— By Plasteurope.com correspondent — US compounds, colours, and additives specialist Avient (Avon Lake, Ohio; www.avient.com) ...

German distributor Biesterfeld (Hamburg; is now marketing elastomer and latex products from US compounder Polytek (Easton, ...

Italian base chemical production faces major cutbacks / Eni presents restructuring of chemical activities up to 2027 ...

Report unravels complexities of EU taxation system / Several countries plan new measures in coming years – WTS Global These cookies cannot be deactivated as they are required for basic functions to ...

German, European industrial indicators edge higher / German shops report slightly better outlook / Economic concerns remain These cookies cannot be deactivated as they are required for basic functions ...

Spanish plastics technology centre Aimplas (Valencia; has joined the Ruguplas project, which will evaluate the technical ...

Folag AG, Folienwerke (CH-6203 Sempach-Station) is celebrating its 25th anniversary. The thriving company – with more than 240 employees, various branches and subsidiaries in Europe and the USA, ...

Injection and compression moulder Birmingham Plastics (GB-Birmingham B19 3QS) has been bought out of receivership. After receivers were called in during December 2003, production and sales of ...

The European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company (EADS; www.eads.com) is investing EUR 180m to expand capacity in Augsburg. The new plant, located close to the present site, will produce carbon fibre ...

Nippon Gohsei, one of the world´s leading producers of EVOH (ethylenevinyl alcohol) barrier resins, has taken a 25% stake in its UK distributor, British Traders and Shippers (GB-Dagenham RM10 8RN), as ...

A major research project to produce food grade HDPE from recovered milk containers has been completed successfully by WRAP (GB-Banbury OX16 0AH; www.wrap.org.uk). The UK´s Waste & Resources Action ...

Mannesmann AG (PO Box 103641, D-40027 Düsseldorf has achieved gradually what neither Klöckner with the acquisition of Maurer, Windsor and Desma nor Schloemann-Siemag with the acquisition of Battenfeld ...