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Groundbreaking for 750,000 t/y propylene facility in Belgium 12.09.2019 APTAR
Partnerships with PureCycle Technologies and Loop e-commerce platform / Deal with Nippon Closures for tethered bottle caps / H1 sales up 5% on strong pharma demand 11.09.2019 SYNTHOS
Polish group to get extrusion equipment from Italy's Union / XPS insulation panels with recycled resin 11.09.2019 EVONIK 
Investment in Chinese 3D printing start-up / Medical implants made of PEEK 11.09.2019 BASF 
Certified biodegradable PE film for tomato growers 10.09.2019 SIRMAX
Italian compounder expands commitment to biocompounds / Takeover of Microtec 10.09.2019 BERLIN PACKAGING
Acquisition of Vincap & Adolfse / Food and pharma applications augment range 10.09.2019 KURARAY
?Trosifol? PVB films rebranded ?Mowital? 09.09.2019 PLASTIC FILMS UK 
Bpi protec studies consumer understanding / Poll highlights need for improvements in labelling, education and infrastructure 09.09.2019 EPSAN
Compounder opens technical centre in France 09.09.2019 UNITED SOFT PLASTICS
TPE compounder expands capacities / New plant to focus on customers in Europe and Asia 06.09.2019 MBA POLYMERS
Recycling capacity with German site planned / Focus on processing WEEE from Germany and Europe 06.09.2019 COVERIS
Pet food packaging facilities in France and Germany upgraded 05.09.2019 DOW 
Polymers from chemically recycled waste / Dutch firm Fuenix Ecogy provides technology 05.09.2019 ASHLAND 
Sale of composites business and German BDO plant to Ineos completed 05.09.2019 POLIGAL
Expansion of BOPP film metallisation in Poland 05.09.2019 ALDI
Cotton swabs made of plastic to be replaced in Germany / Plastic packaging in UK to be reduced / Cooperation with Plastic Bank in the Philippines 03.09.2019 MEXICHEM 
Group changes name to Orbia Advance Corporation / Strategic reorientation / Sharp drop in sales and profit / Margins slump in PET business 03.09.2019 AMCOR
Participation in Chinese e-commerce alliance / Development of PET beer bottle in Brazil 02.09.2019 SWM
US group invests in additional capacities for TPU films in UK and China More news...People 12.09.2019 DSM
Shruti Singhal will be DSM's next president of engineering plastics 11.09.2019 SONGWON
CEO Maurizio Butti passes away 03.09.2019 WEENER PLASTICS
CEO Roel Zeevat leaves packaging group / Anthonie Zoomers heads company in the interim 30.08.2019 RESINEX
Head of German subsidiary departs / Nick Lemmens named managing director of Benelux branch 29.08.2019 SUMITOMO DEMAG / WITTMANN BATTENFELD
Siegfried Köhler switches to Sumitomo, Valentina Faloci succeeds him at Wittmann Battenfeld More news... Markets 10.09.2019 PLASTICS RECYCLING SPAIN 
Strong growth in recycling rate of post-consumer packaging in 2018 / Total of almost 572,000 t / Cicloplast report 10.09.2019 MERCOSUR 
Trading bloc updates plastic additives regulations / Close alignment with EU rules 06.09.2019 UPDATE - PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS 
Propylene: Borealis declares force majeure in Kallo / FM is also now in effect on PP in Burghausen / Restart for OMV's cracker 06.09.2019 PLASTICS PROCESSING GERMANY 
Turnover for H1 2019 down on 2018 / Heavy falls in June / Technical components still a big worry / Industrial packaging, building products and consumer goods also on the decline 06.09.2019 COMPOSITES GERMANY 
Mood in fibre-composite industry is clouding over / Automotive sector putting a brake on growth 04.09.2019 PLASTICS WASTE
Collaboration to establish 11 waste plastic-to-hydrogen plants in northwest UK 03.09.2019 PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS 
Polypropylene: Production stopped by Borealis in Burghausen / New orders not taken for time being 03.09.2019 PETROCHEMICAL FEEDSTOCKS
New trilateral consortium aims to make crackers more sustainable / Project of EU-based petchem giants backed by national and regional governments 02.09.2019 PET 
EU imposes tariffs on PET manufactured in India 02.09.2019 SINGLE-USE PLASTICS UK
Consumption drops across public sector in Wales / Wrap to issue procurement guidance More news...Production and Engineering 10.09.2019 INEOS STYROLUTION
Launch of high-flow ?Novodur? ABS grade / Suitable for household and electronics applications 09.09.2019 CLARIANT
Masterbatch for NIR-sortable black plastic packaging 06.09.2019 KRAIBURG TPE
"Thermoplast M" range complies with new rules for medical-grade plastics 05.09.2019 PRESS LONDON
UK drinks group rolls out bottles made from recycled and bioplastics 04.09.2019 BRÜGGEMANN
Extension of additive range for virgin and recycled polyamide / Launch of products at "K 2019" More news...Industry 12.09.2019 PLASTICS AND ENVIRONMENT 
Microplastics found in European snow / Studies in France and US find particles in remote areas / German organisation mulls ban on artificial turf 11.09.2019 PLASTIC CARRIER BAGS 
German environment ministry considers ban / Plastic packaging industry association sharply criticises ?symbolic policy? 11.09.2019 PLASTICS RECYCLING EUROPE
EuPC's third survey on recyclate usage by European processors / Available in seven languages 04.09.2019 K 2019
World's leading plastics trade fair open its doors soon / Industry looks to Düsseldorf with anticipation / Sustainability and recycling to be dominant topics / KI Group more active than ever 29.08.2019 MICROPLASTICS 
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