatlı in April 2022. The “recoStar PET 215 iV+” will be Starlinger’s first bottle-to-bottle recycling system operating in Turkey, the company further communicates. It is equipped with one of the biggest extruder...

Starlinger: 500th block bottom sack conversion line goes to Côte d’Ivoire

22.12.2021 - A new conversion line is currently being installed at Plastica Sarl. in Abidjan and will take up production in January 2022. The “ad*starKon SX+” is the 500th “AD*Star” sack conversion line Starlinger has sold worldwide. As the machine builder further communicates, converts it woven polypropylene tape...

Engel: Dr. Christoph Steger leaves the group

21.12.2021 - Dr. Christoph Steger, hitherto Chief Sales Officer, is leaving the Engel Group at his own request. Background for his withdrawal is his wish to further develop himself vocationally and to change his career orientation. The Austrian engineering company further announced that Dr. Stefan Engleder will...

RadiciGroup: Plastoplan Kunststoffhandel appointed as new distributor in Austria

21.12.2021 - RadiciGroup High Performance Polymers has announced a reorganization of its sales network in Austria. As of 1st January 2022, Plastoplan Kunststoffhandel GmbH has been appointed the RadiciGroup national distributor for a wide product range that includes „Radilon“, „Heramid“, „Radiflam“, „Radistrong“,...

Lego: Plans to build new factory in Vietnam announced

16.12.2021 - The Lego Group recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Vietnam Singapore Industrial Park Joint Venture Company Limited (VSIP) to build a new factory in Vietnam. The facility is planned to be the company’s first carbon neutral factory and will include investments in solar energy generation....

LyondellBasell appoints Peter Vanacker as Chief Executive Officer

13.12.2021 - LyondellBasell today announced that the Board of Directors has appointed Peter Vanacker, President and CEO of Neste Corporation, as its new Chief Executive Officer. Peter Vanacker succeeds Bhavesh V. "Bob" Patel, who will retire from the Company on December 31, 2021, as previously announced

Ascend to expand compound production to Latin America

08.12.2021 - Ascend Performance Materials has announced plans to purchase a compounding facility in San Jose Iturbide, Mexico, growing its global footprint and expanding production capacity for high-performance engineered materials. The purchase agreement includes the assets of DM Color Mexicana, a joint venture...

Trinseo: Price Increase for Polystyrene and Copolymers in Europe

03.12.2021 - Trinseo, a global materials company and manufacturer of plastics, latex binders and synthetic rubber, and its affiliate companies in Europe yesterday announced a price increase for all polystyrene (PS), ABS and SAN grades. Effective December 1, 2021, or as existing contract terms allow, the contract...

BASF increases prices for butanediol and derivatives in Europe

02.12.2021 - With immediate effect or as existing contracts permit, BASF SE will increase its European selling prices for the following products:

Arburg: Technology Days 2022 postponed to June

30.11.2021 - Arburg has postponed the date for the Technology Days 2022 from March to June. The unique industry event for which thousands of visitors from all over the world normally come to Lossburg will take place from 22th to 25th June 2022 in the form of a presence event with the proven successful concept. The...

Nexeo Plastics and Wanhua Chemical Group Announce Collaboration in Benelux, UK, Ireland and Spain

30.11.2021 - Nexeo Plastics, a leading global thermoplastics resin distributor, has agreed to partner with Wanhua Chemical Group, a global leader in the production and marketing of polyurethanes and petrochemicals, to distribute Wanhua’s TPU polyester, polyether, polycaprolactone, polycarbonate and aliphatic TPUs...

Ineos Styrolution confirms its investment decision for Europe’s first polystyrene advanced recycling pilot plant - Joint collaboration with Recycling Technologies, UK

25.11.2021 - Ineos Styrolution, the global leader in styrenics, has today confirmed its decision to invest into a pilot plant for advanced recycling of polystyrene. The site will be set up in collaboration with Recycling Technologies in Swindon, UK. It is expected to be operational in the second half of 2022. ...

Lanxess to expand high-tech plastics production in China - Invest­ment of 30 million Euro - Capacity expansion by 30,000 metric tons

24.11.2021 - Lanxess will expand its production network in China: The specialty chemicals company will build a second compounding line for Durethan- and Pocan-branded high-tech engineering plastics at its manufacturing site in Changzhou. An important investment of around 30 million Euro will increase the capacity...

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