Sumitomo Bakelite Co., Ltd. Group unveils its new structure
Sumitomo Bakelite Co., Ltd. Group unveils a new identity for its High Performance Plastics Business Unit to customers around the world.
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Borealis acquires DEXPlastomers in Geleen
Provider of solutions in the fields of polyolefins, base chemicals and fertilizers, announced that it has acquired DEXPlastomers VOF in Geleen.
Evonik announces price increase
Prices for products from the Acrylic Monomers as well as PLEXIGLAS and PLEXIMID Molding Compounds will rise.
UK's plastics producers in good spirits
British plastics producers stay optimistic, according to the latest British Plastic Federation survey.
Velox expands portfolio to include composites product range
Velox, the Hamburg-based distributor of raw material specialities, acquires the composites business of the Belgian Azelis Group. At the time of acquisition this Azelis business area comprises some 50 employees in 12 European countries and reports turnover of around € 50 million.
BASF focuses global EPS business on strategic markets
In ligh of high overcapacities and low margins in some regions, BASF is focusing its global Styropor (EPS: expandable polystyrene) activities on strategic markets and core products with better profitability.
PolyOne expands innovation centers
PolyOne expands innovation centers for increased customer collaboration and development
More market movement with materials management
At the beginning of 2012, motan-colortronic ag, Hunzenschwil, Switzerland, secured a prestigious order worth millions (of Euros) from a customer in Colombia. Iberplast S.A., with its headquarters in Bogotá, had started a substantial modernising project in 2011.
Italian M&G Group to build PET & PTA plants in Texas
Gruppo Mossi & Ghisolfi (M&G Group), leading producer of PET for packaging applications in the Americas and the market's technological leader, announces that it has purchased the land in Corpus Christi, Texas where it will build its one million tons per year PET plant (2.2 billion pounds) and accompanying 1.2 million tons per year (2.6 billion pounds) PTA plant.
Chinaplas reveals the vitality of the plastics & rubber industries in Asia
According to McKinsey's report released in June 2012, the world's economy center is shifting eastward by 140km per year from year 2000-2010. The anticipated economic growth of 47% from 2010 to 2025 comes from 440 cities in developing countries, among which half of them belong to China.
SABIC and ExxonMobil toproceed with specialty elastomers project at Al-Jubail
Saudi ArabiaSaudi Basic Industries Corporation (SABIC) and affiliates of ExxonMobil have announced they will construct a world-scale specialty elastomers facility at the Al-Jubail Petrochemical Company (Kemya) manufacturing joint venture.
Labels: adding value to packaging
The evolution of supply and demand for self-adhesive labels is not just a matter of collecting and interpreting industry statistics and quantitative indicators.
