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Latest european plastics news

Companies

25.09.2020 SINOCHEM / CHEMCHINA Chinese state-owned firms join to form chemical behemoth

25.09.2020 MONDI Austrian dairy to replace some rigid plastics with paper / Expects plastics use to fall by 40 t per year

24.09.2020 SIBUR  Polief subsidiary to produce recycled PET from mid-2022

24.09.2020 DUPONT New "Liveo" brand for silicone-based medical and pharmaceutical products

24.09.2020 ALPLA New HPDE recycling plant in Mexico to open in H2 2021

23.09.2020 VINNOLIT  PVC maker proposes closure of Schkopau plant

23.09.2020 BENVIC  Belgian PVC compounder acquires Italy's Luc & Bel

23.09.2020 BRASKEM  Commercial production begins at new Texas PP plant

23.09.2020 AMERICHEM Acquisition of Danish compounds and masterbatch producer Controlled Polymers

23.09.2020 LEHMANN & VOSS New business line for additives

22.09.2020 ROTTERDAM POLYMER HUB  Start-up of second-phase expansion / Capacity for storing and handling PE and PP / Connection to Container Exchange Route

22.09.2020 ELKAMET German lighting firm signs PC supply deal with Sabic

21.09.2020 COVESTRO  No talks with Apollo Global about possible takeover

21.09.2020 RADICI  Founding of Radici InNova to boost innovation efforts

21.09.2020 ZHENHUA Plans for large PP plant in China

21.09.2020 ROBUST PLASTICS Austrian packaging manufacturer applies for insolvency

18.09.2020 LOMON BILLIONS  TiO2 cooperation with Ti-Cons / Plans to boost pigment capacity at Chuxiong site to 300,000 t/y

18.09.2020 M&G MEXICO Financially troubled PET producer still receiving PTA deliveries from Alpek / Restructuring plan approved

18.09.2020 AKRO-PLASTIC Bio-Fed subsidiary studies film with bio-based carbon content of over 60% for fruit and vegetable bags

17.09.2020 SHELL  Eight new cracker furnaces for Moerdijk / Plans to cut carbon emissions by 10%

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People

21.09.2020 BOREALIS McArdle new VP of polyolefins strategy

14.09.2020 NEXEO PLASTICS Paul Tayler named CEO

17.08.2020 GKV Oliver Möllenstädt quits German plastics converters association / No successor in sight yet

24.07.2020 DELLNER BUBENZER Mikael Petersson is next CEO for UK-based Dellner Polymer Solutions

13.07.2020 CONSTANTIA FLEXIBLES Former RPC head Pim Vervaat is new CEO

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Markets

25.09.2020 GERMANY'S PLASTICS MARKETS  New Conversio study looks at material flows in 2019 / Decline in raw material production and plastics processing / Upward trend for recycling comes to a sudden halt / Corona crisis leaves major scars

25.09.2020 PLASTICS RECYCLING FRANCE Monitoring platform MORE posts first results on French use of recycled polymers

23.09.2020 PLASTIC PACKAGING  Technology constraints drag on growth of mono-material films / Asia-Pacific dominates global market / PP fastest growing polymer / Smithers report

22.09.2020 COSMETIC PACKAGING UK recycling organisation Recoup conducts case studies in cosmetic & beauty sector / Design guideline for better recyclability

21.09.2020 STYRENICS RECYCLING  Ineos Styrolution and Trinseo spearhead new sustainability project / Pilot plant for feedstock recycling in France

21.09.2020 COMPOSITES RECYCLING EU project seeks to recycle biocomposites

18.09.2020 WHITE GOODS TURKEY  Difficult time due to Covid-19 / Sales fall 9% in H1 on weak European demand / Leading supplier country

16.09.2020 AUSTRIA  Climate action minister unveils three-point plan for plastics waste / Proposal includes rising refill rates and deposit model for single-use bottles

16.09.2020 PLASTICS MACHINERY USA  Second quarter shipments show uptick / 46.5% of US exports to USMCA partners

16.09.2020 RECYCLASS Recoup to oversee UK version of PRE's recyclability audit

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Production and Engineering

25.09.2020 KM PACKAGING  UK firm introduces recyclable film range for lids

18.09.2020 RECYCLING Major firms join "HolyGrail 2.0" project to evaluate digital watermarks for plastic packaging

11.09.2020 DOMO CHEMICALS  PEEK variant developed in India replaces PAI / Material targets bushing, bearing applications

10.09.2020 TRIOPLAST Swedish supplier launches PCR-based stretch film

07.09.2020 TOSAF Israeli compounder unveils new metallic colour masterbatch

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Industry

24.09.2020 PLASTICS WASTE  New shipping rules start 1 Jan 2020 / Basel Convention amendments / No consensus on non-hazardous plastics waste

24.09.2020 GERMANY  Lower house approves bill to implement EU waste directive / Packaging group says single-use ban interferes with basic rights of market participants

24.09.2020 FLEXIBLE PACKAGING Ceflex says recycled mono-materials support circular economy

23.09.2020 PLASTICS RECYCLING EuCertPlas launches food-contact module for PET, HDPE, PP processes

15.09.2020 CIRCULARISE Project to track plastics industry supply chains receives EUR 1.5m in EU funding

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