Press Release

For over 50 years, elm-plastic GmbH in Dudeldorf/Germany has stood for high-quality, technically sophisticated articles in plastic. With some 100 employees, this mouldmaking and injection moulding company in the Eifel region produces…

m-hub is the first mobile app that helps you to promote your business and find all players in the plastic industry with the tap of a finger. Launched during last year K-show in Düsseldorf, M-HUB was born as an easy-to-use business tool…

Mitsubishi Chemical is pleased to announce that it has recently acquired “green field” property at a large integrated site on the Mississippi River in Geismar, Louisiana and plans to advance its feasibility study for the design and…

Amazon announced that it will ban certain toxic chemicals and plastics in the food packaging materials used for its Amazon Kitchen brand. Toxic chemicals PFAS (per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances), phthalates, BPA (bisphenol A) and…

MILAN – December 10, 2020 – Avient Corporation, a premier provider of specialized and sustainable material solutions and services, today announced that Avient ColorWorks has launched ColorForward  2022. This 16 th edition of the annual…

New Supply of PCR for Flexible Packaging Available January 2021 NOVA Chemicals Corporation (“NOVA Chemicals”) and Revolution  announced an agreement for NOVA Chemicals to sell recycled low / linear low-density polyethylene (r(L)LDPE)…

Since 1970, plastics have been a major component in the aerospace industry. Though plastic materials were established in the late 1800s and set in use in the 1930s, it was not until World War II that it was installed in aircrafts. Owing to…

The ultimate couple, plastics and agriculture, Plasticulture, have been supportive for each other’s growth since long known in history. Now, they are upgraded and have even better versions of themselves than before, all with the help of…

In the ZCORE project, 6 partners have joined forces to demonstrate that seaweed residues can be utilized for the production of biobased coatings (paints) with superior application properties.  Fast-growing seaweed is used to produce…

IRPLAST S.p.A., a prominent global producer of simultaneously bi-oriented BOPP film, for manufacturing of printed adhesive tapes, wrap­around labels for the food, beverage dairy, personal & home care markets and also for multi-pack…

SABIC, a global leader in the chemical industry, announced its partnership with Elkamet Kunststofftechnik GmbH, an industry leader in the plastics processing industry. Elkamet will be using SABIC’s LEXAN polycarbonate (PC) resin based on…

Styrolution and Trinseo, global leaders in the manufacturing of polystyrene and other styrenic materials, announced that they are advancing plans to build the first-of-its-kind polystyrene recycling plant based on depolymerisation in…