Technology company Tera-Barrier Films (TBF, Singapore) has developed a stretchable plastic film containing a layer of encapsulated nanoparticles that can help prolong the shelf-life of pharmaceuticals ...

UK plastics converter Danisco Flexible (GB-Bristol; www.daniscoflexible.com) has invested GBP 1.6m in the installation of a new Windmöller & Hölscher “Varex” Optifil P2 co-extrusion line at its ...

The PVC recycling process developed by “VinyLoop”, a partnership of PVC producer SolVin (Brussels / Belgium; www.solvinpvc.com), French mixed membranes manufacturer Serge Ferrari (La Tour du Pin; ...

PetroFina and Montedison have agreed terms for the purchase by PetroFina of the Montedison group's interest in the polypropylene production joint venture Montefina SA located in Feluy, Belgium. The ...

The Chemicals segment of Asahi Glass (Europe: AGC Chemicals Europe, Thornton Cleveleys / UK; www.agcce.eu.com) is currently expanding capacity for the production of ethylene tetrafluoroethylene (ETFE, ...

Blown film technology specialist Reifenhäuser Kiefel Extrusion (Worms / Germany; www.reifenhauser-kiefel.com) on 1 January 2015 changed its name to Reifenhäuser Blown Film. Parent company Reifenhäuser ...

Walki (Espoo / Finland; www.walki.com) has signed a definitive purchase agreement to acquire 100% of the shares of Finnish film and packaging manufacturer Plastiroll (Ylöjärvi; www.plastiroll.fi), ...

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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 ...

Veolia Umweltservice West, a German branch of French waste management group Veolia (Paris; www.veolia.com), commissioned a new sorting plant for LDPE film scrap in Salzgitter / Germany on 28 May 2020.

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 ...

AWS Eco Plastics (Newcastle-upon-Tyne / UK; www.awsecoplastics.com) has opened its new plastic bottle recycling facility in Hemswell, Lincolnshire / UK more than a year after the plant was damaged by ...