Bayer gets green light for new world-scale TDI plant in Dormagen
Bayer MaterialScience can begin construction in Dormagen of a new world-scale plant for a key plastics precursor.
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BASF in 2011
BASF significantly surpassed the record levels of 2010 in sales and earnings, and thus again earned a high premium on its cost of capital in 2011.
Borealis in 2011
Borealis, a leading provider of chemical and innovative plastics solutions, recorded a net profit of EUR 507 million in 2011, compared to EUR 333 million in 2010.
Wienerberger will acquire Solvay's stake in Pipelife
Solvay and Wienerberger announced that they have signed a binding agreement for the sale of Solvay’s 50% stake in Pipelife, one of the world's leading suppliers of plastic pipe systems, to Wienerberger.
DSM Engineering Plastics global HQ has moved to Asia
DSM Engineering Plastics makes a strategic move to quicker anticipate customer needs around the globe.
Sumitomo Chemical holds groundbreaking ceremony for New S-SBR plant in Singapore
Sumitomo Chemical announced that it held a groundbreaking ceremony and a celebration reception for the new solution styrene-butadiene rubber (S-SBR) manufacturing plant to be constructed in Singapore by its group company Sumitomo Chemical Asia PTE LTD.
Specialty packaging films report
The flexible packaging market in Europe is valued at around 20 billion Euros by Andrew Reynolds, the Research Director at Applied Market Information.
Plastics market in Russia
Russia offers excellent opportunities for the plastic industry and considerable potential for growth.
Coperion secures majority stake in PELL-TEC
Coperion GmbH, Stuttgart, has acquired a majority stake in PELL-TEC Pelletizing Technology GmbH, Niedernberg, Germany.
KraussMaffei Berstorff increases its market presence in France
After a year of successful cooperation with the agency O.C. Team, KraussMaffei Berstorff draws a positive balance and records a notable increase in incoming orders.
Single-use and re-usable packaging: Deposits, market and innovations
Water, beer, juices, coke and other beverages are sold in a variety of packaging systems in Germany: reusable glass or plastic bottles, cardboard cartons, single-use containers with a deposit or single-use packaging with the Green Dot.
Plastics industry production in EU27
According to PlasticsEurope the European plastics industry continued its recovery in 2011 after the economic recession – especially for manufactured plastic products. The pace of recovery has slowed down after the spring due the reduction of inventory and uncertainty over the economic development.