Owens Corning (Stafford Road, St Helens, GB-Merseyside WA10 3NS) has acquired the insulation business of Linpac Insulation (Hunter House Industrial Estate, Brenda Road, GB-Hartlepool TS25 2BE). The ...

Ormecon Chemie GmbH & Co KG (Ferdinand-Harten-Str. 7, D-22949 Ammersbek), global leaders in the field of fundamental and application-oriented research for conductive polymers (“organic metals”) has ...

The long-awaited shakeout in the market for acrylic polymers appears to have begun. The BASF group (HQ: D-67056 Ludwigshafen) has announced the sale of its lossmaking PMMA business to Dublin-based ...

Eastman Chemical (Kingsport, Tennessee / USA; www.eastman.com) has entered into a joint venture with Mazzucchelli 1849 (Varese / Italy; www.mazzucchelli1849.it) to manufacture cellulose diacetate (CDA ...

Metallocene catalysts, euphorically greeted by many as a "quantum leap in the synthesis of plastics", are now becoming established in commercial plastics production. The metal complexes, in contrast ...

Finnish packaging manufacturer Walki (Espoo; www.walki.com) has agreed to acquire Mondi Belcoat, the Belgian extrusion coating company of the Mondi group (Vienna / Austria; www.mondigroup.com). “This ...

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Engineering recyclate April: Demand hobbles along like a wounded animal / Prices surprisingly stable These cookies cannot be deactivated as they are required for basic functions to keep the website ...

The verdict is as groundbreaking as the product name is unwieldy – the Cologne administrative court has dismissed the ...

How strongly do European plastics processors estimate the impact of US tariffs? / Results from industry association survey These cookies cannot be deactivated as they are required for basic functions ...

Low water puts strain on inland shipping / Transport from China to US, Northern Europe becomes more expensive ...