1:25 min Markets and Management, Management
Appointment

Avient hires Jamie A. Beggs as Chief Financial Officer

Avient Corporation, a leading provider of specialized and sustainable material solutions, has announced that Jamie A. Beggs has joined the company as Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer.  She replaces Bradley C. Richardson who has decided to retire ...
1:58 min Markets and Management, Facts & Figures
Report

RECOUP: UK plastics reprocessing capacity needs to double by 2022

As highlighted in RECOUP’s update of its UK Household Plastic Packaging Sorting and Reprocessing Infrastructure Report 2020  and Covid-19 Impact Report, previous challenges relating to capacity, investment and legislative changes are to be impacted further due to the ...
1:44 min Markets and Management, Management
Continuous operation

COVID-19: Starlinger keeps the ball rolling

Worldwide based technicians, remote support and a high level of in-house production ...
0:46 min Markets and Management, Management
Expansion

Hengli Petrochemical announces Start-up of its 5th PTA line utilising INVISTA’s P8 PTA Technology

INVISTA’s technology and licensing group, INVISTA Performance Technologies (IPT), and Hengli Petrochemical (Dalian) Co., Ltd (Hengli) are pleased to announce the successful start-up of Hengli’s 5th PTA line.
1:11 min Markets and Management, Management
Expansion

KraussMaffei extends sales cooperation with Luger in Austria and Hungary

KraussMaffei Austria founds sales alliance with the Austrian family-owned company Luger GmbH Cooperation begins on 1 September
1:50 min Markets and Management, Facts & Figures
Rise

Sumitomo (SHI) Demag reports machine order increase during corona crisis

Compared with the first half of 2019, injection moulding machine manufacturer Sumitomo (SHI) Demag is ending the first half of 2020 with a healthy order book. During the first six months, the value of incoming orders for machines produced in Germany rose by almost 25 percent.
3:21 min Markets and Management, Management
Report

Avantium First Half 2020 Results: “Focus on scaling plants-to-plastics technologies”

Avantium N.V. (Euronext Amsterdam and Brussels: AVTX), a leading innovative chemical technology company dedicated to developing and commercialising proprietary technologies for the production of chemicals from renewable sources, today reports its 2020 half year results.
0:31 min Management, Africa, Colorants
Change

New distributor for Holland Colours in South Africa

Holland Colours, an independent Dutch manufacturer of colorants and additives for the plastics market, has announced in a recent press release that the company has switched South African distributors from Banbury to Tawazon.
3:32 min Markets and Management, Management
Expansion

ProMach strengthens liquid filling solutions capabilities with acquisition of Fogg Filler

ProMach announced that it has acquired Fogg Filler Company, a market leader in the design and manufacture of rotary filling systems for the liquids industry. The addition of Fogg continues ProMach’s growth into more advanced filling capabilities, bringing a strong expertise in ...
1:80 min Markets and Management, Management
Investment

Altium Packaging expands brand and capabilities in PET assets and the healthcare industry

Altium Packaging is excited to announce it has entered the next phase of a $10 million investment in PET capacity and capability, building on recent acquisitions including Tri State Distribution (now Altium Healthcare) and Plastique Micron (now part of Altium Packaging Canada). ...