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K2025, to be held from 8-15 October in Düsseldorf, Germany, defines the agenda for sustainable progress in the plastics sector, highlighting circular economy, digitalisation, and social responsibility
Media Kit 2026
Feature Latest Headlines
- » Expansions: Lotte Chemical Titan starts up olefins complex in Indonesia; Braskem to expand PE/ethylene output in Brazil New
- » Food safe, high-performance TPE materials for lunch boxes, coffee makers
- » Erema invests in BlockTexx to scale up textile recycling
- » K2025: Europe still contender in global machinery sector; focus on digitalisation
- » K2025: Reifenhäuser tackles skills shortage with industrial AI
- » M&As: Carlyle to acquire BASF’s coatings business for EUR7 bn
- » K2025: Evonik/Schneider Electric team up to advance automation for processing and recycling
- » Expansions: Clariant increases capacity for halogen-free FRs in China; Songwon to construct additives blends plant in Saudi Arabia
- » Green news: Geno/Sojitz partner to scale up biobased PA6; Rexelian to offer recycled compounds for the auto sector
- » Expansions: Borealis to boost XLPE capacity in Sweden; NYCOA starts up third reactor to expand specialty nylons
- » K2025: Engel acquires foaming specialist Trexel; spells out tough times in markets, growth continues in Asia
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» K2025: Husky puts on display of PET/closure moulding solutions; rPP cup, hot runners
and more - » K2025: StackTeck teams up with RJG to showcase pail moulding
- » BASF: China cracker for petchems to start-up by year end; Catalyst installation at Taiwan’s Nan Ya Plastics allows for sustainability
- » Plants: Trinseo to close MMA/ACH plants in Italy, mulling PS closure in Germany; Ineos to shut epoxy resin feedstock/chlorine plants in Germany
- » Tie-ups: Dow/MEGlobal expand ethylene supply agreement; Dow/Henkel expand collaboration to decarbonise adhesives manufacturing
Company News
Plants: Trinseo to close MMA/ACH plants in Italy, mulling PS closure in Germany; Ineos to shut epoxy resin feedstock/chlorine plants in Germany
In the latest in the line of plant closures in Europe, speciality materials firm Trinseo says it will permanently close its methyl methacrylate (MMA) production... Read More»
Clariant rejects claims from BP, ExxonMobil for EUR2 bn over ethylene cartel
Swiss chemical firm Clariant announced that it has received two claims from BP Europe SE and ExxonMobil Petroleum & Chemical B.V for damages against four companies, including Clariant... Read More»
Material News
K2025 looks to Southeast Asia: Innovation engine for global supply chains
Increased consumer awareness of environmental and sustainability issues has led to steadily rising demand for reusable products in many areas... Read More»
BASF: China cracker for petchems to start-up by year end; Catalyst installation at Taiwan’s Nan Ya Plastics allows for sustainability
German chemical firm BASF says it has reached two milestones at its Zhanjiang site: the start-up of the butyl acrylate (BA) plant and the... Read More»
Machinery News
Erema invests in BlockTexx to scale up textile recycling
Scaling up textile recycling, machinery maker Erema Group has made an investment in clean technology company BlockTexx. The Australian firm has developed a process that separates... Read More»
Davis-Standard to acquire Italian pipe coil maker FB Balzanelli
Extrusion machinery provider Davis-Standard says it has reached a definitive agreement to acquire FB Balzanelli, a manufacturer of automatic and semi-automatic and semi-automatic coilers serving the global pipe and tube market.... Read More»
Conductive Plastics: Making conductive plastics effectively and chemical-free
It’s mouldable, biocompatible and glitters like gold. Plastic that can conduct an electric charge is a material that can be used for everything from sensors that can monitor... Read More»
Tyres: Tyre makers take the wheel to turn the sustainability corner
From landfill to factory, the tyre sector is expanding the circular use of rubber throughout the supply chain to shrink its carbon footprint by using sustainable rubber materials in tyres... Read More»
Technip secures contracts for waste-to-methanol facility in Spain
Technip Energies has been awarded two engineering services contracts by Repsol for the development of the Ecoplanta Molecular Recycling Solutions (Ecoplanta) project, a first-of-a-kind waste-to-methanol facility to be built in El Morell... Read More»
