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PRA Nov/Dec Issue
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ON THE COVER:
2020 has been a year of “survival of the fittest” in industry sectors. Faced with diluted sales, plant closures, halved capacities, and low workforce, major players are moving forward by implementing new strategies to overcome the tough situation
ON THE COVER:
2020 has been a year of “survival of the fittest” in industry sectors. Faced with diluted sales, plant closures, halved capacities, and low workforce, major players are moving forward by implementing new strategies to overcome the tough situation
View our Digital copy
ON THE COVER:
2020 has been a year of “survival of the fittest” in industry sectors. Faced with diluted sales, plant closures, halved capacities, and low workforce, major players are moving forward by implementing new strategies to overcome the tough situation
Current Edition Electronic Issues
ON THE COVER:
2020 has been a year of “survival of the fittest” in industry sectors. Faced with diluted sales, plant closures, halved capacities, and low workforce, major players are moving forward by implementing new strategies to overcome the tough situation
Current Edition Electronic Issues
Latest Headlines
- » TPEs for the medical, home, and cosmetics sector applications New
- » Green materials: Wheat straw converted to PU foam; Audia Elastomers’s new family of sustainable TPEs New
- » M&As: Private equity firm One Rock acquires Distrupol; Lotte Chemical makes an offer for JSR’s elastomer division New
- » Plants: Avient to expand colour capabilities in Vietnam; Kureha completes facility for PPS in Japan New
- » Plants: Alpla constructing facility for rPET in Italy; Teijin sets up R&D centre in Netherlands New
- » Maguire takes minority stake in supplier of bulk material handling systems New
- » Green Materials: Sabic/Plastic Energy to step up production of circular polymers; Ineos Styrolution to build demo polymerisation unit for r-nylon
- » Arburg to have smaller groups for industry event in 2021
- » Husky’s latest UltraShot injection system
- » Arburg acquires AMK's Drives & Automation division
- » 3D Printing: Ineos reports energy savings with styrenics; Synthomer/University of Loughborough collaborate on 3D concrete printing
- » Wintec’s China-made machinery to be sold in Europe
- » M&As: Momentive acquires KCC’s silicones business; Azelis enters Philippines market with acquisitions
- » Plants: Celanese to build LCP plant in China; Radici to invest EUR15 mn in meltblown nonwoven film line
- » VTT studies recycling of plastic waste from Indonesia’s rivers
- » Green materials: DSM/Clariter to pursue chemical recycling of Dyneema; Borealis/Tomra start-up plant for waste sorting and mechanical recycling
- » M&As: Jindal Films acquires Domo Films in Europe; Zeppelin strengthens its market position with acquisition of MTI Mischtechnik
- » Arburg expands to the Vietnamese market
- » Plants: Mitsubishi Chemical to build CFRTP pilot facility in Japan; BASF opens PU R&D centre in Thailand
- » Green Materials: Equate’s food-grade PET with 30% chemically recycled content; Citrus-based bottles with VTT’s new FDCA tech
- » M&As: HIG Capital buys packaging firms; Selig Group acquires Performance Systematix
- » M&As: Pritzker Private Capital acquires speciality chemicals firm Vertellus; Evonik closes acquisition of US firm’s biodegradable polymers business
- » M&As: Azelis acquires majority equity in Vietnamese chemicals firms; Neste acquires stake in US recycling firm Alterra Energy
- » LG and Magna in jv tie-up to expand into electric vehicle market
- » M&As: IPEG acquires Conair partner Phoenix Systems; Ascend purchases French firm Eurostar Engineering Plastics
- » M&A/Tie-up: BASF/Chinese institute expand R&D collaboration; Ineos completes acquisition of BP’s aromatics/acetyls business
- » Chinaplas 2021: 5G roll-out in full swing; plastics sector at the forefront of tech innovation
- » Ineos Styrolution breaks ground on 600 kilotonne Chinese ABS plant
- » StackTeck enhances mould qualification capabilities
- » Plants: Huntsman starts up Taiwanese polyols plant; Evonik expands capacity for adhesive raw materials in Marl
- » Green materials: Neste completes first industrial-scale run with liquefied waste plastic in Finland
- » Italian show Plast rescheduled from May to June 2021
- » Green investments: ExxonMobil takes 25% equity in Agilyx jv for recycling; Axens licenses ethanol-to-ethylene tech to Sumitomo
- » VDMA: German plastics, rubber machinery sector initiates trend reversal; sees return to pre-crisis level by 2023
- » Green investments: Avantium awarded EUR5.4 mn for FDCA pilot plant; LyondellBasell/Suez acquire Belgian recycler
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Company News
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Green investments: ExxonMobil takes 25% equity in Agilyx jv for recycling; Axens licenses ethanol-to-ethylene tech to Sumitomo
Agilyx Corporation has signed an agreement with US materials firm ExxonMobil to become a founding member...
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Materials News
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Holiday couture: going the full nine yards for sustainability
Consumers are putting a premium on sustainability, signalling the fashion industry to adopt circular solutions to utilise the value of old garments...
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Machinery News
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Year-end Summary: 2020, trouble in paradise for major industry sectors
Companies are rewriting their growth stories – with new perspectives of connecting directly to their customers, as well as collaborating with industry peers...
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SUPPLEMENTS
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Country Focus: Indonesia’s rubber sustainability at a crossroads
Deforestation in Indonesia, the world’s second largest natural rubber producer, is an issue to reckon with. According to Greenpeace, the country has...
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KraussMaffei’s system for LSR coffee cup lids
Silicone is flexible, antibacterial, temperature-resistant, durable and it does not contain any plasticisers. These properties make liquid silicone rubber (LSR) the ideal raw...
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SUPPLEMENTS
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Country Focus: Indonesia’s rubber sustainability at a crossroads
Deforestation in Indonesia, the world’s second largest natural rubber producer, is an issue to reckon with. According to Greenpeace, the country has...
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KraussMaffei’s system for LSR coffee cup lids
Silicone is flexible, antibacterial, temperature-resistant, durable and it does not contain any plasticisers. These properties make liquid silicone rubber (LSR) the ideal raw...
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