ELIX Polymers, a manufacturer of thermoplastic materials and located at Polígono Sur in Tarragona, has published its Sustainability Report, which aims to provide its stakeholders with a clear understanding of the company’s commitment to transparency and information related to its activity during the 2017 tax year.
The Turkish plastics industry achieved a record-level growth during Q1 of 2018 despite all negative developments in global economy.
Covestro is pushing ahead with developing and marketing its continuous fiber-reinforced thermoplastic composites (CFRTP) by introducing Maezio as brand name.
Ascend Performance Materials, the largest global fully integrated producer of nylon 6,6 resin, announced today the purchase of Britannia Techno Polymer (BTP), an engineering plastics compounder based in the Netherlands.
When FachPack, the European trade fair for packaging, processing and technology, opens its doors again for three days on 25 September 2018, 1,500 exhibitors will be waiting to present their products and innovations to industry professionals in the exhibition halls in Nuremberg.
Borealis realises ambitious energy targets by cutting 5,000 tons of CO2 emissions every five days with the help of DNV GL.
A strategic agreement was signed to strengthen the position for the distribution of engineering polymers in the East European market
Plastics are booming. But not only is demand on the rise, quality requirements specified for materials and processing are becoming stricter as well. The Fakuma international trade fair for plastics processing will present modern solutions for high-quality plastics processing in Friedrichshafen from the 16th through the 20th of October, 2018.
Ascend Performance Materials has declared force majeure on shipments of its nylon 66.
The trade war between the US and China which has escalated to the point where punitive tariffs are being levied on goods valued at USD 50 bn, could heat up further.
In an effort to provide a consistent metric to guide the efforts of sustainability for plastics in the Circular Economy, two of the leading global international recycling organizations have developed a global definition governing the use of the term “recyclable” as is relates to plastics packaging and products.
PVC recycling project VinyLoop in Ferrara, Italy, which was started in 2002, ceases operations, according to a brief statement from the company dated 28 June 2018, said the company.
