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Latest european plastics news

Companies

25.05.2020 BOREALIS  Plans for Kazakhstan cracker complex dropped / Pandemic clouds horizon

25.05.2020 ALPLA Expansion of PET recycling facility in Poland / 30,000 t recyclate for packaging

25.05.2020 BODO MÖLLER  Distribution of Songwon's polymer stabilisers in Benelux, Ireland and UK

25.05.2020 GROLMAN  Exclusive distributor for Venator's colour pigments in German-speaking and Eastern Europe

22.05.2020 LANXESS  Earnings forecast for 2020 revised down / Negative effects from pandemic to intensify in Q2 and Q3

20.05.2020 RTP  Major fire at compounding plant in Germany / “First corona, and now this”

20.05.2020 3V SIGMA  Fire at chemical plant in Italy / Two people injured

20.05.2020 NOVARES  Competitors Akwel and Motherson consider takeover / Seven candidates register with commercial court

20.05.2020 NULOGY Software for packaging firms to combat Covid-19 / Tracing capability allows rapid response to infection

19.05.2020 TECHNIPLAS Another major bankruptcy in automotive industry / Former Weidmann plants in Europe unaffected for now

19.05.2020 DOW / DOXA PLAST Partnership on bio-based polyethylene stretch films

18.05.2020 SAUDI ARAMCO EU commission greenlights JV with Baker Hughes / Composite plastic pipes for oilfield applications / Sabic takeover in Q2?

18.05.2020 DSM  Plastics division reports Q1 decline in volumes and sales / Losses offset by Nutrition segment

18.05.2020 AZELIS Distribution of Perstorp's polyols in parts of Europe

15.05.2020 ATERMIT Turkish EPP foam specialist turns to producing face shields during virus pandemic

15.05.2020 COVESTRO Cooperation with US compounder Teknor Apex on TPU products

14.05.2020 NOVARES Automotive supplier files for insolvency / EUR 115m needed / Nearly all plants worldwide at a standstill

14.05.2020 FORMOSA PLASTICS  Covid-19 outbreak at Texas site / Start-up of new polyethylene plant delayed again

13.05.2020 VERITAS  German automotive supplier insolvent

13.05.2020 RWDC USD 133m for bioplastics production expansion secured

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People

27.04.2020 TRINSEO Reorganisation of leadership team from 1 May 2020 / Three executives leaving

22.04.2020 PLASTICSEUROPE Managing director of German branch Rüdiger Baunemann passes away

15.04.2020 PLASTICS INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION US organisation announces executive leadership appointments

06.04.2020 BASF Lorenzo Bottinelli announced as new head of Italian branch

30.03.2020 KRAUSSMAFFEI Frank Stieler hands over CEO role to Michael Ruf

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Markets

22.05.2020 EPS Covid-19 crisis highlights foam's benefits for medical packaging, says Eumeps

21.05.2020 PLASTIC PACKAGING  Demand for functional coatings to accelerate through 2025 / Fastest growth to be seen in aluminium oxide coatings, driven by Asia / Smithers report

20.05.2020 PLASTICS RECYCLING  Recyclers under pressure on three sides – plunging sales, shortage of base material and low virgin material prices / Production lines shut down till July / Fear of irreparable damage

20.05.2020 PACKAGING RECYCLING AUSTRIA Platform launched to promote packaging debate / Focus on circular economy

18.05.2020 CORONAVIRUS Plastics producers among the European companies coming to the rescue / Face protection and materials for essential workers

15.05.2020 TURKEY  Pagev asks for plastics industry incentives due to Covid-19 impacts / Downturn in construction, automotive and white goods sectors / Medical supply production ramps up

14.05.2020 PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS  LLDPE: Qapco declares force majeure on supply from Qatar / Less material from the US

14.05.2020 PLASTIC PACKAGING IK survey of German manufacturers shows varied coronavirus impacts

13.05.2020 PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS  LDPE: Borealis declares force majeure on cracker supply / Bottlenecks with some PE grades / Inovyn's PVC production largely unaffected

13.05.2020 MEDICAL DEVICES  German manufacturers lament disrupted supply chains during Covid-19 pandemic / Free trade more important than ever / Carmakers' support could worsen component bottleneck

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Production and Engineering

25.05.2020 APK Collaboration with Siegwerk on de-inking colour-printed packaging for recycling

22.05.2020 ANDALTEC Spanish centre launches R&D projects on bio-based packaging and recycling composite materials

22.05.2020 EVONIK Implant-grade PEEK filament for medical applications in 3D printing

18.05.2020 GUALAPACK Recyclable PP pouch launched for liquid food / No aluminium barrier layer used

15.05.2020 KRAIBURG TPE Food-contact approved TPEs for dental and oral hygiene products

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Industry

25.05.2020 PLASTICS RECYCLING PRE raises concerns about damage to recycling market / Covid-19 pushes recyclers to close production on lack of demand and cheaper virgin materials

22.05.2020 PLASTICS AND ENVIRONMENT  Technique developed for detecting marine plastics using satellites

21.05.2020 SINGLE-USE PLASTICS University report warns of waste surge if disposable masks are worn during coronavirus pandemic

21.05.2020 PLAS.TV "We're still very busy" / Plastics unite(d) interview with Nordson's Godfrey Sandham

19.05.2020 PLAS.TV "Implementation of digitalisation has sped up" / Plastics unite(d) interview with Borealis CEO Alfred Stern

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