Potential dual-use output loophole draws criticism / Industry reps respond: reclaim quotas should not include fuel use ...

“Neither practical nor fair” / Packaging producer Uwe Fernholz is calling for reform of Germany's Single-Use Plastic Fund Act These cookies cannot be deactivated as they are required for basic ...

Reuse key to circular economy shift / Global South case studies show impact across product categories – report These cookies cannot be deactivated as they are required for basic functions to keep the ...

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The ICI group (GB-London SW 1P 3JF) is close to completing its “close-out” sale for plastics. Most recent moves are the sale of the acrylics business for EUR 780m to the British investment partnership ...

"The objective of Cincinnati Milacron is to become the largest manufacturer of metal and plastic manufacturing machinery in the world" according to a spokesman for Cincinnati Milacron Inc (CM, 4701 ...

Elastogran (HQ: D-49448 Lemförde; www.elastogran.com), the polyurethanes subsidiary of BASF (HQ: D-67056 Ludwigshafen; www.basf.com), will give itself a new corporate structure on 1 July, and as part ...

The PVC recycling process developed by “VinyLoop”, a partnership of PVC producer SolVin (Brussels / Belgium; www.solvinpvc.com), French mixed membranes manufacturer Serge Ferrari (La Tour du Pin; ...

Following 18 months of preparation, the 14 May general assembly of the Association of Plastics Manufacturers in Europe (APME, B-1160 Brussels; www.apme.org) approved plans to establish a new ...

Allied Signal Plastics (Haasrode Research Park, B-3001 Heverlee), a leading producer of polyamide 6 resins, PET resins and specialty films, supports its European customers through the services of a ...

Thermoplastics compounder RTP (Winona, Minnesota / USA; www.rtpcompany.com) has introduced a range of glass fibre-reinforced bioplastic PLA compounds, which it says overcomes many limitations of ...

Austria’s Constantia Flexibles (Vienna; www.cflex.com) is investing EUR 4m in new capacity at its site in Weiden / Germany, to meet growing demand from the confectionery industry for film-based ...