“Playmobil” manufacturer geobra Brandstätter (Zirndorf / Germany; www.playmobil.de) is expanding its toy figure production in Malta. The plant is to be expanded in 2019 by another production hall of ...

Elastogran (HQ: D-49448 Lemförde; www.elastogran.com), the polyurethanes subsidiary of BASF (HQ: D-67056 Ludwigshafen; www.basf.com), will give itself a new corporate structure on 1 July, and as part ...

Twenty-one years after it first entered into a joint venture with Bühler Vermögensverwaltung, leading European masterbatch producer Gabriel-Chemie Group (Gumpoldskirchen / Austria; ...

Artenius, the PET resins division of plastic packaging group La Seda de Barcelona (LSB, Barcelona / Spain; www.laseda.es/index_en.php), has developed a packaging ...

Operator Butachimie (Chalampé / France; www.butachimie.eu) has announced that the triennial maintenance of its adiponitrile (ADN) plant in Chalampé, running since the end of September 2019, has been ...

SIG Schweizerische Industrie-Gesellschaft Holding AG (CH-8212 Neuhausen; www.sig.ch) underwent a strategic realignment in the 2000 business year. The group parted with divisions that were not related ...

Swissplast (Sargans / Switzerland; www.swissplast.com), a company that thermoforms technical components, is acquiring CAP-Vakuform (Diedorf / Germany; www.cap-vakuform.eu) for an undisclosed sum. The ...

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Addressing the difficult supply situation for C8/C10 trimellitates, Oxea (Dallas, Texas / USA; www.oxea-chemicals.com) has expanded its phthalate-free plasticiser range with “Oxsoft L9TM”, a linear ...

Injection moulding specialist Demag Ergotech GmbH (D-90571 Schwaig; www.demag-ergotec.com) and Van Dorn Demag Corp. (Strongsville, OH/USA; www.vandorn.com) have joined their business activities under ...

It may be one of the most secretive governments in the world, but when it comes to the environment, it seems that even Myanmar’s military junta is keeping abreast of global trends to battle ...

Following 18 months of preparation, the 14 May general assembly of the Association of Plastics Manufacturers in Europe (APME, B-1160 Brussels; www.apme.org) approved plans to establish a new ...