Turkish plastic films producer Polibak (İzmir; www.polibak.com.tr) has signed a contract with Brückner (Siegsdorf / Germany; www.brueckner.com) to build a new BOPP film production line to boost its ...

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For the European group Elf Atochem (HQ: 4, cours Michelet La Défense 10, F-92091 Paris-La Défense) 1993 was marked by the recession in Europe, the impact of unsettled currencies, and above all a ...

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Renewed demand from Europe, continued steady progress in the US and a 40% surge in exports to Asia, along with internal restructuring measures, helped French chemicals and plastics producer Elf ...

A new 50:50 joint venture between global polycarbonate market leaders Bayer (HQ: D-51368 Leverkusen) and Teijin Ltd. (Tokyo / Japan) will focus on developing a new type of PC resin for ...

The Conductive Inkjet Technology (CIT, Cambridge / UK; www.conductiveinkjet.com) subsidiary of Carclo (Ossett, West Yorkshire / UK; www.carclo.co.uk) will install a new production line at its ...

Moplefan SpA (Via Taramelli 26, I-20124 Milano), a company of the Montell group (HQ: Montell Polyolefins bv, PO Box 625, NL-2130 AP Hoofddorp) and Tecno Jolly SpA (Via Raspini 3, I-10036 Settimo ...

Nordenia International AG (HQ: Airport Center am FMO, D-48268 Greven), is still set for global expansion. On 26 November, the new film and packaging plant is being officially opened at KNU Polska ...

Evonik (Essen / Germany; www.evonik.com) is now producing polyphthalamide (PPA) “Vestamid” HTplus in powder with a mean particle size of 50 µm, resins and film for use in the production of composite ...

Recent hints of a dwindling interest in plastics at Hoechst AG (HQ: D-65926 Frankfurt) pertain only to commodities and not to engineering polymers, division head Bernd Sassenrath emphasised recently ...

German chemicals and precious metals group Degussa (HQ: D-60287 Frankfurt) has spun off its acrylics activities into a new wholly owned subsidiary. Along with production of methyl methacrylate monomer ...