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January 2015 Archives
Lead Features
Company News
RockTenn/MWV combine to create US$16 bn company- Lohia to unlock its potential growth
- 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
- 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
- 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
