2024 - 2025 Exhibitions
January 2015
Lead Features
Company News
- » RockTenn/MWV combine to create US$16 bn company
- » Lohia to unlock its potential growth Jan/Feb digital issue
- » Sika to acquire Axson; against the back of Saint-Gobain tussle for control
- » Molecor’s Malaysian arm targets RM90 mn turnover in PVC pipes
- » Teijin DuPont to shut down one polyester film plant
- » Indorama buys another PET plant in Turkey; boosts capacity to 380 ktonnes
- » Momentive Specialty Chemicals to be renamed Hexion
- » DuPont names new Performance Chemicals spinoff as Chemours
- » Japanese/South Korean firms merge for new PU jv
- » Amcor buys Chinese packaging firm
- » Solvay’s acquisition of PPS business completed
Materials News
- » BASF exits biobased project; Novozymes & Cargill continue
- » Clothing fashioned from plastics Jan/Feb digital issue
- » DuPont partners Chinese firm for fluoroelastomers
- » Biobased compounds for breathable films from Teknor Apex/Arkema
- » BASF to up capacity for BDO in the US; bringing global capacity to 670 kilotonnes
- » Braskem invests in LLDPE; dedicates one line to mPE
- » Safran inaugurates carbon brakes plant in Malaysia
- » New milestone in PUs: “green” isocyanate
- » Struktol expands additive line for recycled polymers
- » Cancellation of US$6.5 bn Shell project in Qatar to change MEG market outlook, IHS says
- » Italian companies develop bio/compostable capsule for hot beverages
- » IRPC/PCC Rokita tie up for PU products
- » Metabolix scales back manufacturing plans for 2015
- » Chinese firm acquires US recycler
- » Sipchem/Hanwa start up EVA film plant
Machinery News
- » Indonesia: steady gait of an Asian tiger cub Jan/Feb digital issue
- » Piovan buys stake in Italian compatriot
- » American plastics show breaks its own size record
- » New liquid coating solutions from Davis-Standard
- » W&H takes higher stake in BSW; appoints new CEO
- » PLA foam extrusion line with tandem extruders
- » High productivity combo from new PP grade and machine
- » Reduction Engineering invests in new equipment to meet demand
- » Erema to expand R&D centre in the US; remains upbeat about business
- » Reifenhäuser Kiefel Extrusion changes name to Reifenhäuser Blown Film; invests in new facility
- » KraussMaffei teams up with 3CON for reaction process machinery
- » Bäumer takes over the product line of Lamit
- » Wood composites on the rise; savings in material costs
February 2015
Lead Features
- » New marine litter study: Ocean life, at risk of extinction?
- » Plastindia’s new venue receives mixed reviews
- » China misses economic target, faces new normal of growth
- » Self-driving cars: facing the realities and challenges
- » The art of packaging Jan/Feb digital issue
- » Getting to the bottom of the marine litter issue Jan/Feb digital issue
Company News
Materials News
- » Solvay building US PEEK unit; US$85 mn investment in US/India
- » BASF and Yara to build ammonia plant in the US; investment of US$600 mn
- » Victrex to build innovation centre in the UK; £1.3 mn funding
- » PolyOne expanding capacity for LFT
- » Oil price drop leads to lower petrochem prices, weaker market; boosts demand
- » New Reverdia patents strengthen biosuccinium licensing
- » Chomarat expands multiaxial glassfibre reinforcements capacity for wind turbines
- » Solvay unveils new highly dispersible silica for tyres
- » BASF expands pigment portfolio
- » Exxonmobil Chemical introduces new Vistamaxx polymer grade at Plastindia
- » Wacker and inpro develop a new silicone adhesive for plastic oil pans
- » DSM invests in US manufacturing facility for sustainable resins
Machinery News
- » Apex Machine buys compatriot printing machine maker
- » American show to have more exhibitors from Asia; China leads
- » Manufacturing trends to be highlighted at Chinaplas in May
- » Amut buys competitor Dolci; to showcase full line-up at PlastMilan
- » IPEG sells Rapid Granulator to Swedish firm
- » Erema sets up Pure Loop
- » Piovan looks forward to further growth in 2015
- » Milacron to expand product brands capacity in Czech Republic
- » Fakuma 2015 expected to top previous editions
- » PLAST 2015: positive signs from the sector for the upcoming fair
March 2015
Lead Features
Company News
- » Dow to spin off chlorine business to Olin; USD5 bn deal
- » Ineos Oligomers to expand output for LAO/PAO in the US
- » Amcor expands into Africa with Nampak acquisition of US$22 mn
- » BASF to set up propylene plant in Texas; taking advantage of shale gas
- » DSM to spin off composites/polymer intermediates business; CVC to partner in new company
- » Ineos integrates its ABS unit with Styrolution in the US
Materials News
- » Borouge banks on India‘s middle classes for growth
- » Recycling of labels launched in Europe
- » Plastics industry survey presented at NPE; tackles issues and needs
- » Victrex to put up an innovation centre on UK grant
- » Schulman to make largest purchase: buying Citadel for US$800 mn
- » Total raises bar for multilayer composite pipe productivity with XSene XRT 70 HDPE
- » Evonik to buy Indian catalysts supplier
- » JEC readies new expansions, "conquers" the world
- » Solvay and 3A Composites collaborate on innovating specialty foam for transportation
- » SGL Group and BASF cap joint research for new polyamide-carbon-fibre composite system
- » Cardia restrategises: closing Brazilian plant; focusing on Asia Pacific
- » BioAmber commissions Sarnia plant for biosuccinic acid
- » Perstorp starts up oxo plant in Sweden; catering to PVC plasticisers
- » Huntsman to shut down pigment plants in the US & Germany
- » HDPE on growth course with Asia in the lead
- » AkzoNobel breaks ground on speciality chemicals plant in China
- » BASF offers biobased PolyTHF; expands amines plant in Germany
- » Biobased levulinic acid plant to start up in Italy; targeted at plasticisers
- » Bayer MaterialScience buys composite materials specialist
Machinery News
- » Uponor divests Extron Engineering
- » Coperion Nanjing to open new plant in China
- » Battenfeld-cincinnati offers new extrusion lines with FDC system
- » Wilmington Machinery unveils new in-line multi-clamp intermittent reciprocation blow moulding machin
- » X-Compound appoints new management team
- » Woojin moves to a new facility in Korea; targets more exports
- » NPE gets fashionable; plastics reuse to be showcased in a fashion show
- » W&H has high expectations from Asi
- » Thermoforming machine for tableware maker
- » Plastic Systems sets up a facility in India
April 2015
Lead Features
- » UNHCR steps in with plastic sheets for homeless in Nepal quake
- » Microplastics: anatomy of the beads and the seas March/April digital issue
- » Fire-safety chemicals come under heat March/April digital issue
Company News
- » Færch Plast acquires UK packaging company
- » US to be largest exporter of light naphtha by 2020; oversupply expected
- » PTT/Marubeni consider cracker in Ohio; shale gas advantage
- » Storopack posts increased revenues; strengthens worldwide presence
- » Krones acquires labeller manufacturer Gernep
- » Schulman to set up masterbatch plant in Turkey
- » Explosion in Chinese PX plant; protests in Mongolia on chemical zone
- » Kraiburg on a TPE drive in India
- » Evonik increases R&D spending; to invest EUR4 billion
Materials News
- » Victrex ups capacity for PAEK by 70%
- » BASF starts trial production of precursor for MDI in Chin
- » Solvay to construct silica plant in South Korea; 800 ktonnes
- » Evonik sets up SAP lab
- » Roquette starts up isosorbide plant in France
- » Kuraray buys Aussie biobased film maker Plantic
- » Peter Greven increases capacity in Malaysia
- » Lanxess starts production of EPDM in China; to stop in Germany end-2015
- » Indorama buys Canadian PTA business
- » Polymer price increase raises costs for converters-PAFA
- » PlastMilan grows: showcases foreign and local exhibitors March/April digital issue
Machinery News
- » Bekum restructures organisation
- » Reifenhäuser acquires German extrusion tool manufacturer Enka Tecnica
- » NPE2015 posts record number for show participation
- » K 2016: Premier trade show in Germany is expected to be a full house in October
- » Innovative concepts to get recognition at Plast 2015 in Milan
- » Milacron goes for IPO; expects to raise US$100 mn
- » PET sheet output maxed; layer flipping technology
- » New dies reduce edge bead and improve adjustments March/April digital issue
- » India’s plastics sector charting growth March/April digital issue
May 2015
Lead Features
- » Davis-Standard stretches its capabilities in Asia May digital issue
Company News
- » Extrusion specialist JSW acquires SMP; introduces latest co-rotating extruder
- » TRW Automotive merges with ZF
- » Polypore sold to Asahi Kasei, 3M
- » Danaher waxes US$13.8 bn merge deal with Pall
- » Saint-Gobain takes over filters specialist ZenPure
- » New Silgan Plastics facility gets US$13 mn financing
- » TransDigm purchases Pexco’s aerospace unit
- » Tesla buys Michigan-based auto parts maker
- » Corbion enters PLA market
- » Songwon and QuingdaoLong Fortune in jv for China market
- » Mountain Molding goes to Tenere
- » Evco forks out US$12 mn investments for expansions
Materials News
- » Piovan offers new simpler, more efficient automatic coupling stations
- » Corbion Purac's PLA certified compostable by European body
- » Borealis and Borouge open first dual-branded sales office in Morocco
- » Kraiburg to up Malaysian plant size; future capacity additions
- » Weigao adopts Invibio’s PEEK rods in spinal stabilisation system
- » Hexcel inaugurates new US$250 mn carbon fibre plant site in France
- » DSM and NHU team up for PPS-based plastic compounds
- » Perstorp debuts major new Oxo plant in Sweden
- » DSM and Ascend tie-up for supply of nylons
- » Evonik doubles Visiomer capacities in Germany
- » Solvay ups the ante; innovates all-plastic car engine
- » Domo builds nylon plant in Jiaxing; targeting auto market
- » New mPE plant to rise for Repsol
- » Dell leads in using e-waste plastics
- » Wine-in-a-bag gets a makeover; part of exhibit at Start Plas
- » DSM Dyneema acquires Cubic Tech
- » Malaysian state to enforce plastics-free packaging
- » Joule’s waste CO2 ethanol caps standards tests, nears commercialisation
- » Clariant to display sustainability-focused solutions at the Chinaplas
- » BASF pilots nylon polymerisation plant in Asia
- » Chase Plastics to break ground on new Indiana facility
- » European petrochem market improves; new ethylene process May digital issue
- » Polycarbonate plastics demand soars nudges up BPA market through 2019
- » Rediscovering medical polymers May digital issue
- » Asia takes a spin on waste plastics May digital issue
- » FR market in China poised for strong growth May digital issue
- » Hemp gets the green light May digital issue
- » Schulman expands capacity in Belgium
- » EU to phase out plastic bags; boon for compostable bags
Machinery News
- » GN Thermoforming enters form/cut/stack market
- » Bandera opens R&D Centre at Italian HQ
- » Chinaplas 2015 bigger; still has potential for further improvements
- » Erema closes financial year with 21% increase in sales
- » PlastMilan: moves to later date and biennially in next showcase
- » Technology updates in forming May digital issue
- » Uncorking solutions for beverage packaging May digital issue
- » All-round machinery and technology May digital issue
June 2015
Company News
- » Milacron offers IPO; dull trading on first day
- » Bluestar taken over by Elkem; undertaking expansion in France
- » Huntsman acquires PU specialist Tecnoelastomeri
- » PolyOne opens new technical centre in China
- » DuPont, General Akcome sign agreement for frameless solar panel
- » 3i invests EUR250 mn in Weener Plastic Packaging
- » Bayer to spin off MaterialScience as Covestro
- » Maag changes name and reorganises
- » Sun Plastech acquires Novachem
- » Coveris enters Australasian market with NZ firm acquisition
- » Westlake Chemical increases shares in Suzhou Huasu Plastics
- » A. Schulman completes Citadel Plastics purchase
Materials News
- » Trinseo, DuPont, Lanxess introduce new products at IRC 2015
- » BASF commissions pilot plant for PU-aerogel insulating panels
- » Honeywell breaks ground for new resin manufacturing line in Virginia
- » Coca-Cola debuts world’s first 100% plant-based bottle
- » Total Cray Valley presents new PVC profiles processing aid technology at US conference
- » BMS commissions second TPU line in India
- » Deployment of world’s first ocean cleaning system expected in 2016
- » Solvay opens biotechnology lab in Brazil
- » BASF and Petronas break ground on 2-EHAcid plant in Malaysia
- » BASF and thinkstep to market sustainability platform
- » More firms join waste-to-chemicals partnerhip
- » Haydale renames graphene composites unit
- » BMS begins construction of CO2 production line in Domagen
July 2015
Company News
- » Solvay to buy Cytec for US$5.5 bn; expands composites offerings
- » Victrex acquires US polymers gear firm Kleiss Gears
- » ProTec acquires LFT manufacturing systems specialist, PolymersNet
- » TPN Flexpak upgrades; adds on 3 flexo presses
- » Amcor builds up Indian coverage with another acquisition
- » Malaysian plastic packaging allocates RM8 mn in capex to up production
- » Mauser commits to China; enters into jv
- » Braskem in graft scandal; sued by shareholder
- » Jindal adds on technical capabilities; turns to trigeneration to save energy
- » Solvay/Ineos PVC jv starts up; BASF divests stake in Solvay PVC jv
- » Chemours spun-off from DuPont; starts trading on NYSE
Materials News
- » Emerald Kalama to add on US$40 mn expansion in Europe
- » Efficient system to produce graphene for energy storage applications
- » Solvay opens fluoroelastomers facility in China
- » JEC Asia conferences to highlight composites developments
- » Reverdia to contribute to biopackaging; GF starts up levulinic acid plant
- » Yara and BASF break ground on new ammonia plant in Texas
- » French law to strengthen bioplastics market
- » Petronas and BASF step up joint projects in Malaysia
- » UOP MTO technology clinches fifth license in China
- » Sabic/SK Chemical enter into a jv; to start up mLLDPE in Ulsan
- » Asian PU merger starts operations
- » Circular Economy: coming to a full circle with waste-to-resources June/July digital issue
- » Asian petrochemicals gather steam June/July digital issue
- » Davis-Standard: Catering to the needs of Asia June/July digital issue
- » PlastMilan: Italy’s show hatches new ideas June/July digital issue
- » Showa Denko’s plant converts used plastics into ammonia
- » Borealis to upgrade four crackers in Sweden
- » Antibacterial plastics: Plastics as agents of protection June/July digital issue
- » How do we solve the problem of marine litter?
Machinery News
- » Milacron patents blow moulded container; back of lawsuit by Mid-America
- » Davis-Standard’s new dsX flex-film line for blown films
- » Amut offers solar lines for EVA foils in PV cells
- » SML launches the world´s largest stretch film line
- » European machinery associations upbeat about growth; appoint respective new Boards
- » Piovan subsidiary FDM moves to new facility in Germany
- » Reifenhäuser sells Europe’s widest cast film line; ties up with Brückner for the winder
August 2015
Company News
- » Kraiburg TPE receives Best Practice Award
- » Ceresana releases study on the European plastics market
- » SCGM to increase exports; strengthening dollar helps revenues
- » Tianjin explosion: poor implementation of safety standards in China
- » Chemours to cut costs and review chemical business, against losses
- » Lanxess raises guidance after strong results; to carve out rubber business
- » Amcor to consolidate two plants in the US
- » China devalues yuan, against back of slower growth
- » ICIG completes the acquisition of Vynova Group; divestments by Inovyn
- » LyondellBasell to acquire SJS Plastiblends
- » Scientex to capture consumer packaging with latest acquisition of Mondi; ups capacity by 30%
- » Teknor Apex sells UK ETP assets to Petlon; to focus on nylons and TPEs
Materials News
- » Winners of JEC Asia innovation awards announced
- » Nynas opens adhesive lab in Sweden
- » BASF starts up MDI plant in China
- » Lanxess opens new rubber plant in Singapore
- » Solvay gives RTP rights to its PPSU resins
- » Clariant launches new catalyst for VAM producers
- » Asia’s quest for clean energy August digital issue
- » Spade work towards a decarbonised future August digital issue
- » Super plastics taking over conventional materials August digital issue
- » Plastic recycling as a key function for a sustainable life August digital issue
- » Recycled plastics kick off in footwear August digital issue
- » RTP buys US black masterbatch supplier
- » Teijin opens R&D centre in Matsuyama for composites development
Machinery News
- » TPlas: Foreign exhibitors show confidence in Asia
- » Reifenhäuser pushing the envelope with 11-layer blown film line
- » Rajoo’s Lamina E boasts 40% energy savings
- » Davis-Standard to showcase solutions for medical tubing and cast film applications at T-Plas
- » Real games, fake grass, all good fun
- » Chinese market for extrusion machinery driven by high efficiency and quality
- » New trade show launched to cater to the MRO needs
- » Roll out of new technologies -- Battenfeld-Cincinnati August digital issue
- » NGR hits sales of EUR38 mn
- » Q-Lab marks tenth anniversary in China
September 2015
Company News
- » Kraton’s US$1 bn acquisition of Arizona; to enter specialities/renewable market
- » Borouge Innovation Centre to further UAE’s impact on global plastics industry September digital issue
- » Lanxess/Saudi Aramco synthetic rubber jv; EUR2.75 bn value
- » Thailand, moving past the growth crossroads September digital issue
- » BP Plastics invests in SML line; to boost exports
- » Unipetrol to beef up HDPE capacity; biggest investment in Czech Republic
- » Südpack reinforces printing expertise with acquisition of Polish printer
- » Saint-Gobain sells US distributor to ABC
- » Linpac ties up with Zultec for thermoforming facility in Middle East
- » PTT to invest US$100 mn in cracker in the US
- » Sinopec to acquire 10% stake in Russia’s Sibur
- » Battenfeld-cincinati realigns company structure
- » AkzoNobel unveils plans to invest in UK pilot plant
- » BMS now Covestro; to be floated in 2016
- » Davis-Standard acquires Gloucester Engineering
Materials News
- » Air cooled PP blown film solution September digital issue
- » Sabic to close US LNP plant; demand in Asia a reason
- » BASF/Genomatica extend bioBDO license to include Asia
- » Borouge: air-cooled PP blown film solution
- » Packaging in billion-dollar product recalls September digital issue
- » AkzoNobel to invest in coatings activities in Vietnam
- » Ashland to be split into two companies
- » TPEs are silently taking over September digital issue
- » Environment awareness is “child’s play” September digital issue
- » HCS/Huntsman to work on nano graphenes for composites
- » JEC Asia 2015 keynote speakers revealed for conference
- » Evonik partners with Nexam and Dixie for polyimides/composites
- » Perstop and Corbion team up for new Capa product
Machinery News
- » Chinaplas 2016 unveils new image for 30th anniversary
- » TPN Flexpak: embracing new technology September digital issue
- » Amut sets up tech centres in Vietnam & Indonesia; sells thermoformers in Asia
- » Davis-Standard shifts blow moulding ops to Fulton
- » Sidel supplies first aseptic line to Indonesia; to reduce jobs by 10% in 2016
- » Davis-Standard to present medical tubing solutions at MEDTEC
October 2015
Company News
- » China still top chemical consumer amidst economic slump
- » Dow to optimise its ownership in Kuwaiti jvs; still in discussion on Dow Corning jv
BASF to invest EUR6 bn in Germany; maintains staff - OMV and Borealis extend partnership to another 11 years
- Sabic/SK Chemical plant ground breaking; Sabic rebrands Innovative plastics unit
- Ineos buys Axiall’s aromatics unit; US$62 mn purchase
- Solar Energy: Advent of China’s green megacity October digital issue
Materials News
- Styrolution/Braskem Brazilian ABS project suspended
- Evonik opens expanded speciality silica facility in Japan
- Multilayer jar for food storage
- CSP Victall to produce composites parts for China
- Solvay’s biobased ECH bags innovation award
- European Bioplastics calls out “greenwashing”; misuse of EN13432 standard
- Hexcel/Mines St-Etienne launch academic committee for new-generation composite structures
- Closing the gap in much needed housing October digital issue
- Flexible packaging: sorting out the recycling issue October digital issue
- Twinings first tea maker to use pre-made stand-up pouches for tea bags
Machinery News
- Next extruders from WM
- Davis-Standard to showcase DSREV extruder at rubber show
- Maag to acquire Gala Industries; expands to the compounding sector
- Erema to introduce RegrindPro for thick wall regrind at Fakuma
- Lab efficiency improved with automated testing systems
- Reifenhäuser’s Ultra Flat clinches sale of film lines to India’s Shrinath Rotopack
November 2015
Company News
- Cytec gets go ahead for Solvay merger; buys composites firm Penso
- BASF opens EUR90 mn R&D facility; Asia to be hub for 25% of R&D
- Trans-Pacific Partnership: gains and losses in sight Nov/Dec digital issue
- DuPont Performance Polymers: helping customers create differentiated products Nov/Dec digital issue
- Socar Polymer starts on HDPE plant
- DuPont to consolidate two businesses into one
- Nestlé opens 8th plant in Malaysia; PET-bottle packaged Milo to be key product
- Japanese-owned Quadrant EPP to sell fluoropolymer business to Agru
Materials News
- ECPI rebuts ruling against recycling of DEHP-containing PVC
- Composites show to be the largest for sector; presents new format in Paris
- DSM to boost capacity of nylon grade; for flexible packaging films
- Endoscopy in “pill” form utilises Covestro’s polycarbonate
- DSM secures patent position for Diablo Technology
- Biodegradable plastic, not a panacea to marine litter problem-UN report
- Medical plastics market to reach nearly US$7 bn by 2020
- DSM Dyneema ties up with Airborne International for next-generation radomes
- Flexible packaging experts to converge in Europe for AMI conference
- Topas COC can replace PAN resin in packaging, other applications
- Profits dip for Mid-east chemical producers, smears outlook for energy investments
- Globalising polymer foam to be highlighted at AMI event in 2016
- Exxonmobil expands polymers portfolio with new high-melt flow grade
- CSP’s space-age composite for auto gets top innovation award
- DSM’s EcoPaXX chosen for Hahl-Pedex’s new monofilament series
- BASF debuts 300,000-mt TDI plant at Ludwigshafen
- Prodways acquires 3D printing materials supplier Exceltec
- Economic growth leads to rise in plastics consumption-APEC expert
- Ineos licenses PE tech to PTT; to supply US ethane to Shell/ExxonMobil Scottish plant
- VinylPlus boosts PVC recycling in Europe; generates jobs in plants
- CCL Industries acquires functional labels supplier Worldmark
- Indonesia’s economy shapes packaging industry Nov/Dec digital issue
- Global bioplastics production capacities grows; Europe set to lag behind
- Biobased materials embrace improvements Nov/Dec digital issue
- Bicycles get their own conference; composites a highlight
- Versalis and KBR to work on EB/SM technologies
- Mitsui launches new Chinese plant for compounds
- Mitsubishi Rayon to set up SMC plant in Germany; expanding carbon fibre business
- Evonik expands PEEK capacity in China; oil/gas sector target for new grade
Machinery News
- Maag adds on Reduction Engineering to portfolio
- Sipa leads breakthrough design in dispenser bottle
- Milacron’s Uniloy and Consolidated Container Company tie up for Dura-lite
- Tempco takes delivery of 100th machine; to continue on innovation stride
- Rapid expands test centre in Sweden
- Milacron to acquire CanGen
December 2015
Company News
- Evonik invests over EUR400 mn in 2015; builds new specialty copolymers plant
- Difficult scenario for Petrobras and Brazil’s oil production to 2020- report
- Mueller Industries signs jv deal with Bahrain firms
- Fudi, Magnetti Morelli on jv for auto lighting in China
- Brenntag buys polymers distributor Plastichem
- Dow/DuPont merger, industry’s largest deal to date, says IHS
- DowDuPont: climax of mergers for the year
- Dow to fully own Dow Corning
- Chemours to cut 400 workers; in line with reducing costs
- Dow and Dupont to merge??
- LyondellBasell acquires Indian PP compounder
- Indorama buys sole PET maker in Northern India
- Shell to expand alpha olefins production on US Gulf Coast
- AkzoNobel unveils US$10 million US research facility
Materials News
- RPC acquires closure manufacturer GCS
- Proxy Biomedical eyes facility, portfolio expansions in 2016
- Stora Enso debuts new Stockholm innovation centre for biomaterials
- Reverdia and Omnia to sign distribution deal for Biosuccinium
- Toho Tenax , Kawasaki Heavy Industries to develop CFRP Springs for railcar trucks
- Malaysian plastics industry seeks to amp R&D investments
- VinylPlus leads the PVC sustainability
- PolyOne beefs up colour concentrates portfolio with acquisition
- AkzoNobel and Chinese auto giant pioneer powder auto body coatings
- Association calls for carbon pricing mechanism for bioplastic innovation
- PacXpert secures 2nd license in Japan
- Avantium and Mitsui tie up to market biobased chemicals in Asia
- Victrex invests in downstream manufacturing to support PAEK-polymers
- European company granted US patent for nanodiamond-containing polymers
- BASF expands pigment capacities in China, Germany
- Saint-Gobain starts quality-approved composite bearing production in Indonesia plant
- EU initiative presents options for exploiting carbon dioxide to produce rubber/synthetic fibres
- Dunlop and BASF develop breakthrough technology for padel bats
- Covestro to close MDI plant in Spain; facility to be retained
- Biodegradability, environmental issues fuel growth of bioplastics market
- European Commission credits bioplastics’ benefit to circular economy
- Lanxess stages Pigments Symposium in China; highlights key challenges in the industry
- COMAC’s new commercial aircraft weighs lighter with Victrex Pipes
- Clariant to invest for a new pharma packaging plant in India
- LCD displays take up US$1.6 bn chemicals materials market in 2015 - IHS
- Solvay and RTP enter into agreement for PAI
- BASF to boost compounding capacities for engineering plastics by 70,000 MT yearly
Machinery News
- PTi to expand facility in the US
- NOX uses planetary roller extruder from Battenfeld-Cincinnati
- Jindal Films invests in Italian plant
- Amut’s single step extrusion technology improves waterproofing membranes performances
- Coperion Nanjing opens new plant
- Erema opens EUR2 mn upcycling centre
- Milacron completes CanGen acquisition; expands product offering
- Surface Generation to develop new composite press-forming processes for auto, aerospace
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