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The packaging sector is a key user of plastics materials. Thus, it is of importance that brand owners and materials suppliers stay up-to-date on the preferences by consumers, especially the younger generation, on sustainability and recycling
Media Kit 2024
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- » Investments: Aramco to acquire 10% stake in Hengli Petrochemical; Suzano Ventures invests US$5 mn in Bioform to expand biobased plastic alternatives New
- » Tech tie-ups: IOCL selects Lummus’ cumene tech for new plant in India; BASF to supply acrylates from Zhanjiang site to Youyi New
- » Chinaplas 2024: Record-breaking show scale to witness “new productive forces” New
- » Plants: Sinopec starts production at world’s largest PTA project in China; Solvay opens blowing agent plant in Italy
- » Recycling: Denso/partners team up for automotive recycling process; Mura partners with Belgian university to explore chemical recycling
- » Recycling: Technip/Anellotech to develop recycling tech; LyondellBasell/Genox open jv plastics recycling plant in China
- » Expansions: Sabic Fujian Petrochemicals to use KBR phenol tech; Borealis/Borouge on track for capacities for XLPE, compounding at Ruwais and HVDC capacity at Antwerp
- » Investments: KazMunayGas reduces share in Silleno; Nextchem raises stake in Italian plastics recycler
- » Green materials: Hyosung to invest in US$1 bn bio-BDO facility in Vietnam; Neste/Lotte Chemical team up on renewable chemicals/plastics
- » Recycling equipment from one-stop shop April issue
- » Project Stop not stopping just yet: extended to East Java April issue
- » Recycling: Coke launches 100% rPET bottles in Hong Kong/Indonesia April issue
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» Advertorial; Chinaplas 2024: On a roll with cutting edge technologies, solutions
April issue - » Kautex back to business under Jwell Machinery April issue
- » Cast film systems for the Asian market April issue
- » Packaging: Consumers cancelling culture of unsustainability April issue
- » Country Focus: China: breaking the high carbon emissions cycle with EVs April issue
- » Waste-to-hydrogen takes the cue in sustainable energy paradigm April issue
- » Expansions: Orion breaks ground on battery materials plant in US; Toyo Ink India to boost adhesive capacity by 30%
- » M&As: Ineos completes acquisition of TotalEnergies’ French petchem assets; Borealis acquires Bulgarian recycling firm
- » Expansions: Covestro inaugurates new plant for polycarbonate copolymers in Belgium; UFlex starts up polyester plant in India & CPP film line in Russia
- » Kraiburg TPE’s innovations and solutions at Chinaplas 2024
- » CHINAPLAS 2024: Thailand rapidly progresses to become a leading industrial powerhouse in SEA
- » DOE funding: ExxonMobil’s Baytown olefins plant to receive up to US$332 mn; Eastman’s Texas project to receive US$375 mn
- » Recycling: Sabic/Pashupati Group to target recycling in India; Dow/Procter & Gamble to develop dissolution-based recycling tech for PE
- » Green materials: Eastman achieves on-spec output at US molecular recycling facility; Next Wave starts operations at ethylene-to-alkylate facility
- » Green news: Gazprom Neft opens plastics recycling plant in Russia; Sulzer to provide PLA tech to India’s Balrampur Chini Mills
Company News
M&As: Perstorp buys out minority partner at Chinese polyol site; Adnoc closes acquisition of stake in OMV
Sweden's Perstorp has closed a deal to buy out its minority partner in the joint venture Shandong Perstorp Chemical Co... Read More»
Finance: Trinseo to sell interest in Americas Styrenics; Vianode awarded EUR30 mn grant to advance Europe’s battery industry
Speciality materials firm Trinseo says that it has commenced a sale process for its 50% ownership in Americas Styrenics LLC (AmSty)... Read More»
Material News
Notable achievement for portable speakers with TPEs
The Thermolast H HC/AP series from Kraiburg TPE represents a significant advancement in stretcher safety, as it offers excellent compression set properties that allow manufacturers to mould it into... Read More»
Green news: Covestro opens pilot plant for biobased aniline; Corsair to supply pyrolysis oil to Shell Singapore
Japanese chemical firm Mitsubishi Gas Chemical (MGC) will suspend its production of orthoxylene (OX) and phthalic anhydride (PA) at its Mizushima... Read More»
Machinery News
Chinaplas 2024: Shaping the future of the plastics & rubber industries
China's manufacturing industry is currently undergoing a remarkable transformation, driven by a strategic shift that has positioned the country for a competitive advantage in the global market... Read More»
Davis Standard completes extrusion acquisition; including Battenfeld-Cincinnati
US-based extrusion and converting machinery supplier Davis-Standard says it has completed the previously announced acquisition of Extrusion Technology Group (ETG), which was controlled by the... Read More»
Country Focus: An alliance that keeps Asia’s “white gold” shining
Despite challenges in the global market and supply chain, Asia’s primary rubber producers are successfully achieving their growth targets, with China playing a pivotal role as a major trade partner... Read More»
Recycling equipment from one-stop shop
At this year’s Chinaplas show, German machinery firm Coperion will present key technologies for processing plastics at Booth F 106 in Hall 2.1. ... Read More»
BASF purchases 49% of Vattenfall’s German offshore wind farms
Chemical firm BASF is to purchase 49% of energy firm Vattenfall’s Nordlicht 1 and 2 wind farms. The Nordlicht wind project... Read More»
