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As we round up 2025, the plastics sector has been inundated with opportunities being flagged by the industry to maintain its image in the global market as a useful, lightweight, cost-saving material that is sustainable as well
Media Kit 2026
Feature Latest Headlines
- » Partnerships: Azelis/Milliken partner to distribute PU colourant solutions in India; Univar expands partnership with SI Group for distribution of additives in EMEA New
- » Recycling: Covestro/Fraunhofer UMSICHT tie-up for pyrolysis pilot plant; Lego surpasses 50% recycled content in products New
- » Advent scraps buyout of Lanxess jv Envalior; deal worth EUR1.2 bn
- » EU project turns biogenic CO2 into proteins and bioplastics
- » Clariant secures EU approval for rice bran wax additives in food packaging
- » Hormuz shutdown threatens chemicals trade as US weighs response
- » CHINAPLAS 2026: Harnessing the “15th Five-Year Plan” to usher in a new era of plastics and rubber innovation
- » Kraiburg TPE offers soft-touch and sustainable TPE materials for robotic dogs
- » EU mass balance accounting rules under SUPD revealed
- » Expansions: AGC Vinythai commissions expanded chlor-alkali plant in Thailand; Zeon breaks ground on cyclo-olefin polymers plant in Japan
- » Ineos secures EUR300 mn French grants to rejuvenate Lavéra cracker
Company News
Sabic to divest European plastics/petchem assets for US$950 mn to German buyers
Saudi Arabia-based chemical firm Sabic is to sell its European petrochemical business and its Engineering Thermoplastics operations across Europe and the Americas... Read More»
M&As: Indorama sells Czech PET recycling plant; BASF mulling sale of biometric subsidiary trinamiX
Thailand-based polyester firm Indorama Ventures has sold its entire 85% stake in failing Czech PET recycling plant UCY Polymers CZ, to UCY Global Invest... Read More»
Material News
KRAIBURG TPE Levels Up Performance of Food Containers, Fender Flares, and PPE with TPEs
From advancing product functionality and overall quality to reducing emissions and increasing circularity, KRAIBURG TPE, a global manufacturer of thermoplastic elastomers (TPEs) ... Read More»
POE/POP growth on the uptrend; fuelled by solar panels and China
The global market for polyolefin elastomers and plastomers (POEs/POPs) is forecast to grow at 5.6% per annum (CAGR) through to 2036 to a volume of 4.4 million tonnes-plus according to the latest iteration of MLT... Read More»
Machinery News
Kiefel sets up R&D centre in Thailand
Germany-based thermoforming machinery maker Kiefel recently opened its new Customer Innovation Centre (CIC) at the Brückner Group Asia-Pacific site in Rayong, Thailand. The modern technology... Read More»
Chinaplas 2026: Quality growth driven by technology, thriving future powered by green solutions
On April 21 to 24, 2026, the industry's acclaimed trade fair - Chinaplas 2026 will take place at National Exhibition and Convention Center (NECC) in Hongqiao, Shanghai, China.... Read More»
Expansions: Borealis invests EUR49 mn in PP scale-up in Germany; Covestro to install renewable energy via heat battery at German MDI facility
Austrian polyolefins maker Borealis has announced a EUR49 million investment to scale up production of polypropylene (PP).. Read More»
Michelin launches expansion of Shanghai facility
French tyre maker Michelin Group has inaugurated what it says is its first global “future factory” in Shanghai, with a total project investment of about US$420 million. The facility represents the second... Read More»
Consortium kick-starts wind farm construction in Taiwan
A consortium between Semco Maritime (Denmark) and PTSC Mechanical & Construction (PTSC M&C, Vietnam) says it has held the first-cut ceremony for the Formosa 4 Offshore Substation (OSS) project at PTSC M&C’s fabrication yard in Vung Tau,... Read More»
