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• »   Packaging: Closed loop partnerships the way forward   New   June issue 
• »   Machinery: Processing rPET in thinwall injection moulding   New   June issue 
• »   Recycling: Lack of higher quality recyclates, more consistent input streams   New   
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• »   Machinery & Sustainability: Carbon footprint of injection moulding machines   New   
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• »   Engineering Plastics: Better plastics shaped by electronic/electrical market trends   New   June issue 
• »   Advertorial: Taipeiplas launches pre-show monthly campaigns featuring Smart Manufacturing, Innovation, and Sustainability   New   June issue 
• »   Thermoplastic Elastomer: TPEs offer flexibility for a variety of industries   New   June issue 
• »   Building and Construction Sector: Turning bad air into circular building materials   New   June issue 
• »   Ocean-bound plastics: gamechanger sustainable material   New   June issue 
• »   IPOs: Oman considers IPO of energy firm OQ units; UniteChem to list on Shanghai stock mart   New 
• »   Sabic launches PP compounds based on renewable and recycled feedstock; Borealis helps Uponor create world’s first cross-linked PE-X pipes based on renewable feedstock
• »   Expansions: LyondellBasell licenses PE tech for Levima’s EVA line in China; Ineos to build acetic acid plant on US Gulf coast, not going ahead with UK VAM plant
• »   Battery materials: Lotte Chemical/Sasol in feasibility study for EV battery materials; Toray/LG Chem in US$375 mn battery separator film jv in Hungary
• »   Coperion's side feeder allows for economical carbon-fibre recycling
• »   Expansions: Repsol to invest EUR105 mn in first UHMWPE plant in Spain; Petronas Chemicals buys furloughed maleic anhydride plant in Malaysia
• »   Moulding of paint cans in one step from StackTeck
• »   Expansions: Engel opens new EUR14 mn tech centre in St Valentin
• »   China overtakes Europe in global machine exports; Germany in challenging times
• »   Covestro, SK geo centric and Neste cooperate in renewable MDI in APAC
• »   Expansions: Perstorp makes major increase in production of polyols; Perstorp introduces world's first 2-EH partly based on renewables
• »   M&As: Hahn acquires SK Group’s PET business for US$1.3 bn; Plaskolite buys optical plastic products maker MXL
• »   Global plastic waste to triple by 2060; packaging/textiles to lead waste output
• »   M&As: KBR invests US$100 mn in recycler Mura; Geon pumps up PVC assets with compounder Cary
• »   M&As: Mutares acquires plastic parts business of Mann+Hummel; Saint-Gobain acquires Canadian siding firm Kaycan
• »   EV batteries: LG Chem/Huayou Cobalt tie-up for EV battery materials; Nippon Shokubai/Arkema to mass-produce LiFSI electrolyte salts for European battery supply chain
• »   Borouge US$2 bn IPO oversubscribed; to list on ADX
• »   Expansions: Milliken advances coating additives lab in US; BASF expands automotive coatings centre in India
• »   Lanxess/Advent to acquire DSM Engineering Materials for EUR3.7 bn; Lanxess to transfer HPM biz into new jv
• »   Husky’s latest system for 100% rPET preforms
• »   New gear reducer caters to high/low torques
• »   Recycling: Xycle constructing recycling plant in Rotterdam; Teijin Frontier develops chemical recycling tech for polyester fibres
• »   Expansions: Fujian Meide to use Clariant Catofin tech for one of largest PDH units; Worley awarded contract for Borouge 4 project
• »   Green tech: French to recycle 50 mn PET food trays/year; CJ BIO/Natureworks to work on PHA/PLA solutions
• »   Green Materials: rHDPE bottle project with Beiersdorf and Fraunhofer Institute; Barnes/Ineos Styrolution collaborate on sustainable ABS
• »   Engel launches packaging centre in Austria
• »   Expansions: Covestro launches a new production line for prepolymers, Milliken to start production of PP clarifier plant in US
• »   Recycling: TotalEnergies/New Hope to construct recycling plant in Texas; Chemours in titanium dioxide recycling project
• »   Borealis/Adnoc to float 10% stake of Borouge on ADX