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Companies

21.09.2018 ECOLEAN Swedish film and packaging manufacturer builds new plant / Stand-up pouches for liquid food products

21.09.2018 BAVARIA YACHTBAU Insolvent boat manufacturer goes to German investment firm CMP Capital Management-Partners

20.09.2018 VENATOR  Titanium dioxide plant in Finland to be shut down / Capacity to be distributed to other sites

20.09.2018 HEXPOL Swedish compounder acquires Kirkhill Rubber / Presence to be boosted in US rubber compounds

20.09.2018 NEDERLANDSE TRANSPORT MAATSCHAPPIJ Homogenised recyclate for Dutch manufacturer of plastic pallets and walls

19.09.2018 CLARIANT Plastics division planned with Sabic's stake / Polymers, masterbatches and additives / Complete takeover?

19.09.2018 INOVYN  Expansion of PVC production in Belgium / Investments to total EUR 1 bn across Europe

19.09.2018 UNIVAR USD 2 bn takeover of US distributor Nexeo / Potential divestment of plastics business

19.09.2018 MOL  Deal inked to build polyol plant in Hungary / Construction scheduled to start in Q4 2018

19.09.2018 RENOLIT Acquisition of Draka Polymer Films / PVC film plant in the Netherlands to be renovated

18.09.2018 AGC  PVC expansion planned at Indonesian subsidiary / Japanese firm's Southeast Asia PVC capacity to reach 1.2m t/y

18.09.2018 REHAU Merger-of-equals deal with Swiss polymer trading company MB Barter / New global polymer solutions player emerges from combination

17.09.2018 KORDSA Takeover of two composites suppliers in the US / Tyre reinforcement producer aims to also become a big player in aviation applications

17.09.2018 MITSUI CHEMICALS  Expansion of UHMW-PE production capacity in Japan

17.09.2018 PLASTCHIM-T  BOPP manufacturing system put into operation / New records for packaging film output

17.09.2018 TÖNSMEIER New sorting plant for lightweight packaging in the Netherlands

17.09.2018 BIEGLO Rods and sheets made of high-performance plastics PAI and PEI

14.09.2018 INVISTA  Capacity expansion for PA 6.6 in China / Upgrade by 40,000 t/y

14.09.2018 SEBACIC OMAN  Sebacic acid plant to start up in Oman / Project also ready for production of bio-based polyamides

14.09.2018 ANL PLASTICS New facilities for PET and PE packaging start up in France / Automated warehouse to open in 2019

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People

07.09.2018 PLASTICSEUROPE DEUTSCHLAND Michael Herrmann leaving German plastics producers association

06.09.2018 SAUDI ARABIA Former Dow Chemical CEO Andrew Liveris named special adviser for sovereign investment fund / Board member of Saudi Aramco

31.08.2018 JEC Eric Pierrejean is composites fair organiser's new CEO / Frédérique Mutel promoted to officer in French order of "Légion d'honneur"

27.08.2018 SCHUR FLEXIBLES CEO Thorsten Kühn steps down after four months / Austrian packaging producer restructures management

23.08.2018 RÖCHLING German plastics processor appoints Google manager as head of digitalisation

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Markets

21.09.2018 USA  Polyethylene exports increase / EU doubles imports since start of 2018 / Strong growth also in China in H1 2018 / US trade unsettles market policies

18.09.2018 PLASTICS MACHINERY GERMANY Solid order situation / Shortage of skilled workers impedes sales growth

13.09.2018 COSMETICS PACKAGING Market valued at USD 41 bn in 2028 / Beauty-conscious population, male grooming and emerging markets partly drive growth / Visiongain report

12.09.2018 PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS  US hurricane “Florence” hits PET production / PX prices peak in China and Europe in turbulent negotiations

10.09.2018 AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY  Great expectations for Europe's recreational vehicle industry this year / Denmark, Finland and Germany are largest motor caravan markets / Impending Brexit affects UK

10.09.2018 DENMARK Single-trip bottle deposit extended to juices / Closing the gap to 100% recycling

07.09.2018 SUSTAINABLE PACKAGING  Bioplastic and green polymer packaging demand to grow 6.5% per year / Flexible green packaging makes slow gains / BCC Research report

06.09.2018 GERMAN PLASTICS PROCESSING  Industry reports good sales in first half of 2018 / Outlook a little cloudier for Q3 / Political risks will affect export business in particular

06.09.2018 EU PLASTICS STRATEGY Trade association Pack2Go Europe accuses European Commission of conflict of interest and bias in proposed plastics strategy / Files complaint with ombudsman

04.09.2018 IRAN  Petrochemicals comeback stalls / US and Europe pull in different directions / Sanctions torpedo Western players' plans for re-engagement

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Production and Engineering

21.09.2018 ELIX POLYMERS Chemical compliance styrenic grades to be launched at "Fakuma"

20.09.2018 SANITIZED Antimicrobial additive for flexible polymer applications

18.09.2018 MONDI Introduction of 100% recyclable pouch by Austrian packaging group and German maker of "Frosch" cleaning products

14.09.2018 RESEARCH Finnish project to develop small, mobile factory to remove marine plastic waste / VTT unit to contain plastic-eating microbes / Plan for pilot unit in Baltic Sea in 2021

11.09.2018 UNITED CAPS Collaboration with Braskem on bio-sourced plastic closures

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Industry

20.09.2018 EU PLASTICS STRATEGY MEPs vote in favour of proposals to boost recycling and tackle marine litter / Call for ban on microplastics in cosmetics / FEAD voices support

18.09.2018 FRANCE FEP and Elipso collaborating more closely / Plastics under "extreme" pressure, says Emmanuel Guichard

14.09.2018 MARINE LITTER "World Cleanup Day" to tweak awareness / Ocean Cleanup vessel launched to collect waste in Pacific garbage patch

11.09.2018 INDONESIA Local trade groups form an alliance to push up recycling rates across the country / Southeast Asian nation is one of the largest producers of plastic waste / Mass cleanup

11.09.2018 PLASTICS RECYCLING EUROPE RecyClass checklists criteria to determine recyclability of PE films

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