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MOL Group acquired ReMat Zrt., a recycler with production plants located in Tiszaújváros and Rakamaz, Hungary, and a logistics hub in Bratislava, Slovakia. ReMat is a market leading plastics recycler in Hungary with an annual processing capacity of 25,000 tons.
The exhibits that Arburg has prepared for Plastpol 2022 in Kielce, Hall E, Stand E-30, from 24 to 27 May, cover the entire spectrum of modern injection moulding production.
ABB has been awarded a major contract by NatureWorks, the world’s leading manufacturer of polylactic acid (PLA), to automate their new, greenfield plant in Thailand.
BASF will increase production capacity for its hindered amine light stabilizers (HALS) at sites located in Pontecchio Marconi, Italy and Lampertheim, Germany.
SER North America is the second US plant built in Anderson, Indiana, by the Italian Sirmax Group, a sustainable producer of polypropylene compounds, engineering plastics, post-consumer compounds and bio-compounds for a wide range of applications.
The new collaboration with Kraton will deliver certified renewable butadiene from SABIC’s Trucircle portfolio for use in Kraton’s certified renewable styrenic block copolymers (SBC).
At the beginning of last week, both “feedstock” and energy prices reached their highest levels in 10 years. The price of oil was 139 USD/barrel, NAPHTHA was 1,121.7 USD/t and the price of natural gas was 227.201 Euro/MWh.
The masterbatch market continues to be incredibly dynamic, maintaining growth throughout the pandemic in all major global regions, and outperforming the growth of both GDP and the underlying polymer demand.
Tarsus Group, organizer of the Labelexpo Global Series, has announced that Labelexpo Europe 2022 has been rescheduled, with the event now taking place 11-14 September 2023.
As a consequence of the disturbing events in Ukraine, the Supervisory Board of Messe Düsseldorf has decided to suspend the group's business activities in Russia until further notice.
The Plastics Industry Association (PLASTICS) has announced a resolution regarding the disposition of exhibitor space fees paid prior to the cancellation of the association’s NPE2021 trade show.
Since the beginning of the year, Evosys Laser - with its representatives TRUmachines in Poland and Tamsa Makina in Turkey - has strengthened its global presence.
The waste plastics value chain is a complex and dynamic sector, with an evolving operating environment. New legislation and targets for the recycling of plastics and the use of recyclate are changing the way the whole plastics industry must operate.
Newcomers showcase innovative developments and ideas for the plastics and rubber industries.
K 2022 from 19 to 26 October 2022 in Düsseldorf: Global plastics and rubber industries get their act together for climate protection, the circular economy and digitalisation.
Two Barry-Wehmiller Packaging Systems companies based in France, Hema (in Quimper) and Synerlink (in Puiseux-Pontoise), have aligned to bring complementary rigid packaging solutions to the global food and beverage markets.
The 2022 edition of the conference A Circular Future with Plastics, organized by EuPC together with the Belgian associations Agoria and Essenscia - PolyMatters, will count among its high level of speakers the MEP Soren Gade and the Director General of DG GROW of the European Commission.
Double digit growth continues for the plastics and rubber processing machinery, equipment, and moulds industry, represented by the trade association Amaplast.
The Ferrero Group is making further strides in its commitment to making 100% of packaging reusable, recyclable or compostable by 2025. As part of this journey, the business has announced new global partnerships with HolyGrail 2.0 and Consumer Goods Forum (CGF).
Plastics and rubber processing machines, all indicators good for the first half year: turnover and orders are growing
In the first quarter of 2021, Italian plastics and rubber processing machinery manufacturers in the trade association Amaplast recorded double-digit increases in orders and turnover over the same period in 2020.
Oben Group announced the acquisition of Poligal Group, effective February 25, 2021. This acquisition includes the BOPP and CPP production plants in Portugal and Poland, commercial offices in Germany and an extensive sales and distribution network throughout Europe.
A US$1-trillion loss from the pandemic, estimated by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), is an expensive lesson to learn for global economies while recovery anticipated remaining lethargic in 2021.
bp and SABIC have just signed a new agreement to work together to drive circular economy in the petrochemical activities at the Gelsenkirchen (Germany) chemical complex. Building on a long established relationship between the two companies at the production site, the new collaboration will help to increase production of certified circular products.
The Polymers for Europe Alliance was set up by the European Plastics Converters association (EuPC) in 2015 due to the shortage of polymers for converters in Europe.
ISTAT foreign trade data for the first nine months of last year, compared to the same period in 2019, show imports and exports falling by 17% and 14% respectively. The balance of trade, while still amply positive at over 1.3 billion euros, has shrunk by thirteen points.
Due to protection measures against coronavirus, consumers no longer bring their durable bags to supermarkets, said Turkish Plastic Industrialists Research, Development and Education Association (PAGEV).
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Total packaging industry deals for February 2020 worth $823.28m were announced globally, according to GlobalData’s deals database.
China is one of the largest export markets for the German plastics processing machinery industries. Therefore, the VDMA Plastics and Rubber Machinery Association has been keeping close eye on the latest developments related to the coronavirus outbreak.
In consideration of the measures adopted by the Government with regard to the spread of coronavirus, Amaplast underlines that to date its member companies have implemented all the actions required by legislation to protect the health and safety of their employees.
At the last edition of the trade fair duo comprising interplastica and upakovka there were already signs that the Russian market was moving out of the trough again – at least for the packaging and related processing industry as well as for the plastics and rubber industry.
According to a newly published report by AMI, European demand for PP compounds has stalled since the middle of 2018 caused by mounting issues in the automotive industry.
During a meeting held in Düsseldorf at the K trade show, the three Presidents of the European plastics industry associations agreed to oppose the Italian Government’s tax proposal of 1000 € per ton of plastic packaging.
The Asian region is buckling down on major trends and issues to achieve a future “perfect” economic growth, which will have a ripple effect on the plastics industry.
Effective 1st March 2019, Albis Plastic will exclusively distribute Eastman Chemical’s full Copolyester product portfolio in France and Poland.