Clariant completes sale of its Pigments business Clariant, a focused, sustainable and innovative specialty chemical company, today completed the sale of its Pigments business to a consortium of Heubach Group (“Heubach”) and SK Capital…

Ascend to build HMD plant in China’s Jiangsu province   Ascend Performance Materials announced today it signed an investment agreement to construct a new hexamethylene diamine and specialty chemicals plant in Lianyungang, China in the Xuwei…

Perstorp further strengthens its specialty position within resins and coatings through the acquisition of the Di-Methylolpropionic Acid business from GEO  Perstorp has acquired GEO’s Di-Methylolpropionic Acid [DMPA business, further…

Coming to America! Rosti Group proud to acquire Plastic Components Inc (PCI),US based Injection  Moulding Company Rosti Group AB (“Rosti” or the “Group”) has acquired Plastic Components, Inc. (“PCI”), a US-based injection moulding company…

SABIC INTRODUCES NEW SUPERFLOW ULTEM™ RESINS TO ENABLE MINIATURIZATION FOR BURN IN TEST SOCKETS (BITS) AND CONNECTORS POWERING ELECTRONIC DEVICES SABIC, a global leader in the chemical industry, is introducing two new grades in its…

ZERO PELLET LOSS CERTIFICATION SCHEME PILOTED AT BOREALIS PRODUCTION LOCATIONS Borealis is first plastics producer to carry out third-party external audits for Operation Clean Sweep®, an international initiative aimed at preventing pellet…

Neste and Ravago plan to set up a joint venture to focus on chemical recycling of waste plastic Neste and Ravago aim to establish a joint venture to build an industrial facility for chemical recycling in North Sea Port in Vlissingen, the…

500 th AD STAR block bottom sack conversion line worldwide from Starlinger goes to Côte d’Ivoire The new conversion line is currently being installed at Plastica Sarl. in Abidjan and will take up production in January 2022. The ad*starKON…

STADLER develops and builds new sorting systems for GAIA and IREN in Asti and Parma In view of the approaching goals of the 2030 Agenda, environmental service providers are increasingly investing in recycling facilities. These systems are…

Borealis, one of the world’s leading providers of advanced and circular polyolefin solutions and a European market leader in base chemicals and fertilizers, announces that it has acquired a minority stake in Bockatech Limited, a UK-based…

TraceLess Receives €2.42 million grant by European Innovation Council (EIC) We are excited to share what is probably our biggest news so far: traceless receives a grant and equity investment from the European Innovation Council (EIC). The…

A Transatlantic Conversation: Economists Discuss Post-Pandemic Global Trade Featuring Perc Pineda, Ph.D. Chief Economist, PLASTICS and Ingo Borchert, Ph.D., Senior Lecturer in Economics, University of Sussex Business School and Deputy…

CORE Industrial Partners Forms a New 3D Printing Platform with the Acquisition of RE3DTECH Core Industrial Partners  (“CORE”), a Chicago-based private equity firm, announced today the formation of a new platform with its acquisition of…

Sidel contributes to Lesieur sustainability and flexibility vision with three Combi solutions for light-weighted rPET edible oil bottles Between 2019 and 2021, three Sidel and Serac Combis for edible oil have been installed in the bottling…

STADLER designs and builds new GAIA and IREN sorting plants in Asti and Parma Altshausen, 8 December, 2021 – As the 2030 Agenda targets loom, environmental service companies are increasingly incorporating in their business plans…