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Alpla acquires South African packaging manufacturer

29.07.2021 - The global manufacturer of plastic packaging and recycling specialist, the Alpla Group, has acquired the manufacturer Verigreen Packaging based in Durban. The company specialises in bottles and canisters for lubricants such as engine oils. The Alpla Group acquired the lubricants division of the South...

Indorama: New Indonesian facility to recycle 2 billion PET plastic bottles annually

07.07.2021 - Indonesia will by the end 2025 reduce 70 percent of its plastic debris from 2017. In this regard, Thailand-based Indorama Ventures Public Company Limited (IVL) announced that it will build a facility in Karawang, West Java, to recycle almost 2 billion plastic bottles a year in support of the government’s...

Trinseo: Price Increase for Methyl Methacrylate in Europe

05.07.2021 - 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 MMA. Effective July 1, 2021, or as existing contract terms allow, the price for MMA monomer will increase by 300 Euros...

Trinseo: Price Decrease for Polystyrene

02.07.2021 - Trinseo, a global materials company and manufacturer of plastics, latex binders and synthetic rubber, and its affiliate companies in Europe announced today a price decrease for polystyrene (PS) grades. Effective today, July 1, 2021, or as existing contract terms allow, the contract and spot prices for...

Clariant announces additive price increases

01.07.2021 - Effective immediately, Clariant will increase the prices of its additives by up to 25 percent. The adjustments will be applied globally to all wax additives, performance polymers, halogen-free flame retardants, stabilizers and other performance additives. The move is necessary due to the cumulative...

LyondellBasell announces acquisition of PolyPacific Polymers Sdn. Bhd. in Malaysia

30.06.2021 - LyondellBasell today announced it has acquired 100 percent of PolyPacific Polymers Sdn. Bhd. (PPM) in Port Klang, Malaysia. PPM is a 25kt manufacturing facility producing reinforced and modified polyolefin compounds. Upon completion of the acquisition, the facility will undergo a rebranding and name...

British Plastics Federation: Karen Drinkwater elected as new president

21.06.2021 - At the British Plastics Federation’s (BPF) second virtual annual general meeting, Karen Drinkwater, a founding director of JSC Rotational Limited, was elected as the trade association’s president on 19 May 2021. Due to the ongoing pandemic, the BPF’s AGM could not be held in person for the second...

Trinseo: Price Increase for Methyl Methacrylate in Europe

15.06.2021 - 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 Methyl Methacrylate (MMA). Effective June 1, 2021, or as existing contract terms allow, the price for MMA monomer will increase...

Indorama: Acquisition of CarbonLite’s Texas PET Recycling Facility completed

14.06.2021 - Indorama Ventures (IVL) has completed its acquisition of CarbonLite Holdings’ facility in Texas as part of the company’s commitment to increasing PET recycling capacity. Now known as Indorama Ventures Sustainable Recycling (IVSR), the Dallas site is one of the largest producers of food-grade recycled...

Lanxess: Price increase for inorganic pigments

14.06.2021 - Specialty chemical company Lanxess is raising its prices for inorganic pigments globally with immediate effect, subject to existing agreements. Quotations will be increased by 150 Euro minimum per metric ton or its equivalent in local currency. In some cases, price increase can be higher depending on...

Indorama: New IOD research center at The Woodlands, Texas

11.06.2021 - Indorama Ventures Public Company Limited (IVL) has started developing a new technology center under its Integrated Oxides & Derivatives (IOD) business at The Woodlands, Texas. The new facility will be the company’s U.S. research and development hub for new products used in the home, personal and industrial...

Ascend expands “HiDura” LCPA production capacity

09.06.2021 - Ascend Performance Materials has expanded production capacity for HiDura long-chain polyamides in its Greenwood, S.C., plant. The multi-million dollar expansion will help the company meet growing demand for its new product line. Ascend’s HiDura PA610 and 612 products are used in a variety of consumer...

Trinseo: Price Decrease for Polystyrene and SAN in Europe

04.06.2021 - Trinseo, a global materials company and manufacturer of plastics, latex binders and synthetic rubber, and its affiliate companies in Europe recently announced a price decrease for all polystyrene (PS) and SAN grades. Effective June 1, 2021, or as existing contract terms allow, the contract and spot...

Nexeo Plastics acquires Nevicolor S.p.A.

02.06.2021 - Nexeo Plastics, LLC (“Nexeo Plastics”), a global thermoplastics resin distributor and an affiliate of GPD Companies, Inc. (“GPD”), yesterday announced that it has acquired Nevicolor S.p.A. (“Nevicolor”), Italian distributor and compounder of thermoplastics. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed....

Reifenhäuser: Ulrich Reifenhäuser inducted into the “Plastics Hall of Fame”

26.05.2021 - Ten leading personalities from the international plastics industry were recently inducted into the "Plastics Hall of Fame" - one of them is Ulrich Reifenhäuser (64), CSO of the Reifenhäuser Group, Chairman of the Exhibitors' Advisory Board of the “K” plastics show and Chairman of the Plastics and Rubber...

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