Speciality chemicals group Evonik (Essen / Germany; www.evonik.com) has optimised the production process of its polyether ether ketone (PEEK) product “Vestakeep” at its site in Changchun, Jilin / ...

Belgium’s Fremach (Dipenbeek; www.fremach.com) – a producer of plastic components for the automotive and E&E industries – plans to invest EUR 8-10m into building its own production and storage ...

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The PVC recycling process developed by “VinyLoop”, a partnership of PVC producer SolVin (Brussels / Belgium; www.solvinpvc.com), French mixed membranes manufacturer Serge Ferrari (La Tour du Pin; ...

Rising demand in Vietnam for injection moulding machines has prompted Austria’s Engel (Schwertberg; www.engelglobal.com) to establish a sales and service subsidiary in Ho Chi Minh City. “The ...

Plastics businesses of the new Celanese AG (HQ: D-65926 Frankfurt) outperformed the group´s chemical segments in 1999, ceo Claudio Sonder said at the recent annual results press conference. Earnings ...

Bayer/Röhm´s joint venture Makroform – headquarters: Makroform GmbH (D-64293 Darmstadt; www.makroform.com) – which has been operating as an independent company in the plastics sheet business since 1st ...

This move marks another step in the process of consolidation which has been a constant feature of the PE film industry over the past decade. Nyborg itself grew rapidly in the late 1980s with ...

Building on their existing relationship, Velox (Hamburg / Germany; www.velox.com) has added Polyram Plastic Industries’ (Nazareth / Israel; www.polyram-group.com) new “Bondyram TL4401” and “Bondyram ...

AWS Eco Plastics (Newcastle-upon-Tyne / UK; www.awsecoplastics.com) has opened its new plastic bottle recycling facility in Hemswell, Lincolnshire / UK more than a year after the plant was damaged by ...

The Danish company Rosti A/S (Brydehusvej 32, DK-2750 Ballerup) has firmly established itself as a growing force in the UK injection moulding industry following its acquisition of Peter Tilling ...

Houston, Texas-based KoSa (European HQ: Lyoner Strasse 38a, D-60528 Frankfurt), since acquiring the former Hoechst businesses one of the world´s largest polyester producers, plans to expand its PET ...