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Stadler has engineered and supplied a fully automated sorting line for IGERS' textile recycling plant in Italy. The 4 t/h facility integrates two-stage NIR sorting with downstream preparation and digital traceability.
Engel forecasts revenue of around €1.55 billion for the 2026/27 financial year, approximately 10% more than in the previous year. Growth is being led by the US and India, while investment decisions are beginning to move forward again in Europe.
Syklo Group's EUR 70–80 million hub combines a 50,000-tonne plastic recycling plant with an 8,000-tonne biocomposite facility. The company targets demanding automotive, packaging and electronics applications.
Masterpress has commissioned a pouch packaging line at its Białystok plant. The company will manufacture pouches and bags from mono-layer PE structures and high-barrier materials containing more than 90% paper.
Seven weeks after restarting its Greatham plant, Tioxide can manufacture all Tioxide and Deltio pigment grades for plastics. The company is also preparing the site's second production line for an early 2027 restart.
Syensqo has obtained UL Environmental Claim Validation under UL 2809 for Fomblin Y fluids. The company is also investing in fluorine recovery at its Spinetta Marengo site in Italy.
Sikora placed 14th in a ranking of Germany's fastest-growing mid-sized companies. The measurement, control and sorting technology manufacturer is expanding its Bremen site by nearly 7,000 square metres.
Alpla will open a 13,000 m² plant in North Las Vegas in spring 2027. The facility will produce plastic bottles by extrusion blow moulding and expand the company's capacity in the western United States.
Hasco is investing in machinery and processes for standard plates, special plates and standard bars at its Lüdenscheid headquarters. The project is intended to expand in-house production, shorten transport routes and improve product availability.
Borouge International has started commercial operation of its specialty polypropylene compounding facility in Schwechat following an investment of more than €100 million. The plant combines PP resins with recycled polypropylene and additives.
TechnoCompound will expand annual capacity for long-glass-fibre-reinforced compounds at its Bad Sobernheim site by 4,800 tonnes. The new production line is scheduled to start operating by the second quarter of 2027.
The 5th International Modern Packaging Conference brought together experts from Poland, Finland, the Czech Republic and Latvia. The programme included 15 presentations and a panel on PPWR, investment financing, packaging design and recycling.
TER Plastics Distribution is expanding TERmicron production capacity at its sites in Poland and Spain. The restructured portfolio covers micronised polymer powders for demanding rotational moulding applications.
Stadler inaugurated a 2,160 m² Test Center during its 2026 Summit in Altshausen. The facility will support trials, prototype development, process optimization, customer validation and training under realistic operating conditions.
MOL Group has commissioned a 37.4 MWp solar park and a 20 MW, 40 MWh energy storage facility in Algyő. The installations are expected to reduce CO2 emissions by approximately 13,000 tonnes annually.
Belgian family holding company Henkes & Co has become a strategic partner and shareholder of Conbility. The partnership is intended to accelerate the development of composite manufacturing technologies and related industrialisation services.
Engel is expanding its European production network with a new facility in Kikinda, Serbia. The site will manufacture machined components, with around 150 employees planned to be recruited during its first three years.
Alpla has commissioned new packaging plants in İzmir and Adana following investments of approximately EUR 30 million. The facilities expand its Turkish production network and serve customers in several consumer goods sectors.
Messe Düsseldorf and FENAGRI will organise Morocco Food World in autumn 2027. The trade fair will connect the Moroccan food industry with suppliers of processing and packaging technologies, materials and services.
Clariant will supply its Catofin catalyst and Heat Generating Material for ZPC's new propane dehydrogenation unit in China. The facility will have a nameplate capacity of 1.2 million metric tons per year.
Wosana has started up a second KHS filling line for mineral and spring water at its Turów plant. The investment, worth more than PLN 50 million, is expected to ultimately double the facility's production capacity.
Syensqo is investing in a new compounding line for high-performance aromatic polymers at its Panoli site in India. The line, planned for operation in Q1 2028, will double current compounding capacity at the site.
Sanner Group has appointed Jean-Edouard Rabier as Chief Business Development Officer, effective September 1, 2026. The new executive role is intended to support the company’s global growth strategy after recent acquisitions and capacity investments.
Polyblend has confirmed a €4 million investment to convert an existing production line in Bad Sobernheim, Germany. The line is planned to produce up to 15 kt of compounds based on recycled feedstock from the end of 2027.
Hexpol will acquire 100% of Italy’s Vipa Group, a producer of thermoplastic compounds for the wire and cable segment. The transaction is intended to strengthen the group’s Thermoplastic Compounding offering.
Asahi Kasei has opened a wet-process lithium-ion battery separator coating line at its Celgard facility in Charlotte, North Carolina. Commercial production is scheduled to begin in the second half of fiscal 2026.
Sumika Polymer Compounds Europe is investing more than €13 million in a mechanical recycling plant in France. The unit will produce recycled polypropylene for automotive applications as EU rules increase recycled plastics targets in vehicles.
EREMA Group reports a profit for financial year 2025/26 despite lower revenue and difficult market conditions. The company points to rising global plastics demand and the need for high-performance recycling technologies as long-term growth drivers.
After a fire halted recycling operations in 2024, Plastika Kosovo has resumed production with a new Lindner Washtech washing line. The plant is designed to double recycling capacity and handle a wider range of input materials.
Trelleborg Sealing Solutions has expanded its European production center in Malta to support semiconductor customers. The facility adds cleanroom capacity and will focus on FKM and FFKM products, including new fluorosurfactant-free materials.
Krones increased order intake and improved profitability in the first half of 2026. The company confirmed its full-year guidance despite macroeconomic uncertainty and currency translation effects.
Endolys has secured planning approval for a £125 million plastic film recycling facility in Darlington. The project includes 12 pyrolysis units and is expected to process up to 120,000 tonnes of film per year.
The Polish Chamber of Chemical Industry has assessed the proposed changes to the EU ETS presented by the European Commission. The Chamber points to solutions aligned with the sector's demands, but stresses that their significance will depend on detailed provisions and the way they are implemented.
Dongguan Baier Plastic Co., Limited is increasing its production capacity for high-temperature engineering plastics by acquiring three ZSK Mc18 twin-screw extruders from Coperion. The lines are intended to process materials including PA, PEEK, PEI, PAI, PPS, PPO, PPA, LCP and PA46.
Source One Plastics is gradually restoring operations at its sorting and recycling plant in Eicklingen after a fire at the end of January 2026. The rebuilt facility is expected to operate more efficiently, with higher quality and lower emissions.
Hera Group, through Aliplast Polska, has signed a binding agreement to acquire 70% of Kronos Polymer Polska. The transaction is intended to support Aliplast’s plan to increase its capacity to more than 210,000 tonnes per year of recycled plastic raw materials.