Having put the aftermath of the global financial and economic crisis quickly behind it, the plastics and rubber industry is now demonstrating its capacity for innovation and growth. Worldwide, it is thought to have outstanding prospects for the future.
AMI’s 3rd annual international conference on PVC compounding was held in Dusseldorf, Germany to debate the latest innovations in vinyl additives and recipes.
Ticona, the engineering polymers business of Celanese Corporation, is among the worldwide top suppliers of Continental AG and Schaeffler GmbH.
Chemical giant Bayer says overall net profit grew 8.4% to €684m during the first quarter, with sales of plastics and polyurethanes on the up.
The plastic bottle blowmolding giant is adding to its presence in the machine manufacturing market with its decision to purchase Techne, an Italian manufacturer of extrusion blowmolding machinery.
The German plastics processing sector rebounded in 2010 with 14 percent sales growth, reaching to 51.3 billion euros ($74.3 billion).
FINAT, the European association for the self-adhesive label industry reports that demand for self-adhesive label materials in Europe has continued its strong recovery in 2010.
We publish an interview with Dr. Clemens Willée, Chief Executive Officer, MAUSER Group. The company is a leading manufacturer of plastics industrial packaging.
Invista Performance Technologies (IPT) and China Prosperity (Jiangyin) Petrochemical Co., Ltd (China Prosperity) are delighted to announce the successful start-up of China Prosperity’s 600,000 tonnes per annum PTA plant. The PTA plant utilizes Invista’s market leading PTA process technology, provided to China Prosperity under a license agreement.
Brenntag has been appointed as distributor for Lanxess rubber chemicals on the Iberian Peninsula as of March 1, 2011, and in France as of April 1, 2011.
A. Schulman is following up big gains in sales and profit with plans to add a new extrusion line at its plant in Brazil.
Rockville, Maryland-based market research publisher Global Industry Analysts (GIA) has released a global report on masterbatch, the world market for which is forecast to reach $8.25bn by the year 2017.
