Vink (Zeist / The Netherlands: www.vink.com) has sold its loss-making plastic distribution business in the UK and Ireland to paper merchant Robert Horne Group (Northampton / UK; www.roberthorne.co.uk) ...

An oxo-degradable grade of PE cling film suitable for use with any food product is now available from Linpac Packaging (Knottingly / UK; www.linpac.com). Trade-named “OxoLIN”, the film has been ...

The activities of the Spanish company Brilen Uldesa (E-50001 Zaragoza; www.brilenuldesa.com), which is part of the major textiles and fibres group, Brilen S.A., range from the production of PET and ...

A lifecycle analysis published by the American Chemistry Council (ACC; www.americanchemistry.com) suggests that PS cups and plates use significantly less energy than comparable corn-based products but ...

Automotive supplier Magna (Aurora, Ontario / Canada; www.magna.com) is building a facility for automotive seat structures in Lancaster, Ohio / USA. Initial investment in the 14,000 m² plant amounts to ...

Resource management specialist Sita UK (Maidenhead / UK; www.sita.co.uk) plans to build a plant to produce diesel fuel from end-of-life plastic such as yoghurt pots and meat trays at the proposed ...

The technology for the cyclic butylene terapthalate CBT produced by US start-up Cyclics (Europe: NL 4600 AC Bergen op Zoom; www.cyclics.com) was developed by GE Plastics and acquired by Cyclics´ ...

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Plasteurope.com is a business information platform for the European plastics industry. It is part of KI Kunststoff Information and PIE Plastics Information Europe, one of the leading content providers ...

A new supplier of polyamide compounds in Italy is now in operation. Euronil S.p.A. (Via Moscova 1, I-20017 Rho (MI)) has begun production at its new 7,000 t/y facility manufacturing a range of nylon 6 ...

Invista (Wichita, Kansas / USA; www.invista.com) is investing in a new nylon salt production plant in Rozenburg / The Netherlands. The US polymer and fibre producer said construction of the facility ...

Speciality chemicals producer Lanxess (Leverkusen / Germany; www.lanxess.com) has developed a nanoparticle additive that can be used in the reinforcement of thermoplastic and thermosetting polymers ...