— By Marilyn Gerlach — Eastman (Kingsport, Tennessee, USA; www.eastman.com) saw sales rising 2% in 2024 to USD 9.38 bn (EUR 9 ...

Film manufacturer and processor Coreth (Unterwaltersdorf, Austria; has invested around EUR 4 mn in expanding its production ...

Family-run Teufelberger (Wels, Austria; on 30 January 2025 applied for restructuring proceedings for its financially ...

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Saudi Arabian petrochemical and plastics group Sabic (Riyadh; www.sabic.com) will expand the number of its R&D bases this year to 18 with the launch of four new innovation centres, including two in ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Hoechst group (D-65926 Frankfurt) has reorganised its engineering plastics division according to products and geographical regions. Replacing the previous geographical structure will be four new ...

Netherlands-based chemical company Ioniqa Technologies (Eindhoven; www.ioniqa.com) and venture capital firm Chemelot Ventures (Maastricht / The Netherlands; www.chemelotventures.com) have finalised ...

Specialty US packaging and merchandising provider, Chesapeake (Richmond, Virginia, USA) has acquired the Northern Ireland business of Boxmore International (Ennis House, Enterprise Way, Hightown ...

The commissioning of the newest European polystyrene plant was celebrated on April 7th by Huntsman Chemical Company Ltd (Carrington, Urmston, Manchester, M31 4AJ, GB). In speaking to an invited ...