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Latest european plastics news

Companies

17.02.2020 INEOS Polyolefins from bio-based feedstock to be made in Cologne / UPM's "Bio Verno"

17.02.2020 PETCYCLE German operator for reusable bottle system sees drop in sales in 2019 / Proportion of recyclate will soon reach 75%

17.02.2020 COVERIS Additional film capacity planned in Austria

14.02.2020 ASCEND Takeover of Italy's Poliblend and Esseti Plast GD / Gain in compounding and masterbatches

14.02.2020 OMAN Germany's Oxea part of new energy giant OQ / Polymer lines at Liwa complex to start this year?

14.02.2020 SABIC  Chemical recycling partnership with Plastic Energy brings “Trucircle” polymers to further collaborations

13.02.2020 KRAUSSMAFFEI Plastics machinery manufacturer plans layoffs / Affected jobs largely in Germany / Investment programme remains untouched

13.02.2020 BIESTERFELD 3A Composites Core Materials distribution partnership extended to Norway and Sweden

13.02.2020 JABIL Nypro and medical businesses now under Jabil Healthcare

12.02.2020 WESTLAKE Distribution of subsidiary Vinnolit's speciality PVC in North America

12.02.2020 ICELAND  UK supermarket chain trialling removal of nearly all plastic packaging on fresh produce

11.02.2020 TRINSEO  Sales dip 18% on pass-through of lower material costs / Restructuring pushes down net profit / Outlook includes negative impact from coronavirus

11.02.2020 VIRIDOR  Unilever and Klöckner Pentaplast agree to purchase recycled plastics from UK facility

11.02.2020 COVESTRO Launch of low-friction and glass-filled polycarbonate grades for medical applications

10.02.2020 UPDATE - COOLREC Recycling plant in the Netherlands closed / Recyclate prices impacted by virgin materials

10.02.2020 ALBIS  Product development boosted in the US

10.02.2020 PERRIER Sustainable packaging innovation programme selects three start-ups / Bio-based and reusable containers

10.02.2020 MAUSER Expansion of production plant in Germany

07.02.2020 LYONDELLBASELL Weak industrial demand diminishes 2019 profits / Sales decline 11% / Technology segment is a bright spot

07.02.2020 ADIDAS Pledge to use 100% recycled polyester from 2024 / Up to 20m shoes to be made in 2020 from ocean plastics / Sustainable football field in Florida

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People

05.02.2020 PLASTICSEUROPE Virginia Janssens appointed managing director of producers association

03.02.2020 LOGOPLASTE Stefano Mirti named as CEO / New production site in Poland

31.01.2020 WEENER PLASTICS Adrian Whitfield joins as CEO

30.01.2020 NEXAM CHEMICAL Appointment of business development manager / Initial focus on high-performance range

27.01.2020 COVESTRO Leadership changes in North America / Haakan Jonsson succeeds Jerry MacCleary as chairman of the board

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Markets

17.02.2020 PET MARKET  Recycled PET set to take up over half of total PET demand by 2030 / Collection and design major obstacles to meeting targets / Eunomia report

14.02.2020 PLASTICS ECONOMY  PIE Readers Survey: Europe's plastics industry largely weathers the storm / One third of companies plan to invest more / Plastics-related regulations a growing concern / Majority expect backlash against plastics to impact business

11.02.2020 TURKEY  Output and exports of electrical and electronic plastics climb during 2014-2018 / Government aims to boost domestic E&E industry

11.02.2020 PLASTIC PACKAGING UK Wrap publishes guidance for compostable packaging

10.02.2020 BREXIT  BPF poll shows UK trade with EU remains priority / Most members prepared for end-of-year deadline / Videos launched to address customer misunderstanding

07.02.2020 PET RECYCLING AUSTRIA Over 26,000 t of PET material recycled last year

05.02.2020 ABS Realignment of grades in PIE's price reports / Extrusion and injection moulding materials now separate / Producers from Asia targeting Europe more strongly / Surplus puts pressure on European producers' margins

03.02.2020 AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY The Frankfurt “IAA” is now history / Second round for candidates Berlin, Hamburg and Munich

03.02.2020 STYRENICS RECYCLING  Technology pact with Canada's Pyrowave / Elix joins the initiative

31.01.2020 PLASTICS ECONOMY  Major decline in German-speaking Europe / Development index falls to ten-year low / Automotive crisis leaves considerable scars / Plastic bashing begins to impact business / Glimmer of hope with first signs of an upturn

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Production and Engineering

12.02.2020 BASF Compostable cling film for fresh-food packaging developed with Italy's Fabbri

11.02.2020 EVONIK New process for precursor adipic acid / Greening of polyamide chain

04.02.2020 REPSOL Healthcare polyolefins portfolio expanded / New grades of LDPE offer wide ranges of fluidity and density

31.01.2020 RESEARCH Food-grade films with chitosan barrier layer

30.01.2020 FAERCH  New range of recycled CPET for ready meals in Europe

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Industry

14.02.2020 PVC RECYCLING EU plenary also turns thumbs down on amended lead rules / VinylPlus and EuPC warns

12.02.2020 PAGEV Yavuz Eroglu re-elected head of Turkish plastics industry association

07.02.2020 PLASTICS AND ENVIRONMENT  Global tourism initiative to tackle plastics waste / Organisations must commit to several targets by 2025 / UNEP and EMF collaboration

03.02.2020 AGRICULTURAL PLASTICS RECYCLING  UK farm plastics collectors say silage wrap sales tax will be detrimental to collection efforts

03.02.2020 EPSE National testing and certification of polycarbonate products with CE markings "against European spirit"

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