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Lindner + Starlinger: New Plastics Recycling Facility on Cyprus opened

02.05.2019 - On 19th April 2019 the Cypriot president Nikos Anastasiadis personally inaugurated a new plastics recycling plant in Limassol. Christos Poullaides, Chairman of PCC Recycling, a Poullaides Group company: “It is a dream come true. More than 10,000 tons of plastic waste can now be converted into plastic...

Gurit acquires PET recycling operation in Italy

23.04.2019 - Gurit recently reported that its newly formed company Gurit Italy PET Recycling S.r.l. has signed an agreement to acquire the PET recycling production facilities from Valplastic S.r.l. in Italy for an undisclosed purchase price. Closing of the transaction is expected at the end of May 2019 and is subject...

Mol Group enters into recycled plastic compounding by acquiring Aurora Group

15.04.2019 - Mol Group, Budapest, Hungary, announced that it has signed a sales-purchase agreement to acquire Aurora, a recycled plastics compounder with production plants located nearby automotive manufacturing and plastics conversion clusters in Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany. Aurora is a medium-size German company,...

Huhtamaki starts flexible packaging manufacturing in Egypt

15.04.2019 - Huhtamaki recently inaugurated its new, state-of-the-art flexible packaging unit in Egypt. The investment marks the company's entry into manufacturing flexible packaging in Africa. The greenfield is located in the greater Cairo area and will serve Huhtamaki's flexible packaging customers in Egypt...

UBE Corporation Europe: Acquisition of Majority Share of Compound Manufacturer Repol

09.04.2019 - UBE Corporation Europe, European consolidated subsidiary of Ube Industries, Ltd., announced that it has decided to acquire Spanish compound manufacturer Repol S.L. and has entered into an agreement for the transfer of shares. Under the agreement for the transfer of shares, UCE acquired majority of the...

Ashland: Price increases for composites products in North America

08.04.2019 - Effective April 22, 2019 or as contracts allow, Ashland will increase the price of its portfolio of composites products in North America, including the United States, Canada and Mexico. Increases are as follows: Ortho-Phthalic resins +.06/lb All other Unsaturated Polyester resins +.04/lb Vinyl...

Trinseo: Price Increase for Copolymers in Europe

03.04.2019 - 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 ABS and SAN grades. Effective April 1, 2019, or as existing contract terms allow, the contract and spot prices for...

Trinseo: Price Increase for Polystyrene in Europe

02.04.2019 - 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). Effective April 1, 2019, or as existing contract terms allow, the contract and spot prices for the products...

Ashland: Price increases for composites products in EMEA

19.03.2019 - Ashland recently announced it will increase the price of its portfolio of all composites products in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) by 75 Euros per metric ton. This increase will take effect April 1, 2019 or as soon as possible thereafter as contracts allow. This increase is primarily...

Tria: Stefano Venturelli new CEO

19.03.2019 - Stefano Venturelli will be the new Tria CEO as of April 1, 2019. Venturelli will replace Luciano Anceschi as CEO of the group after the family firm opened the Board of Directors (BoD) to external members in 2016. Stefano Venturelli joined the company in 2004 as area manager. He became branch manager...

Sumitomo (SHI) Demag: Significant sales increase in 2018

07.03.2019 - Sumitomo (SHI) Demag Group with headquarters in Schwaig and production sites in Schwaig, Wiehe (Germany) and Ningbo (China) has posted all-positive results for the fiscal year of 2018. Global sales increased by 13% to Euro 294.9m with incoming orders rising by 6% to Euro 314.2m. The demand for IntElect...

Alpla: Dr. Andreas Reger is new General Manager in North America

07.03.2019 - Alpla, Inc., a global manufacturer of rigid plastic packaging for a wide range of consumer products, announced the appointment of Dr. Andreas Reger as its General Manager, responsible for all activity at the US unit of seventeen manufacturing operations. Andreas Reger comes to Alpla with 27 years...

Trinseo: Price Increase for Copolymers in Europe

06.03.2019 - 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 ABS and SAN grades. Effective March 1, 2019, or as existing contract terms allow, the contract and spot prices for the...

Trinseo: Price Increase for Polystyrene in Europe

04.03.2019 - Trinseo, a global materials company and manufacturer of plastics, latex binders and synthetic rubber, and its affiliate companies in Europe recently announced a price increase for all polystyrene (PS). Effective March 1, 2019, or as existing contract terms allow, the contract and spot prices for the...

Total: Acquisition of French plastics recycler Synova

18.02.2019 - Total today announces that it has acquired Synova, a French leader in manufacturing high-performance recycled polypropylene for the automotive sector. Synova produces 20,000 tonnes per year of polypropylene that meets the high quality standards of original equipment manufacturers and automakers from...

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