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Given the tight supply of petrochemical-based polymers/ resins, one way of overcoming this is through improving recycling technologies and adopting waste plastic recycling to lessen the dependency on oil-based materials
Media Kit 2026
Feature Latest Headlines
- » NatureWorks opens PLA facility in Thailand New
- » Recycling: Phelix breaks ground on recycling facility in Shanghai; UAE expands use of recycled plastics for food-contact packaging New
- » Expansions: Lanxess opens lubricant additives plant in India; Evonik opens PEEK magnet wire lab in China New
- » M&As: Lone Star acquires Radici’s polymers/specialty chemicals, Domo bizs; Ineos sells sulphur dioxide biz to Ecovyst New
- » Ineos: Tie-ups with Omya, Snetor for polyolefins supply in Europe; Tie-up with Sandpiper for US$1 bn low-carbon methanol project in US
- » Green news: Polykemi grows capacity for recycled materials; Covation’s plant for bioTHF and bioPTMEG reaches completion
- » M&As: Agilyx increases shareholding in GreenDot to over 50%; DCM Shriram/Teknor Apex in jv to advance polymers in India
- » Expansions: BASF expands additives capacity; Evonik opens centre for PA solutions in sports/consumer goods in China
- » Cypet’s breakthrough with 1,000 l PET IBCs April issue
- » Engel builds world’s largest injection machine April issue
- » Automotive: GIC project addresses challenges of ELV recycling April issue
- » Advertorial: TaipeiPLAS 2026 Opens Visitor Pre-registration April issue
- » Advertorial: China remains key market for Europe’s plastics & rubber machinery industry April issue
- » PlastMilan 2026: Italian show to showcase Made-in-Europe machinery April issue
- » Additives: Adding elements of refinement in plastics April issue
- » Film/Sheet Sector: MDO-PE unlaminated cast film for deep-freeze applications April issue
- » Film/Sheet Sector: NO.EL and Colines introduce tamper-proof stretch film April issue
- » ExxonMobil Polymers: Sustainability in Packaging April issue
- » Country Focus: China forges ahead with industrial resilience April issue
- » No more cheap oil: breaking petrochemical dependence through recycling April issue
- » India, Singapore, Taiwan on sustainability drive April issue
- » Middle East crisis to cut global oil/gas demand by 2050 April issue
Company News
Country Focus: China forges ahead with industrial resilience
As a global economic powerhouse, China has kept its sails up, navigating the rough waters of disrupted supply chains amid ongoing fuel blockades and geopolitical mayhem... Read More»
M&As: EPL/Indovida to merge to create US$2 bn packaging firm
Flexible packaging company EPL Limited, (formerly Essel Propack), which is backed by Blackstone, has announced a definitive merger agreement with Indovida India Private Limited... Read More»
Material News
ExxonMobil Polymers: Sustainability in Packaging
Rising consumer awareness and evolving regulations are driving brand owners to seek packaging solutions that incorporate recycled content. In these case studies, ExxonMobil Signature Polymers worked with machinery... Read More»
Circulate Capital raises US$220 mn in second fund for Asian recycling
Singapore-based circular economy investment manager Circulate Capital has bucked global fundraising trends to raise US$220 million for the first close of Circulate Capital Asia II fund. .. Read More»
Machinery News
PlastMilan 2026: Italian show to showcase Made-in-Europe machinery
During a press preview organised early this year, officials spoke to journalists about the 20th edition of Plast 2026, scheduled for 9-12 June at Fiera Milano, Italy; with factory visits to machinery companies such as Luigi Bandera, Moretto and BMB... Read More»
Film/Sheet Sector: MDO-PE unlaminated cast film for deep-freeze applications
Austrian machinery maker SML’s latest generation of cast MDO lines have successfully produced a new, unlaminated MDO-PE film optimised for deep-freeze packaging.... Read More»
Automotive: GIC project addresses challenges of ELV recycling
The Global Impact Coalition (GIC), a CEO-led collaborative platform originally incubated at the World Economic Forum, has launched what it says is the world’s first Automotive... Read More»
Tyre Sector: Setting in motion the wheels of change
Once liabilities and eye sore on landfills, end-of-life tyres have now become assets for rubber supply and circularity via chemical recycling and material recovery... Read More»
Syensqo/Shell tie up to supply EO with lower carbon footprint
Chemical firm Syensqo and Shell Chemicals Europe B.V. have joined forces to supply mass-balanced, low-carbon EO solutions for the agricultural and industrial markets... Read More»
