Polyamide 6.6 producer Ascend Performance Materials (Houston, Texas / USA; www.ascendmaterials.com) has signed an agreement to purchase compounder Poliblend (Mozzate / Italy; www.poliblend.it) and ...

The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA, Helsinki / Finland; http://echa.europa.eu), the agency that administrates REACH, has invited comments up to 21 October 2016 on ...

Recent events behind the scenes at automotive supplier Woco Industrietechnik (Bad Soden-Salmünster / Germany; www.wocogroup.com) remain a matter for speculation but the outcome is no secret: founder ...

Whilst Monsanto Company (HQ: 800 N. Lindbergh Boulevard, St. Louis, Missouri 63167, USA) has been withdrawing from some more conventional polymer activity, it recently enhanced its position in ...

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— By Plasteurope.com staff — South African packaging and paper producer Mondi (Johannesburg; www.mondigroup.com) has ...

Husky (European HQ: Husky Injection Moulding Systems SA (PO Box 93, L-3401 Dudelange) is underlining its expanding European market presence in manufacturing, sales and service by inaugurating a ...

Multi-material food packaging company Linpac Packaging (Knottingley, West Yorkshire / UK; www.linpacpackaging.com) has introduced two PP packaging films formulated to seal on a variety of PP trays.

Thermoformed food tray manufacturer HFW Plastics (Gateshead, Tyne & Wear / UK; www.hfw.wesayhowhigh.com) has entered administration due to financial difficulties following a fall in orders in recent ...

The West Midlands Police have launched an investigation into the theft of machinery worth more than GBP 1 mn (EUR 1.2 mn) ...

Alpla Werke Alwin Lehner (Hard / Austria; www.alpla.com) has recently begun commercial production in Vietnam. Since July, the new plant in Ho Chi Minh City has been manufacturing packaging solutions ...