With continuous growth in scale over the years, Chinaplas 2012 (the 26th International Exhibition on Plastics and Rubber Industries), closed on April 21, 2012 at Shanghai New International Expo Centre, PR China, climbed another big step with new records of exhibition area, numbers of exhibitors and visitors.

Rexam’s award winning Fusion aluminium bottle has given Pepsi Twist a new look, with the original lemon flavoured cola from PepsiCo Italy being repackaged and launched for a trial run in Italy.

The new eco PlasticT uses the already well known green plastic made from sugarcane.

For more than 45 years now, KraussMaffei has been active in the area of processing polyurethane and has been building premium quality machines and systems for this purpose.

Today’s food manufacturers operate in a fast-paced environment in which, now more than ever, keeping production processes efficient and competitive is a key factor in corporate success.

Clariant Masterbatches and Topas Advanced Polymers are working together to bring bright, clear colors to medical devices and packaging made of Topas cyclic olefin copolymer (COC).

Biesterfeld Spezialchemie expands effective immediately the successful cooperation with Dow Corning in the field of innovative solutions for the electronics industry.

Strong partnership with Borealis and Borouge brings Renault weight-saving benefits for key car platforms.

Royal DSM, the global Life Sciences and Materials Sciences company, today announced that it is going to invest approximately €100 million in three new R&D facilities in Delft and Sittard-Geleen (both in the Netherlands) over the next two years.

“Metsä Board has undergone significant structural changes, transforming from a paper company to a profitable paperboard company. We look forward to a future based on sustainable products, modernised mills and improved services,” said Mikko Helander, CEO of Metsä Board.