The specialty chemicals company LANXESS AG adjusted its earnings forecast for the business year 2009 after having a significantly better-than-expected fourth quarter, according to preliminary unaudited results. LANXESS now expects to achieve EBITDA pre exceptionals of EUR 450-470 ...

Our original website had served us well for the past 5 years but Petcore wished to take advantage of the latest developments in website technology to give our members and the public the latest information on PET[1] and PET recycling in a user-friendly format. Petcore members can now ...

European Bioplastics, the association of the bioplastics industry in Europe, announces the 5th European Bioplastics Conference. The event will take place on 1/2 December 2010, at the Hilton Hotel in Düsseldorf. The market for bioplastics is growing steadily. Already today, ...

LyondellBasell Industries today announced a project to cease the production of polypropylene (PP) at Terni, Italy. The company has started the employee consultation process regarding a project to permanently shut down the unit. “Demand for polypropylene continues to be affected by ...

The food and beverage specialists Stute Nahrungsmittelwerke in Paderborn, Germany, rank among of Europe’s leading producers of dealer’s brands for soft drinks and sweet breakfast products. Their range of beverages includes classic varieties like fruit juices, ice tea and lemonades, ...

In conjunction with Artenius PET Packaging Europe (APPE)’s recently announced ...

Stephan Treml, Productmanager S+S-Magnet Systems, is satisfied with the impressive success of the SAFEMAG: SAFEMAGs provide the best cleaning results for ferromagnetic contamination. They protect plastics manufacturers and prevent expensive machinery downtimes and repairs and ...

After acquiring the SHELFPLUS®O2 product range from CIBA, the Hamburg-based distributor and compounder is leveraging its own development strength in the target segment of “packaging”. The goal of the development is to substantially increase the efficiency of the products by up to ...

“Coca-Cola does it, Frito-lay does it and so too do Samsung and Hyundai.” This is how Andy Sweetman, Chairman of the European Bioplastics! Board summarises the fact that an increasing number of renowned brand owners are turning to bioplastics to enhance their products! image. While ...

Such analysis makes it clear that, at least in Italy, the use of the natural ...