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Latest european plastics news

Companies

27.09.2021 OQ GROUP  Oman examines sale of OQ Chemicals – Bloomberg

27.09.2021 ALPLA Packaging multinational takes over Spanish bottle maker Plastisax / Expansion of market presence

27.09.2021 SUMIKA  Expansion of PP compounding in Turkey

27.09.2021 MELITEK  Compounder completes warehouse expansion / Fourth compounding line due to start up next year

27.09.2021 BLACK BEAR CARBON Partnership with Helm on carbon black recovered from tyres / First plant to start up in 2023 in Chemelot

24.09.2021 SAUDI ARAMCO “Namaat” investment plan includes deals with Shell, Solvay, Veolia

24.09.2021 VERSALIS  Purchase of remaining 60% of compounder Finproject / Integrated value chain for special polymers

24.09.2021 BERRY GLOBAL  Packaging giant starts construction work on PP recycling plant in UK / Circular polyolefins from Repsol

24.09.2021 MAUSER Increase in Turkish capacity for plastic drum, container production

23.09.2021 HEXPOL Elastomer specialist invests almost EUR 6m in Sweden / TPE compound capacity to be raised to 80,000 t/y

22.09.2021 HIP PETROHEMIJA  Pancevo cracker restarted / FM apparently still in effect / Talks ongoing for sale of company

22.09.2021 DSM  Dutch group gives itself a new structure / Materials likely to be divested / Options under review for PA, polyester and “Dyneema” fibres

22.09.2021 BRASKEM Study to build bio-based ethylene and PE project in Thailand / JV with SCG Chemicals

22.09.2021 HUBER Additives maker to acquire remaining shares in Magnifin JV

22.09.2021 SOLVAY US composites plant completed / Production line installed

22.09.2021 JACKON  EPS specialist plans expansions / Business going well / New boss due in autumn

22.09.2021 VEOLIA German recycling site investing in the refinement of recycled HDPE / Light-coloured recyclate for packaging

21.09.2021 ALPLA Packaging group creates recycling JV in Romania / Construction of plant for food-grade rPET

21.09.2021 MORSSINKHOF-RYMOPLAST Partnership with Dansk Retursystem to ensure recycling for green PET bottles

21.09.2021 CORPLEX Partnership with Dutch Circular Plastics consortium

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People

03.09.2021 W.R. GRACE Bob Patel to take over as CEO from 2022

01.09.2021 RÖCHLING CEO set for quick exit / Move unexpected / Interim successor pulled from advisory board

27.08.2021 LYONDELLBASELL CEO Patel announces retirement / Exit possibly linked to deadly accident

19.08.2021 TOMRA Norwegian sorting tech firm under new management / CEO Andersen gets an early start

13.08.2021 BOREALIS Reutter named VP of product asset management, supply chain

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Markets

27.09.2021 PLASTICS MACHINERY ITALY H1 sales up 11%, orders soar 46% / Presidents, VPs receive additional two-year terms

24.09.2021 PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS  ABS, PS: Versalis declares force majeure / Production impaired for at least one month

24.09.2021 MATTRESS RECYCLING  Groundbreaking for RetourMatras recycling plant in the Netherlands / Plans to dismantle 1.5m cushions annually / Start of first chemical reclaim facility for used PU foam in France

23.09.2021 PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS  PVC: Inovyn declares force majeure in Germany

23.09.2021 LOGISTICS  Container freight rates move sideways / More ship congestion off US ports

23.09.2021 PLASTICS AND ENVIRONMENT  Call for global pact to tackle marine pollution / Costs on society from plastics production to hit EUR 6 tn in 2040 / WWF report

23.09.2021 ARTIFICIAL TURF Sport Group, GBN-AGR to recycle synthetic grass in Europe / German reclaim plant under construction

23.09.2021 SLOVAKIA  Reverse-vending machines across 140 Tesco stores / Country's deposit return scheme to come into effect next year

21.09.2021 EPS  Italy: Consumption drops by almost 7% in 2020 / Recovery on the horizon

20.09.2021 PACKAGING GERMANY  Overall market shrinks / Plastic accounts for largest share by value

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Production and Engineering

23.09.2021 BASF Plastic additives for mechanical recycling / Higher quality recyclate for films, moulded parts

23.09.2021 DOW Bio-based plasticisers for Crocs footwear / Food contact barrier shrink film by Bolloré made from circular polymers

16.09.2021 PACKAGING RESEARCH EU Circular FoodPack project: Recycling packaging in a closed cycle for use with direct food contact

16.09.2021 SABIC PE and PP resins for pressure-pipe manufacturing / Development of BiAx Pipe technology

14.09.2021 INEOS STYROLUTION ABS grades contain up to 70% post-consumer waste / Automotive and household applications

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Industry

27.09.2021 PLASTICS AND CLIMATE  CO2 emissions from plastics to rise drastically / Increase to be driven by carbon released during incineration / Need for focus on higher-value recycling / Material Economics study

24.09.2021 RECYCLING USA  California legislation on recyclability nears approval / Passage will be “very disruptive” for US, North America, says CEO of US flexible packaging association

16.09.2021 GERMAN PLASTICS INDUSTRY Major trade groups initiative to engage with German public

15.09.2021 PLASTICS AND CLIMATE  Action needed to meet tougher decarbonisation targets / Recycling key to lower emissions / Wood Mackenzie study

15.09.2021 PLASTICS AND SPORTS Elite UK sailor demands recycling-friendly sporting events / Olympic gold medallist says sports can show way to better environmental habits

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