Latest News

Mitsubishi Chemical completes acquisition of compound activities from Tessenderlo Group

01.07.2013 - Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation (MCC, Tokyo; Japan), a subsidiary of Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings Group (MCHC) recently announced that it has completed acquisition of compound activities from Tessenderlo Group (Brussels, Belgium), a worldwide specialty company. The acquisition comprises five production...

SO.F.TER. to open new plant in U.S. for the production of engineering plastics and thermoplastic elastomers

28.06.2013 - Located in Lebanon, Tennessee, SO.F.TER. U.S. will offer the U.S. market a comprehensive product range, with personalized services and strong customer focus. The SO.F.TER. GROUP, one of the world’s largest independent compounders with headquarters in Forlì, Italy, announced the construction of a...

Assocomaplast: Uncertain start to the year for Italian plastics and rubber machinery export

26.06.2013 - After a still-positive trend in January and February (in the wake of the +5.9% result at the end of 2012), the first quarter of 2013 instead closed with a downturn for Italian exports of plastics and rubber processing machinery, according the Istat figures processed by Assocomaplast (the Italian trade...

Petcore Europe: New Executive Director

26.06.2013 - Petcore Europe is the new association replacing and building on the legacy of the former Petcore (PET COntainer REcycling). It will represent and enhance the growth of the PET value chain in Europe. The membership of the association is formed by four leading industry sector European associations...

EFIBCA: Slight decrease of FIBC imports to EU in 2012

21.06.2013 - Compared to 2011, the value of FIBC imports to the EU dropped slightly by 2.3% to a total of 331.5 Mio. € in 2012. The decrease of exports to the EU affected the absolute production figures in the top 6 exporting countries. Nevertheless, Turkey consolidated its leadership as FIBC exporter to the...

Elix Polymers appoints Picoplast as additional distributor for BeNeLux

21.06.2013 - Elix Polymers, a leading European manufacturer of pre-colored ABS and ABS specialties, has signed an agreement with Picoplast BV, located in Wijnandsrade, The Netherlands, for the distribution of its ABS portfolio as of June 1st 2013 in The Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg. This new agreement...

NGR: Britas Recycling Anlagen GmbH acquired

19.06.2013 - Effective May 22, 2013, Next Generation Recyclingmaschinen GmbH in Feldkirchen/Donau, Austria, has acquired 100% participating interest in Britas Recycling Anlagen GmbH. NGR will operate Britas as a subsidiary. Britas is known as a manufacturer and developer of filtration systems for heavily contaminated...

Styron: Price increase for polycarbonate in Europe

18.06.2013 - Today, Styron Europe GmbH and its affiliate companies in Europe announced price increases for all “Calibre” polycarbonate (PC) products. Effective as of July 1, or as contract terms allow, the prices for these products will rise by EUR 200 per metric ton. This price increase is already reflected in...

Lanxess: Price increase for rubber chemicals

17.06.2013 - Specialty chemicals company Lanxess will increase its prices worldwide for rubber chemicals supplied by the Rubber Chemicals business unit effective July 1, 2013. The increases are required to offset higher production costs. The price increases will impact the Vulkanox (antidegradant) and Vulkacit...

Styron appoints Velox as European Distributor for Medical Industry

14.06.2013 - Styron Europe GmbH and Velox recently announced the appointment of Velox as the European distributor for medical product offerings from Styron. Velox, a supplier and marketer of raw materials specialties will represent products for Styron medical applications – including „CalibreMegarad“ Polycarbonate...

Kreyenborg: Melt filtration specialist celebrates 60th anniversary

13.06.2013 - Kreyenborg looked back at 60 years on 1st April, 2013. The family-owned company started in 1953 with the trade of tubular grounding busses for lightning conductors and focused in 1957 on the construction of mixers for concentrates and hammer mills before the promising plastics industry came into...

Styron: Price increases for polystyrene and copolymers in Europe

05.06.2013 - Styron Europe GmbH and its affiliate companies in Europe recently announced price increases for all polystyrene and copolymer grades. Effective immediately, or as existing contract terms allow, the June contract and spot prices for the products listed below will increase as follows: STYRON™ general...

Profine: Production in India started

03.06.2013 - On 25 May 2013, profine Group inaugurated its new production site in Vadodara, India. The plant is currently running three extrusion lines that produce country specific systems to German quality standards with a capacity to an annual production level of 3,000 tonnes of profiles. "We are pleased to...

Purac: High performance lactides for the Asian biopolymer market

31.05.2013 - Purac, a subsidiary of CSM, has signed a long term supply contract for the delivery of up to 10,000 tons annually of „Puralact” lactides to a customer in Asia. „Puralact” lactides will be polymerized into high heat polylactic acid (PLA), a bioplastic made from annually renewable resources. Commercial...

ProTec Polymer Processing: Peter Theobald is new Managing Director

29.05.2013 - On April 1, 2013, Dipl.-Ing. Peter Theobald, 54, joined Christian Bennhold and Alfred Kimpel on the management team of ProTec Polymer Processing GmbH at the company´s headquarters in Bensheim, Germany. With his extensive sales experience – particularly in the Asia region – Peter Theobald is ideally...

Please find more information in German.

You wish to have news about your company and your products published here?
Please send your information and press reports to info@plasticker.de or give us a call!