18 May 2023
World Recycling Day is celebrated on May 17, its objective is to raise awareness in society of the importance of carrying out a correct recycling of the waste generated in our daily activity. Currently there is a worldwide...
12 April 2023
European Bioplastics (EUBP) supports the intention of making single-serve coffee units mandatorily compostable and calls on the EU Parliament and Council to uphold this specific proposal to not undermine its effectiveness....
16 March 2023
TotalEnergies and COLINES® announce the successful proof of concept of an Unlaminated Recyclable Stand-Up Pouch suitable for food-contact applications. Currently the market reference is composed of a multimaterial film,...
6 March 2023
Covestro’s business performance in the third quarter of 2022 was, as expected, strongly impacted by high energy and raw material prices in the face of the current European energy crisis. However, Group sales grew 7.3 percent...
20 February 2023
In 2022, Bühler expanded its business and improved profitability in an uncertain and volatile business environment. The company was able to mitigate effects of the war in Ukraine, tense supply chains, and soaring energy and raw...
17 February 2023
Elmet is presenting itself internationally again in 2023 at the industry’s most important trade fairs. From Milan via Amsterdam and Friedrichshafen to Detroit, Elmet will be appearing with its own exhibition stands. ...
30 January 2023
MHT Mold & Hotrunner Technology AG and KEBO AG have announced a partnership to develop their businesses and provide complete BCT solutions to their customers. MHT, with its registered office in Hochheim-am-Main, Germany, is a...
10 December 2022
The packaging and recycling specialist ALPLA has realised a carbon-optimised prototype solution as a showcase for future products with its innovative Canupak beauty care packaging. The ultralight packaging system with a bottle...
12 October 2022
Greenchemicals Srl, officially acquires majority shares of Palmarole, putting into effect a strategic business combination aimed at providing customers with even better support and professionality. Micaela Lorenzi, founder of GC,...
16 August 2022
Mission accomplished. Only one year after the topping-out ceremony, the move into the new offices and the modern, 14,000 m2 production area was completed in July this year. The high global demand for Lindner’s quality products...
5 August 2022
With about forty committed, well-trained employees and thirty years of experience, Krall Kunststoff-Recycling turns industrial and post-consumer waste into type-sorted regrinds: Sought-after raw materials for the manufacture of...
22 July 2022
Dow (NYSE: DOW) has announced an agreement with French recycling company, Valoregen to contribute to building the largest single hybrid recycling site in France, to be owned and operated by Valoregen. The collaboration is a...
15 June 2022
Biesse Group, a leading company in technologies for processing of wood, glass, stone and advanced materials, according to the territorial expansion process characterized by capillarity and proximity to strategic markets, is...
13 May 2022
The strategic importance of the Indian market is confirmed by the Group RadiciGroup’s objective: to continue its global growth RadiciGroup is continuing to strengthen its internationalization strategy. Through its High...
1 March 2022
2022 will not be just an ordinary year for Campetella Robotic Center. A meaningful anniversary is what makes it so special. Campetella turns 125 years old and, in order to celebrate such an important occurrence, has come up with...
14 January 2022
Indonesia, has a fast-growing plastics industry owing to robust demand from its food & beverage (F&B) packaging sector that accounts for around 60% of the plastics industry’s output. The country’s huge population of...
11 November 2021
Dow (NYSE: DOW) announced several advancements in its efforts to prevent plastic waste, reduce greenhouse gas emissions and provide customers with recycled plastic products that provide the same performance as virgin plastics...
18 August 2021
ELIX Polymers has published its 2020 Sustainability Report. This document presents a novel approach compared to previous versions, as it introduces ELIX’s 2030 Sustainability Strategy in order to progress to the full...
15 March 2021
Environmental factors and sustainability continue to dominate the efforts to develop new types of plastic packaging, as well as, in some cases, alternatives to plastic packaging. Here are just a few recent examples. Mondi Group...
26 February 2021
ELIX Polymers has put all of its Circular Economy activities under a new brand name, E-LOOP. The company made the transition towards a circular economy a pillar of its business strategy several years ago. The E-LOOP brand will in...
22 February 2021
The ALPLA Group is to invest up to 50 million euros a year on average between now and 2025 in further expanding its recycling activities. In particular, it plans to globalise its activities in the area of high-quality...
5 February 2021
NEGRI BOSSI strengthens its presence in Benelux with the appointment of a new agent with over 13 years’ experience in the market. CS Plastics is a growing company, founded in 2008 by Werner Vanderveken and Jurgen Lippens....
3 December 2020
Illimity Bank, a high-tech bank listed on Borsa Italiana’s STAR segment, has completed a financing operation worth 10 million euro to support the growth plans of Amut, a leader in the field of plastic processing machinery....
2 December 2020
Royal DSM, a global science-based company active in nutrition, health and sustainable living, today announced that it will start a strategic partnership with Neste, producer of renewable diesel and sustainable aviation fuel and a...
24 November 2020
A special honor has been bestowed upon researchers from the WACKER Group and from the WACKER Institute for Silicon Chemistry at the Technical University of Munich, Germany. Their pioneering work on eliminating the need for...
15 September 2020
Covestro’s business performance in the second quarter was, as expected, significantly impacted by the further spread of the coronavirus pandemic in Europe and North America. “As anticipated, the global coronavirus pandemic...
6 July 2020
Kiefel is expanding its medical business with additional product lines and technologies. The reassessment of the global basic medical care after the corona pandemic, as well as the mega-trend of an increasing and aging...
7 June 2020
Covestro is fully committed to making the circular economy a model for a truly sustainable world. To this end, the materials manufacturer wants to completely align its entire production and product range as well as all areas in...
16 May 2018
This operation will allow the Frigel group to strengthen its position worldwide in the industrial refrigeration market. Frigel Firenze S.p.A. based in Scandicci, leader in industrial cooling systems, has reached an important goal...
4 April 2017
ABB today announced the acquisition of B&R, the largest independent provider focused on product- and software-based, open-architecture solutions for machine and factory automation worldwide. B&R, founded in 1979 by...
20 February 2017
Nidec Corporation announced on February 1, 2017 that the Company completed the pre-announced acquisition of the motors, drives and electric power generation businesses of Emerson Electric Co. except for acquisitions in certain...
6 February 2017
Reifenhäuser Maschinenfabrik and Dietze+Schell Maschinenfabrik consolidate their activities in the niche markets monofilaments, strapping tapes and artificial turf. Reifenhäuser transfers the two companies Reimotec Maschinen-...
19 December 2016
Zambello Group, the leading manufacturer of gearboxes for extruder drive, has just made large investments in two production sites (Magnago and Lendinara), in order to achieve very important objectives to consolidate its...
4 July 2016
German plastics and rubber machinery manufacturers note with regretthe British decision to leave the EU. “Great Britain is an important market for us,” stressed Ulrich Reifenhäuser, Chairman of the VDMA Plastics and Rubber...
21 June 2016
NEGRI BOSSI has strengthened its presence in Sweden with a new 20 years’ experience Agent. After the beginning of the collaboration on June, on 15th and 16 th took place an Open House by QUIPITEC in Anderstorp. The site opened...
16 June 2016
GRUPPO COLINES HOLDING keeps on growing and announces the opening of a new company, COLINES® USA CORP., based in Hauppauge, Long Island, State of New York. Through COLINES CORP USA, COLINES is establishing a strategically...
13 June 2016
Clariant, a world leader in specialty chemicals, and Kilfrost today announced that the companies have terminated the acquisition agreement they entered into on November 19, 2015, relating to the sale and purchase of the European...
3 June 2016
The launch is set for 29 June with a conference dedicated to “Industry 4.0”, the factory of the future which will change the way we work and create new values thanks to robotics and automation Creativity, skills and human...
19 May 2016
Sales totalling 1.354 billion euro and greater than expected performance in all the main business areas. Continuing growth on international markets thanks to carefully targeted action in several countries. Highly positive...
18 May 2016
BASF and Avantium have signed a letter of intent and entered into exclusive negotiations to establish a joint venture (JV) for the production and marketing of furandicarboxylic acid (FDCA), as well as marketing of...
8 April 2016
IPEG, Inc., with subsidiaries serving the plastics-processing, waste-recycling, and industrial heat-transfer markets, has acquired Pelletron Corporation, a leading supplier of pneumatic conveying systems, dust removal systems and...