Bayer invests in China
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.
Market
News Plastech
Global trade in plastics industry
Demand from European converters fell back 7.2% from 2008 to 45 million tones in 2009. The market share of end use applications remained stable with packaging. The largest segment representing 40.1% of overall demand.
Rhodia: stronger position in India
Rhodia to accelerate its growth in India with the acquisition of PI Industries’ Engineering plastics business.
Interview with Bernhard Rupke, CEO of Hekuma
Managing director, Bernhard Rupke, gives a status report as well as an outlook to the future of the company.
RPC Group set to acquire Superfos rival for €240m
UK-based rigid packaging producer RPC Group announced today that it has agreed to buy Danish packaging rival Superfos for €240m.
Arburg after K 2010
At the “K” leading international plastics trade fair, Arburg presented groundbreaking products and applications covering diverse aspects of injection moulding technology.
Lanxess acquires DSM Elastomers
Specialty chemicals company Lanxess has come to an agreement with Royal DSM to acquire DSM Elastomers for €310m. Lanxess says the deal help strengthen its production technology for ethylene propylene diene monomer(EPDM).
Indorama acquired SK Eurochem
Thailand's Indorama Ventures Public Company Limited has signed agreements with Korea's SK Chemicals Company Limited to acquire the entire issued capital of SK Eurochem Sp. z o.o., in Poland and PT SK Keris together with its subsidiary PT SK Fiber in Indonesia.
Interview with Bernhard Hantmann
from Ball Packaging Europe
Coperion after K 2010
At the last International Plastics Fair in Düsseldorf – K 2010 – Coperion GmbH, Stuttgart/Germany, had been able to present its report on incoming orders and sales and was looking to the future with great confidence.
Agreement between Reifenhäuser and BBM
Deepened, expanded, renewed: Agreement on long-term cooperation between Reifenhäuser and BBM in the blow moulding area.
New packages for choosy consumers
Society is changing. While the average age of the population is falling in many countries of Africa and Asia, people in the Western industrialised nations are growing older. In addition, the pace of life is increasing all over the world. This is why consumers are increasingly demanding product packages permitting efficient handling – a challenge for industry.
