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K2025, to be held from 8-15 October in Düsseldorf, Germany, defines the agenda for sustainable progress in the plastics sector, highlighting circular economy, digitalisation, and social responsibility
Media Kit 2026
Feature Latest Headlines
- » BASF: China cracker for petchems to start-up by year end; Catalyst installation at Taiwan’s Nan Ya Plastics allows for sustainability New
- » Plants: Trinseo to close MMA/ACH plants in Italy, mulling PS closure in Germany; Ineos to shut epoxy resin feedstock/chlorine plants in Germany New
- » Tie-ups: Dow/MEGlobal expand ethylene supply agreement; Dow/Henkel expand collaboration to decarbonise adhesives manufacturing New
- » Davis-Standard to acquire Italian pipe coil maker FB Balzanelli New
- » Clariant rejects claims from BP, ExxonMobil for EUR2 bn over ethylene cartel
- » Green tie-ups: BASF, Porsche, Best in pilot project on auto parts recycling; Borealis to convert Integra plant for rPP grades
- » Machinery at K2025 October issue
- » Electrical/Electronics at K2025 October issue
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» Conductive Plastics: Making conductive plastics effectively and chemical-free
October issue - » K2025: Materials October issue
- » K2025: Machinery for PET/rPET October issue
- » K2025: Extrusion Machinery October issue
- » Machinery at K2025 October issue
- » Recycling Machinery at K2025 October issue
- » Packaging October issue
- » Breaking the waste cycle with circular responsibility October issue
- » Philippines counters waste plastic: pink flamingo to the rescue! October issue
- » Singapore to launch plastic passport for tracking recycling October issue
- » Green materials: Borealis’ starts up compounding line in Belgium for rPO; Ineos Styrolution receives recycled styrene monomer from Indaver
- » Lanxess to sell shareholding in Envalior by 2026
- » Green news: Carbios to resume stalled PET biorecycling plant in France; GIC launches R&D collaboration for waste-to-chemicals project
- » Sustainable TPEs in durable utility and consumer products
- » India’s APR Bharat pushes for enforcement of rPET content mandate; industry on verge of collapsing
- » Expansions: Formosa Plastics commissions PP reactor in US; Lummus to license Synthomer’s acrylic acid esters technology
- » Rajoo acquires 60% stake in printing/converting equipment firm
Company News
Stora Enso inaugurates Europe’s largest consumer packaging board line in Finland
Stora Enso, a Finnish and Swedish renewable materials company has officially launched Europe’s largest and most advanced consumer packaging board production... Read More»
Chemours, DuPont & Corteva to pay US$875 mn in US PFAs case
In what is said to be one of the largest state-level environmental settlements to date in US, chemical firms Chemours Co., DuPont de Nemours and Corteva reached a proposed agreement... Read More»
Material News
K2025 looks to Southeast Asia: Innovation engine for global supply chains
Southeast Asian countries, collectively known as the ASEAN, have shown the ability to adapt prosper amid economic uncertainty. The region’s plastics manufacturing sector,... Read More»
Kraiburg TPE melds safety and sustainability from CCTVs to automotive
Security and sustainability have moved beyond industry buzzwords. Advanced material solutions from Kraiburg TPE, a global manufacturer of thermoplastic elastomers (TPEs) ... Read More»
Machinery News
K2025: Success of circular economy depends on collective development
In this interview conducted by Germany-based VDMA Plastics and Rubber Machinery group with Manfred Hackl, CEO of Erema Group, in the run-up to the K2025 show in October. Hackl speaks about Erema’s participation at the K show... Read More»
SML launches new turret winder for jumbo rolls
Austrian extrusion machinery maker SML’s brand-new turret winder W1300 comes fully equipped with powerful technical features and functions. Its ability to produce jumbo... Read More»
Conductive Plastics: Making conductive plastics effectively and chemical-free
It’s mouldable, biocompatible and glitters like gold. Plastic that can conduct an electric charge is a material that can be used for everything from sensors that can monitor... Read More»
Tyres: Tyre makers take the wheel to turn the sustainability corner
From landfill to factory, the tyre sector is expanding the circular use of rubber throughout the supply chain to shrink its carbon footprint by using sustainable rubber materials in tyres... Read More»
Technip secures contracts for waste-to-methanol facility in Spain
Technip Energies has been awarded two engineering services contracts by Repsol for the development of the Ecoplanta Molecular Recycling Solutions (Ecoplanta) project, a first-of-a-kind waste-to-methanol facility to be built in El Morell... Read More»
