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Latest european plastics news

Companies

18.01.2022 ASCEND  New HMD plant in China / Company's biggest production facility outside US / Output to be marketed in Asia

18.01.2022 BENVIC Acquisition of US-based Trinity Specialty Compounding

18.01.2022 STOCKMEIER Distribution group buys New Química / Expansion of position in Spanish market

18.01.2022 BAUSANO Custom extruders make composites with natural fibre waste / Use of recycling materials for profiles

17.01.2022 KEM ONE  Shutdown of PVC production at Spanish plant / Tight market remains a problem

17.01.2022 PLASTIC ENERGY  Second European recycling project with TotalEnergies / Spanish pyrolysis plant to supply feedstock for virgin quality resin

17.01.2022 DIOKI PETROKIMYA Turkish styrenics maker to build second plant / Start-up set for 2022

17.01.2022 NESTE  First series of recycling trials with liquefied waste plastic successful / Refiner says higher processing volumes will require regulatory support

17.01.2022 HELLA Chip crisis and cost increases hit operating profit / No immediate improvement in sight

17.01.2022 PERSTORP  Expansion of TMP production in Europe

17.01.2022 COIM Italian PU specialist acquires Dutch alkyd supplier Synres / Increase in polyol production

14.01.2022 BERLIN PACKAGING  Purchase of Italy's Premi / 19th EMEA acquisition since 2016

14.01.2022 GREIF  Divestment of stake in flexible packaging JV / COO Rosgaard to succeed CEO Watson in February

14.01.2022 TRIOWORLD PE film manufacturer announces ambitious recyclate content target

13.01.2022 STOCKMEIER Belgian subsidiary buys Dutch XS Chemicals

13.01.2022 GREINER  Takeover plans for Recticel likely over / Sale of minority interest possible / Extrusion unit goes to Nimbus

13.01.2022 PERLEN PACKAGING Swiss film manufacturer resumes production five days after cyber attack

13.01.2022 STRATUS PACKAGING French label maker boosts Swiss market position / Takeover of Koch

12.01.2022 CARBIOS EUR 30m loan from EIB to support scale-up of PET recycling technology

12.01.2022 INEOS  WL Plastics unit acquires US pipe maker Charter Plastics

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People

14.01.2022 BOREALIS Langhammer new head of strategy, corporate development

10.01.2022 SCHUR FLEXIBLES Change at top management of film and packaging maker

06.01.2022 RÖCHLING Head of automotive unit appointed to group executive board

22.12.2021 HUHTAMAKI CEO Charles Héaulmé takes time off due to illness / Thomas Geust to take over as interim CEO

16.12.2021 RUSVINYL Marc Lahalle becomes new director of Russian PVC maker

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Markets

17.01.2022 PLASTICS WASTE  German environment minister wants EU-wide export ban on plastics scrap / New import regulation in Turkey

14.01.2022 PLASTICS AND SUSTAINABILITY  Polymer producers initiate mass supply chain management / Covestro, Dow and Ineos Styrolution win ISCC-PLUS certification

13.01.2022 LOGISTICS  Ships clog ports worldwide / Shenhzen, Hong Kong almost sealed off / Container prices skyrocket

13.01.2022 RAW MATERIALS  Ifo Institute: Complaints of material scarcity at record levels in Germany / At least half of the manufacturers want price hikes / Nearly 10% of plastics and rubber firms fear closure

13.01.2022 PACKAGING GERMANY  Industry association warns of bankruptcies due to high energy costs / Ability to deliver curtailed

12.01.2022 PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS  EVA: Conversion of swing plants planned / Relief possible in medium term / Celanese lifts force majeure on precursor VAM

12.01.2022 PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS  Polystyrene: Versalis lifts force majeure / FM for ABS continues

11.01.2022 SLOVAKIA  Deposit return system in effect for cans, PET bottles / Ambitious goals

10.01.2022 GLOBAL TRADE  Strong growth forecast for 2022-23 despite supply-chain disruptions / Global imbalances expected to increase / EU's climate goals present challenges to transportation sector / Euler Hermes reports

06.01.2022 LOGISTICS Chinese ports of Ningbo and Shanghai shut once again / Main export season heavily curtailed before Chinese New Year / Shipping companies increasingly investing in inland logistics

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Production and Engineering

18.01.2022 RECYCLING TECHNOLOGY  Danish researchers claim ‘breakthrough' in plastics identification / Camera tech to recognise wide range of materials

14.01.2022 RESEARCH Recyclate material use in white goods / Feasibility study by Fraunhofer Institute

10.01.2022 E-MOBILITY Spanish Aimplas develops alternative casings for electric car batteries

22.12.2021 SABIC PBT grades with recycled short-glass fibre

20.12.2021 DYSON AWARD DIY scanner identifies plastic type / Device tops sustainability category

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Industry

18.01.2022 PLASTICS AND CLIMATE  Industry group BPF calls on UK processors to join climate change agreements / Major savings possible / Deadline set for 31 March

17.01.2022 MARINE LITTER The Ocean Cleanup, Coca-Cola partner to tidy up Vietnam's Can Tho River

06.01.2022 PLASTICS AND CLIMATE  Growing carbon footprint of polymer production driven by coal: ETH Zurich study / China, India, Indonesia, South Africa main contributors

06.01.2022 RECYCLING RecyClass' recyclability guidelines for EPS packaging / Update for coloured HDPE and rigid PP on certain adhesive technologies / Gualapack PP pouch passes recovery assessment

06.01.2022 CIRCULAR ECONOMY FEAD troubled by exclusion of recycling from latest EU aid framework

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