May 2015 Archives
Lead Features
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
- Polycarbonate plastics demand soars nudges up BPA market through 2019
- Rediscovering medical polymers
- Asia takes a spin on waste plastics
- FR market in China poised for strong growth
- Hemp gets the green light
- 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
- Uncorking solutions for beverage packaging
- All-round machinery and technology
