2:32 min Markets and Management, Facts & Figures
Research

Lack of collection infrastructure blights European plastic bottle recycling

Europe is falling behind on its race to meet the European Union (EU) target of 90 per cent collection of plastic bottles by 2030 according to new research by ICIS. Results of the ICIS survey of the European RPET (recycled polyethylene terephthalate) industry in 2019 show that ...
0:58 min Markets and Management, Management
Acquisition

AOC finalizes UPR acquisition in Czech Republic

AOC announces it has completed the acquisition of the Unsaturated Polyester Resin (UPR) manufacturing operations in Ústí nad Labem (Czech Republic). This footprint extension will allow AOC to further improve service and logistics to its customers in Central/ Eastern Europe as well as ...
1:27 min Markets and Management, Management
Acquisition

Commission grants clearance for Pact to acquire Flight

The Commerce Commission has granted clearance to Pact Group Holdings Limited (Pact) to acquire the assets and business of Flight Plastics Limited in New Zealand and the packaging-related assets of Flight Extruded Plastics LP in Adelaide (together, Flight). Flight’s assets include a ...
0:52 min Markets and Management, Management
Launch

ENGEL founds company for pre-owned machines

The foundation of ENGEL Used Machinery s.r.o. sees injection moulding machine manufacturer and systems solutions provider ENGEL, headquartered in Schwertberg, Austria, extend its portfolio to include pre-owned machines. With ENGEL as their full service provider, customers benefit ...
1:11 min Markets and Management, Management
Partnership

Faerch becomes part of the A.P. Moller Group

Faerch is the leading pan-European manufacturer of rigid food packaging solutions ...
2:58 min Markets and Management, Management, Recycling & Compounding, …
Growth through increasing recycling rates

Demand for EREMA PET recycling technologies continues to grow

The recycling of PET bottles has gained worldwide acceptance over the past 20 years ...
1:39 min Markets and Management, Management, Recycling & Compounding, …
New production site

Starlinger doubles production capacity for plastics recycling systems

Starlinger has been producing plastics recycling systems from the recoSTAR PET ...
0:19 min Markets and Management, Management

New ePaper for the PET industry

We are delighted to present you today our new PET insights ePaper. Across eight ...
1:10 min Markets and Management, Management
Divestment

Nordson Corporation to sell screws and barrels product line

On 3 December 2020, Nordson Corporation entered into a definitive agreement to divest the screws and barrels product line from its polymer processing systems (PPS) division to Altair Investments (Altair). This divestiture represents a portfolio realignment consistent with Nordson’s ...
1:29 min Markets and Management, Management
Production Capacity for Recycled Materials

LyondellBasell and SUEZ increase plastics recycling capacity

Companies expand their Quality Circular Polymers Joint Venture: On 7th December ...