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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...

Wittmann Technology Spain: New showroom opened

22.04.2024 - Wittmann Technology Spain opened a new showroom in Ibi, near Alicante, on 13 and 14 March 2024. The company welcomed 65 visitors to the grand opening. Wittmann Technology Spain's new showroom, Wittmann Levante, was created to better serve the south-eastern Spanish market, which accounts for around...

Zerma: New granulators for the size reduction of blow-moulding waste

22.04.2024 - The granulator manufacturer Zerma has optimised its tried-and-tested GST series of granulators by means of a comprehensive re-engineering process. During this process, it placed particular emphasis on size, weight, handling and energy efficiency. The compact granulators that make up the GST series...

Veolia: PET recycling plant launched in Japan

17.04.2024 - The French waste management company Veolia has commissioned a new plant for recycling used PET bottles in Japan. According to a press release, the complex in Tsuyama in the west of the island of Honshū has the capacity to produce around 25,000 tonnes of food-grade PET recyclates (rPET) per year....

Bericap: Closure manufacturer invests in new plant in China

17.04.2024 - Bericap, a global manufacturer of plastic and aluminium closures, is investing in a new plant in Kunshan, China. Bericap intends to modernise the site and increase production capacity by 50 percent in order to meet customer requirements even more efficiently. Bericap's customers in China include manufacturers...

Amandina Bumi Nusantara: Recycled PET for Coca-Cola's first 100 per cent rPET bottles in Indonesia - PET recycling systems from Starlinger

05.04.2024 - In June 2023, Coca-Cola Indonesia, in collaboration with Coca-Cola Europacific Partners Indonesia (CCEP Indonesia), launched the first bottles made from 100 per cent rPET (excluding caps and labels) for its most popular soft drink brands. The recycled PET comes from Amandina Bumi Nusantara, a pioneer...

Trinseo: Price Increase for Polystyrene and Copolymers in Europe

03.04.2024 - 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 April 1, 2024, or as existing contract terms allow, the prices for the products listed below will increase as follows: ...

Ascend: Price increase on nylon polymers and compounds

03.04.2024 - Ascend Performance Materials has announced a new round of global price increases for its polyamide polymers and compounds. Where contracts allow, prices for neat PA66 polymer as well as PA6 and PA66 compounds will be increased by €0.28/kg and $0.30/kg respectively. These price increases will take...

RadiciGroup: Plastoplan Polymers Ltd appointed as distributor in UK

03.04.2024 - RadiciGroup High Performance Polymers has announced a reorganization of its sales network in United Kingdom. As of 2nd April 2024, Plastoplan Polymers Ltd has been appointed as one of the RadiciGroup national distributors for a wide product range that includes "Radilon", "Radiflam", "Radistrong", "Raditer",...

Thees: Plastics recycler opens new site in Dinklage, Germany

02.04.2024 - Plastics recycler Thees Kunststoffverarbeitung GmbH recently opened a new site in Dinklage, Germany, in the district of Vechta in Lower Saxony. Ansgar Thees-Ovelgönne, Managing Director of the company, described this as "another strategically important step towards our 360-degree recycling approach."...

KraussMaffei: Sale of Netstal to Krones AG completed

28.03.2024 - Following the signing of the purchase agreement on 6 February 2024, the sale of Netstal Maschinen AG to Krones AG was successfully completed on 28 March 2024. In addition to Netstal Maschinen AG based in Näfels, Netstal Deutschland GmbH, a sales and service subsidiary based in Stuttgart, eleven other...

Hirsch Servo: Acquisition of the Polish EPS insulation manufacturer Tyron

28.03.2024 - The Austrian Hirsch Servo Group, European manufacturer of EPS insulation materials and packaging as well as supplier of machines and moulding tools for particle foam processing, is continuing its growth and expansion course. The takeover of Tyron Sp. z o.o., based in Kluczbork in the Polish voivodeship...

Grolman: Extended partnership with pigment manufacturer Oxerra

27.03.2024 - The Grolman Group, a global distributor of speciality chemicals, announces the expansion of its long-standing partnership with Oxerra, a global manufacturer of iron oxide pigments, inorganic colour pigments and pigment dispersions. Cathay Industries was renamed Oxerra following the acquisition of...

BASF: Price increases for Standard Antioxidants and Hindered Amine Light Stabilizers for plastic applications

06.03.2024 - Effective immediately or as contracts allow, BASF is increasing prices for Standard Antioxidants and Hindered Amine Light Stabilizers (“HALS”) for plastics applications globally by up to 10 percent. The price adjustment is in response to the prevailing inflationary pressure and substantial increases...

Trinseo: Significant price increases for Polystyrene and Copolymers

04.03.2024 - 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 March 1, 2024, or as existing contract terms allow, the contract and spot prices for the products listed below will increase...

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