The Managing Board of Can-Pack S.A. decided to set up a production branch in Finland to start a local production of beverage cans to meet the growing needs of customers in Finland and the Baltic countries and to reduce high transport costs incurred by them.
Bianor, a Dutch-owned maker of plastic parts and products, will expand capacity and add new jobs at its plant in Bialystok in 2010 thanks to an increase in new orders.
Global PET packaging leader OCTAL is on track to complete the second phase of its operational expansion this year following a new round of funding from six Middle Eastern banks.
Stora Enso is strengthening its leading position in corrugated packaging in the growth markets of Central and Eastern Europe by renewing containerboard capacity at its Ostrołęka Mill in Poland.
Pharmaceutical and medical products manufacturer Gerresheimer group is preparing to expand production of moulded plastics components at its Horsovsky Tyn plant in the Czech Republic.
Bayer intends to significantly expand its capacities for the production of high-grade materials in China by 2016. Investments of around EUR 1 billion are planned at the Shanghai site.
Brenntag, global market leader in chemical distribution, today inaugurates the new distribution center in Bologna in order to further improve its service for customers and suppliers.
In response to soaring customer demand, KraussMaffei has doubled production area at its plant in Harderberg, Germany. By doubling the existing production area to a total of 2700 m2 KraussMaffei is sharply increasing its capacity to produce tooling and molds for polyurethane processing.
Rhodia to accelerate its growth in India with the acquisition of PI Industries’ Engineering plastics business.
At yesterday’s meeting in Vienna, the Borealis Supervisory Board approved a EUR 17 million investment to upgrade one of its polyethylene plants in Porvoo, Finland.
South Korean industrial films manufacturer SKC has completed the construction of a polyurethanes plant in the special economic zone of Dzierzoniów in south western Poland.
Bayer is building a pilot plant for the kilogram-scale production of polyether polycarbonate polyols (PPPs) from the major greenhouse gas CO2 and propylene oxide. PPPs can be further processed to produce polyurethane.
