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Starlinger: New food-grade plastics recycling facility for Indian Srichakra Polyplast - Special technology for odor reduction

07.10.2021 - The Indian recycler Srichakra Polyplast commissioned a PET bottle-to-bottle and a post-consumer polyolefin recycling line from Starlinger by mid of September. With the new lines Srichakra Polyplast upgraded its facilities and now offers the highest grades of recycled plastics to customers in India and...

Songwon: Price increases for phosphorous based polymer stabilizers

06.10.2021 - Songwon Industrial Co., Ltd. recently announced global price increases for its phosphorous based polymer stabilizer products to reflect the sudden rise in raw materials costs. The price increases are effective immediately for Songwon’s phosphites antioxidants: Songwon: "Songnox" 1680, "Songnox" 6260...

Trinseo: Price Increase for Polystyrene and Copolymers in Europe

05.10.2021 - Trinseo, a global materials company and manufacturer of plastics, latex binders and synthetic rubber, and its affiliate companies in Europe announced today a price increase for all polystyrene (PS), ABS, and SAN grades. Effective, October 1, 2021, or as existing contract terms allow the contract and...

Trinseo: Price Increase for "Pulse" PC/ABS and rollover for "Magnum" ABS in Europe

01.10.2021 - 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 a rollover for all "Magnum" ABS Automotive market products. Effective October 1, 2021, or as existing contract terms...

Alpla takes over Spanish bottle manufacturer Plastisax

22.09.2021 - The Alpla Group, the global packaging solutions and recycling specialist, is taking over Plastisax S.L. The Spanish company produces plastic bottles for the cosmetics, home and personal care segments. The takeover will enable an increased use of recycled material in production operations and a strengthening...

Solvay adds new thermoplastic composite capacity in the United States

17.09.2021 - Solvay yesterday announced the installation completion of its new thermoplastic composites (TPC) manufacturing facility at its Greenville, South Carolina site. At full production capacity, the new line will add more than 30 positions at the 27,000-square-foot facility. The project represents a major...

Lanxess increases prices for hexanediol

17.09.2021 - Specialty chemicals company Lanxess is raising its prices for 1,6-hexanediol (HDO) globally with immediate effect. The increase amounts for 300 Euro per metric ton. The reason for the adjustment is the significant rise in energy costs over the past months. HDO is an important precursor for high performance...

Alpla, Ecohelp and UPT launch joint PET recycling operations in Romania

16.09.2021 - The Alpla Group, the global packaging solutions and recycling specialist, is investing in the construction of a recycling plant in Targu Mures, Romania, as part of a joint venture with its partners. The plastic granulate recycled there in the future will come from PET bottles collected from household...

Engel: Emilio López is new Managing Director in Mexico

03.09.2021 - Emilio López has been appointed as the new Managing Director of Engel de Mexico SA de CV. He succeeds Peter Auinger, who retired on 1st September 2021. Emilio López brings extensive experience of sales and management in the plastics and chemicals industries to his new role. After studying plastics...

Trinseo: Price Decrease for Polystyrene in Europe

03.09.2021 - Trinseo, a global materials company and manufacturer of plastics and latex binders, and its affiliate companies in Europe yesterday announced a price decrease for polystyrene (PS) grades. Effective September 1, 2021, or as existing contract terms allow, the contract and spot prices for the products...

Lanxess: Price increase for inorganic pigments

02.09.2021 - Lanxess is raising its prices for its inorganic pigment products worldwide with immediate effect. Prices for iron oxide pigments will increase by a minimum of EUR 200 per metric ton, for chromium oxide pigments by a minimum of EUR 300 per metric ton and for ferrites by a minimum of EUR 250 per metric...

LyondellBasell Announces Retirement of Chief Executive Officer - Board Forms Search Committee to Identify a Successor

25.08.2021 - LyondellBasell today announced that Chief Executive Officer Bhavesh V. (Bob) Patel intends to retire from the Company as of December 31, 2021. Patel will continue to lead the Company until that time and will ensure a smooth and orderly transition for his successor. Upon his departure, he will also resign...

Alpla Group: Acquisition of packaging manufacturer Wolf Plastics

20.08.2021 - In acquiring all the shares in the packaging manufacturer Wolf Plastics Group based in Kammern, Austria, Alpla intends to use the company’s expertise, in particular in the manufacture of plastic buckets and canisters, to expand its product portfolio. With its three production facilities in Austria,...

Reifenhäuser Cast Sheet Coating: Dr. Paul Walach becomes Managing Director

05.08.2021 - Effective July 1, 2021 Dr. Paul Walach (37) becomes Managing Director of Reifenhäuser Cast Sheet Coating together with Karsten Kratz. With this move, the Reifenhäuser Group business unit specializing in cast film, sheet and extrusion coating lines introduces a generation change at executive management...

Faerch acquires MCP and enters the US market

04.08.2021 - Faerch Group acquires MCP Performance Plastic. The acquisition expands Faerch’s geographical footprint beyond Europe and establishes a presence in the US market. It is part of Faerch’s long-term growth strategy and underpins the ambition to lead the transition of food packaging towards true circularity...

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