Evonik opens Plexiglas plant in South Africa
New plant will produce several thousand metric tons of semi-finished material per year for the African market.
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Clariant and Lummus Novolen to build PP catalyst plant
Clariant signed polypropylene catalyst commercialization agreement with polypropylene technology licensor Lummus Novolen Technology.
Engel's record turnover in the last financial year
Engel set a new record in the last financial year by achieving a turnover of 950 million euros.
New polyethylen plant in Middle East
Orpic announced its plan to build new polyethylene plant in Oman with the annual capacity of 1 mln tons.
China's operation reorganizes plastic waste import
"Green Fence" operation has significantly limited plastic waste import to China.
Injection molding machine's producer expands in South-Eastern Asia
Engel opened new sales and service branch in Bagkok.
Tetra Pak unveils packaging developments
Tetra Pak announced significant developments to its packaging solutions portfolio.
Evonik announces price increase
Prices for products from the Acrylic Monomers as well as PLEXIGLAS and PLEXIMID Molding Compounds will rise.
UK's plastics producers in good spirits
British plastics producers stay optimistic, according to the latest British Plastic Federation survey.
Russian EPS production grows
EPS production in Russia was up 80% in 2012, reaching a level of nearly 90k tonnes.
German plastics and rubber machinery manufacturers' sales up six per cent in 2012
Germany's plastics and rubber machinery manufacturers saw sales rise by 6% last year. Their sales volume reached a new record of over 6.5 bln euro.
Velox expands portfolio to include composites product range
Velox, the Hamburg-based distributor of raw material specialities, acquires the composites business of the Belgian Azelis Group. At the time of acquisition this Azelis business area comprises some 50 employees in 12 European countries and reports turnover of around € 50 million.
