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Companies

21.06.2018 BERTSCHI  Successful opening of plastics import hub in Antwerp / Chevron Phillips welcomes container concept

21.06.2018 INDORAMA VENTURES Restart of 540,000 t/y PET plant in Egypt / Joint venture with India's Dhunseri

21.06.2018 TREOFAN Sale of Americas business complete

20.06.2018 LYONDELLBASELL  Exclusive talks with Braskem owner confirmed / Combination could create “significant value”

20.06.2018 BASF Capacity upgrade for “Neopor” in Korea / Graphite foam supplants Styropor

20.06.2018 NOVIO PACKAGING Dutch holding company takes over Haal Verpakkingen

19.06.2018 COVESTRO Digitalisation to improve efficiency / “Twin” plant mirrors operations

19.06.2018 BIESTERFELD TPU collaboration with BASF extended

19.06.2018 POCHET Plastics electroplating system at Qualipac in France / "Ambition 2023" investment programme

18.06.2018 RADICI  Polyamide producer riding the surge in demand / Expansion of Italian compounding plants

18.06.2018 FLEX-N-GATE Auto parts supplier to invest more than USD 300m in new US plants / Front-end modules for Ford and GM

18.06.2018 LANXESS  New high-temperature system for PA 6.6 / PA 6 alternatives for automotive applications / Pigment plant in Ningbo on China's list of "green" facilities

18.06.2018 SILVERGATE PLASTICS Masterbatch producer launches new extrusion line / Move coincides with pan-European development plans

18.06.2018 INTERSEROH New method tests packaging recycling capability / Cooperation with German institutes

15.06.2018 RÖCHLING German plastics processor in fine fettle / Only minor problems for CEO Knaebel / Acquisition of US medical technology specialist Precision Moulding

15.06.2018 INEOS Start of construction of cumene plant in Germany / Unit to be located at chemical park in Marl

15.06.2018 BASF  New plastic additives centre in Switzerland

14.06.2018 DOWDUPONT  Capacity expansion for “Tyvek” in Luxembourg / New line to start in 2021

14.06.2018 BAVARIA YACHTBAU Largest German boat manufacturer to be restructured under self-administration / Search for investor / Production running normally

14.06.2018 COIM Italian PU specialist acquires 50% holding in phthalic acid anhydride producer Atmosa

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People

14.06.2018 ALPLA Founder Alwin Lehner passes away

29.05.2018 POLIOM Igor Tikhonov is next general director of Russian PP producer

11.05.2018 NORNER Kjetil Larsen appointed CEO of Norwegian polymer R&D centre

08.05.2018 POLYONE Leadership reshuffle at US compounder and distributor

07.05.2018 WESTLAKE Roger Kearns is new executive VP of Vinyl Chemicals

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Markets

20.06.2018 PLASTIC PACKAGING  Flexible and rigid food packaging to see healthy growth in Europe / Environmental pressure will intensify on certain sectors / Smithers Pira report

18.06.2018 BIO-BASED POLYMERS  Moderate growth worldwide / Forecast of 10% capacity increase in Europe by 2022 / nova-Institut report

15.06.2018 INDIA  Ban on single-use plastics from 2022 / “CleanSeas” campaign and clean up of historic monuments / Reports spotlight waste management successes and setbacks

11.06.2018 PA 6.6  BASF declares force majeure for entire product chain

11.06.2018 STYRENE SM-purchasing firms suspected of violating EU antitrust rules / European Commission confirms unannounced inspections in several countries

11.06.2018 PLASTICS PROCESSING CHINA  More than 15,000 Chinese converting companies / Continuous growth in exports of plastic end-products / Numerous centres and schools for innovation and training / CPRJ report

07.06.2018 PVC RECYCLING Nearly 640,000 t recycled via Europe's VinylPlus scheme in 2017 / Growth in France and Italy but stable in Germany

04.06.2018 BIOPLASTICS  Consumer awareness advancing significantly / Global revenues could grow by more than 5% over next three years / US Plastics Industry Association report

01.06.2018 PLASTIC PACKAGING  Active and intelligent packaging to see healthy growth through 2023 / Emergence of cost-competitive intelligent technologies will boost global demand / Smithers Pira report

01.06.2018 FLEXIBLE PACKAGING RECYCLING  UK recycling industry needs over EUR 110m / Brands should be incentivised to sell goods in improved packaging

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Production and Engineering

20.06.2018 MONDI Addition of gas barrier to recyclable PE laminate for food packaging / PRE award recognises circular approach

19.06.2018 BOREALIS “Quentys” films for solar applications / Production and properties of photovoltaic modules improved

08.06.2018 KRAIBURG TPE New system for custom-engineered biomaterials

30.05.2018 ALBIS PLASTIC  PA adhesion modified compounds added to “Alfaterxl” range

28.05.2018 SABIC “Thermocomp” PC-based compounds for challenging structural parts / Portfolio now offered in Europe and the Americas

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Industry

13.06.2018 MARINE LITTER G7 recognises urgency of ocean plastics pollution / Lost value of plastics in waste stream / Ellen MacArthur Foundation to form coalition of businesses and governments

11.06.2018 PLASTIC PACKAGING Benefits for a circular economy / World Packaging Organisation position paper

07.06.2018 PLASTICS AND ENVIRONMENT “Material is not the issue” / UNEP publishes report on tackling single-use plastic waste / European Commission and PlasticsEurope add their voices on “World Environment Day”

07.06.2018 PLASTICS RECYCLING EUROPE PRE offers online platform to support packaging recycling

31.05.2018 REACH Deadline to register chemicals on 31 May 2018 / 80,000 registrations already received

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