German automotive supplier accelerates restructuring / Job cuts, production cutbacks become more likely ...

Pressure on Dutch firms continues / Local market reflects problems in Europe / “Market is flooded with virgin plastics from China” These cookies cannot be deactivated as they are required for basic ...

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 ...

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 ...

Two players in the polycarbonate business are looking to enhance their position in one of the fastest growing engineering plastics markets. Dow Deutschland (PO Box 1120, D-21677 Stade) has announced ...

German speciality chemicals group Lanxess (Leverkusen; www.lanxess.com) has established Lanxess Middle East (Dubai / UAE; www.lanxess.ae) to service its clients in the area. The company presently ...

Evonik (Essen / Germany; www.evonik.com) is now producing polyphthalamide (PPA) “Vestamid” HTplus in powder with a mean particle size of 50 µm, resins and film for use in the production of composite ...

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Plasteurope.com is a business information platform for the European plastics industry. It is part of KI Kunststoff Information and PIE Plastics Information Europe, one of the leading content providers ...

With its “PPO S 120 Resin”, GE Plastics Europe (NL-4600 AC Bergen op Zoom) is introducing a new PPE-based additive for SBC and epoxy blends. The low-molecular polymer is claimed to improve the thermal ...

Renewed demand from Europe, continued steady progress in the US and a 40% surge in exports to Asia, along with internal restructuring measures, helped French chemicals and plastics producer Elf ...

In order to meet the EU’s preconditions for the creation of Styrolution (Ludwigshafen / Germany; www.styrolution.com) – the 50:50 styrene joint venture between BASF (Ludwigshafen / Germany; ...