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Latest european plastics news

Companies

26.10.2021 ECI / REPSOL  Technology for new Shandong EVA plant / Upgraded ICI process

26.10.2021 BIESTERFELD Distributor expands presence in Asia with acquisition of majority stake in Singapore's GME Chemicals

25.10.2021 EMS  Polyamide specialist reacts to increasing demand / New production lines for Switzerland, Germany

25.10.2021 BAERLOCHER Plans to boost UK output of calcium-based PVC stabilisers

25.10.2021 PAL PLAST Compounder expands production / Adds ready-to-use compounds with up to 50% recycled content

22.10.2021 LANXESS Supply deal with BP on sustainable cyclohexane for Antwerp PA 6 plant / Increasing use of circular raw materials in plastics production / “Durethan” compound first in “Scopeblue” series

22.10.2021 COVESTRO  Closing the material cycle for rigid PU foam / Engineering plastics producer to lead EU research project / Chemical recycling to play key role

21.10.2021 TOTALENERGIES French group joins US PP recycling initiative

21.10.2021 PLASKOLITE  US profile and sheet maker buys most assets of Israeli competitor Plazit-Polygal

21.10.2021 WIRTHWEIN German processor expands in Poland / Over 100 jobs to be created by 2027

20.10.2021 RECTICEL Follow-up: Greiner criticises Recticel board / Offer for PU foam unit still stands

20.10.2021 REPSOL Officials ink deal for Portuguese polymer project

20.10.2021 EXXONMOBIL First large-scale advanced plastics waste recycling facility to be built in US state of Texas / 500,000 t/y more global recycling capacity planned by 2026

20.10.2021 ARKEMA Plant for bio-based PA 11 powder to be built in China / Sister project for major polymer investment in Singapore

19.10.2021 DOW Countdown to carbon neutrality underway / Net-zero emissions targeted by 2050 / Advanced recycling to pave way for circular plastics

19.10.2021 DSM  Acceleration of programme to cut emissions and carbon footprint / Aim to reach net zero by 2050

18.10.2021 BRASKEM IDESA  Agreement with Pemex to build ethane import terminal in Mexico / Adjustment of ethane supply contract

18.10.2021 MERAXIS  Distribution group establishes independent sales company in China

18.10.2021 BIESTERFELD Distributor again in family hands / Hannover Finanz sells back entire stake

15.10.2021 STARLINGER PET recycling unit installed at India's Srichakra Polyplast / Investment of EUR 8.6m

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People

06.10.2021 TRINSEO Francesca Reverberi becomes new senior VP and chief sustainability officer

28.09.2021 AAGE VESTERGAARD LARSEN Management change at Danish plastics recycler / New line for post-consumer waste

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

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Markets

26.10.2021 ABS  Producers, distributors expect no rapid improvement in tight market / High prices set to remain in coming months / Nightmare scenarios include economic downturn

26.10.2021 PVC RECYCLING Launch of Belgian programme for recycling single-use PVC medical devices / Goal is to accelerate sustainability in European healthcare

25.10.2021 CHINA  Energy policy hits PET output / Officials likely to ease power use cutbacks

25.10.2021 PLASTICS INDUSTRY USA  Shipments down sharply in 2020 / 2.2% rise forecast for 2021 / Plastics products still 8th largest US industry

22.10.2021 LOGISTICS  Up 7%: Container freight charges between China and the US on the rise again / European routes unchanged / Will Germany's new goverment put logistics high-prio?

19.10.2021 PA 6.6  China retains punitive tariffs for US imports / Measures against Europe previously lifted

19.10.2021 RAW MATERIALS GERMANY Economic institute HWWI reports significant rise in energy prices / Index nearly doubles from last year

15.10.2021 POLYURETHANE FOAMS EUROPE  2020 presented a range of challenges / Sharp rise in demand in H2 / Slabstock foam sees almost 4% increase / Higher growth in foam production in Southeast Europe

14.10.2021 LOGISTICS  Finally: freight rates fall for important routes / Containers clog European ports

12.10.2021 PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS  ABS: Ineos declares force majeure for US plant in Ohio

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Production and Engineering

26.10.2021 NOVOLEX Plastic containers use cushion to protect soft fruit

21.10.2021 MONDI Launch of recyclable, mono-material retort pouch / Food and wet pet food applications

20.10.2021 PLASTICS AND RESEARCH  Recycling process uses mechanisms that occur naturally in proteins / Another technology converts waste to carbon nanotubes

18.10.2021 POLYPLASTICS Entry into long-fibre segment with “Plastron” grades / Cellulose LFT under development

18.10.2021 SOLVAY PEEK grade selected by Malema for flow meters used in Covid-19 vaccine production

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Industry

26.10.2021 STYRENICS CIRCULAR SOLUTIONS Eumeps joins recycling group / Suggestions for better EU policymaking

25.10.2021 CHEMICAL RECYCLING EUROPE ChemRecEurope installs John Sewell as new secretary general

21.10.2021 PLASTICS AND ENVIRONMENT  UK research links plastics pollution and climate change / Three ways the crises connect / Call on global policymakers for joint approach to combined threat

20.10.2021 FRANCE  Ban on plastic packaging for wide range of fresh produce starts in 2022 / 20% reduction in SUP packaging by 2025 planned

15.10.2021 FAKUMA German trade show with masks: 27th fair in Friedrichshafen / Restart after one-year pandemic break / More time for discussions with 25% fewer exhibitors / Focus turns to K 2022

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