Operator Butachimie (Chalampé / France; www.butachimie.eu) has announced that the triennial maintenance of its adiponitrile (ADN) plant in Chalampé, running since the end of September 2019, has been ...

Swissplast (Sargans / Switzerland; www.swissplast.com), a company that thermoforms technical components, is acquiring CAP-Vakuform (Diedorf / Germany; www.cap-vakuform.eu) for an undisclosed sum. The ...

Addressing the difficult supply situation for C8/C10 trimellitates, Oxea (Dallas, Texas / USA; www.oxea-chemicals.com) has expanded its phthalate-free plasticiser range with “Oxsoft L9TM”, a linear ...

The four members of the former management team at PolyOne Engineered Materials UK have formed their own company to supply engineering plastics compounds to injection moulding companies and OEMs in the ...

Following 18 months of preparation, the 14 May general assembly of the Association of Plastics Manufacturers in Europe (APME, B-1160 Brussels; www.apme.org) approved plans to establish a new ...

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Sabic Innovative Plastics (SIP, Bergen op Zoom / The Netherlands; www.sabic-ip.com) is to cease manufacturing ABS in Europe through the closure of its Grangemouth / UK facility from 31 July 2009. The ...

Until now, the supplier of kitchen and bathroom furnishings, Villeroy & Boch AG (Postf. 1120, D-66688 Mettlach), had three divisions: “Tiles”, “Tableware” and “Bath and Kitchen”. So that the company ...

Aerospace and automotive composites specialist Express Composites Group (Loddon, Norwich / UK; www.ex-pressplastics.co.uk), formerly Ex-Press Plastics Group, has bought Racing Technology Norfolk ...

The secret surrounding the sale of Varta-Plastic GmbH (D-63601 Wächtersbach), a German manufacturer of injection moulded components, has at last been disclosed. The acquisition is being made by the ...

Italian automotive component manufacturer Veggoplast (Volpiano / Italy; www.veggoplast.it) has ordered four more injection moulding machines from Austrian machinery manufacturer Wittmann-Battenfeld ...

Bulgarian film producer Plastchim-T (Tervel; www.plastchim-t.com) has acquired what is said to be the world’s largest BOPP line from Germany’s Brückner Maschinenbau (Siegsdorf; www.brueckner.com). The ...