1:50 min
Strategies & Market Analysis
Analysis
Oceana: Coca-Cola plastic packaging up by 8.8% in one year
Oceana analyzed data from the Global Commitment 2022 Progress Report released earlier this week by the Ellen MacArthur Foundation, and found the Coca-Cola Company increased its use of plastic packaging by nearly 9% or over 579 million pounds (263 thousand metric tons) from ...
2:10 min
Strategies & Market Analysis
Report
Avantium First Half 2022 Results: Avantium begins the construction of its FDCA flagship plant and signs additional offtake agreements
Avantium reports its 2022 half year results. Tom van Aken, Chief Executive Officer comments: “We have made significant positive strides across our business over the last six months. We are very pleased that we have started constructing the world’s first commercial facility for the ...
1:47 min
Strategies & Market Analysis
K Show Preview
K 2022: Official special show "Plastics shape the future" focuses on the hot topics climate protection, circular economy and digitalization
Every three years, and this coming autumn again, the world of plastics meets in Düsseldorf: from October 19 to 26, 2022, the world’s leading trade fair K presents new products and innovations from all sectors of the industry – from production to processing, to mechanical engineering.
1:19 min
Strategies & Market Analysis
Growth
Plastic recycling industry continues fast-paced efforts towards reaching the EU targets
New figures for installed plastics recycling capacities[1] reveal a 13% growth - The total installed plastics recycling capacity in 2020 in EU27+3[2] grew by 1.1mt compared to the previous year[3].
0:41 min
Strategies & Market Analysis
Ukraine
BASF to wind down activities in Russia and Belarus except for business that supports food production
As announced on March 3, 2022, BASF has not conducted new business in Russia and Belarus, in light of the war of aggression against Ukraine ordered by the Russian government. BASF strongly condemns the Russian attack on Ukraine and the violence against the civilian population.
