Saudi Arabian petrochemical and plastics group Sabic (Riyadh; www.sabic.com) will expand the number of its R&D bases this year to 18 with the launch of four new innovation centres, including two in ...

Moplefan SpA (Via Taramelli 26, I-20124 Milano), a company of the Montell group (HQ: Montell Polyolefins bv, PO Box 625, NL-2130 AP Hoofddorp) and Tecno Jolly SpA (Via Raspini 3, I-10036 Settimo ...

US compounder PolyOne (Avon Lake, Ohio; www.polyone.com) has added “OnColor IR Sortable Black” to its portfolio. The black masterbatches are made without carbon black pigment and can be detected by ...

Windhager (Tahlgau / Austria; www.windhager.eu) has acquired a majority stake in PVC film manufacturer Van Merksteijn Plastics (Boekelo / The Netherlands; www.vanmerksteijnplastics.nl) for an ...

Swissplast (Sargans / Switzerland; www.swissplast.com), a company that thermoforms technical components, is acquiring CAP-Vakuform (Diedorf / Germany; www.cap-vakuform.eu) for an undisclosed sum. The ...

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The new range encompasses various different alternatives to PEEK, including polyphthalazinone ether ketone (PPEK), polyphthalazinone ether sulfone (SPPEK) and polyphthalazinone ether sulfone ketone ...

Injection moulding specialist Demag Ergotech GmbH (D-90571 Schwaig; www.demag-ergotec.com) and Van Dorn Demag Corp. (Strongsville, OH/USA; www.vandorn.com) have joined their business activities under ...

Specialty US packaging and merchandising provider, Chesapeake (Richmond, Virginia, USA) has acquired the Northern Ireland business of Boxmore International (Ennis House, Enterprise Way, Hightown ...

Netherlands-based chemical company Ioniqa Technologies (Eindhoven; www.ioniqa.com) and venture capital firm Chemelot Ventures (Maastricht / The Netherlands; www.chemelotventures.com) have finalised ...

Consolidation of the packaging market is still going on. The most recent example is the planned joint venture between CarnaudMetalbox SA (CMB, 153 rue de Courcelles, F-75017 Paris), the largest ...

Wavin BV (Stationsplein 3, NL-8000 AD Zwolle) are one of the largest plastics processing groups in Europe. In 1995 they used 430,000 t of polymer, although this volume represented an 8% fall on 1994 ...