Recycling capacity with German site planned / Focus on processing WEEE from Germany and Europe																				06.09.2019				
COVERIS								 Pet food packaging facilities in France and Germany upgraded																				05.09.2019				
DOW 				
				 Polymers from chemically recycled waste / Dutch firm Fuenix Ecogy provides technology																				05.09.2019				
ASHLAND 				
				 Sale of composites business  and German BDO plant to Ineos completed																				05.09.2019				
POLIGAL								 Expansion of BOPP film metallisation in Poland																				05.09.2019				
ALDI								 Cotton swabs made of plastic to be replaced in Germany / Plastic packaging in UK to be reduced / Cooperation with Plastic Bank in the Philippines																				03.09.2019				
MEXICHEM 				
				 Group changes name to Orbia Advance Corporation / Strategic reorientation / Sharp drop in sales and profit / Margins slump in PET business																				03.09.2019				
AMCOR								 Participation in Chinese e-commerce alliance / Development of PET beer bottle in Brazil																				02.09.2019				
SWM								 US group invests in additional capacities for TPU films in UK and China																				02.09.2019				
TORAY								 Japanese group acquires Swedish automotive airbag cushion producer Alva																				02.09.2019				
ECONCORE								 New extruder for honeycomb core production / Trials using post-consumer rPET materials																				30.08.2019				
DIC 				
				 Japanese group to acquire BASF's pigments business for EUR 1 bn / Ambitious medium-term growth strategy																				30.08.2019				
LYONDELLBASELL 				
				 Q2 earnings weaker, as forecast / Schulman integration boosts compounds																				30.08.2019				
MILLIKEN								 New plant expands plastic additives production in Asia																				29.08.2019				
INDORAMA								 Plans to put USD 1 bn into PET bottle recycling / M&As a major strategy																				29.08.2019				
CANADIAN GENERAL-TOWER 				
				 Takeover of AlkorDraka Industries and Alkor Medical Tubing / Film manufacturer's first European plants																				29.08.2019				
BIESTERFELD								 Acquisition of Norway's Lindberg & Lund / Nordic presence and performance products portfolio boosted																				29.08.2019				
GRAF								 Spanish subsidiary moves to a larger site																				28.08.2019				
SP CHEMICALS 				
				 Chinese cracker now online / Ethane sourced from US																				28.08.2019				
BOXON								 PET bottles converted into big bags for the European market / Collaboration in Indonesia to reduce local waste					More news...People															03.09.2019				
WEENER PLASTICS								 CEO Roel Zeevat leaves packaging group / Anthonie Zoomers heads company in the interim																				30.08.2019				
RESINEX								 Head of German subsidiary departs / Nick Lemmens named managing director of Benelux branch																				29.08.2019				
SUMITOMO DEMAG / WITTMANN BATTENFELD								 Siegfried Köhler switches to Sumitomo, Valentina Faloci succeeds him at Wittmann Battenfeld																				27.08.2019				
PLASTICSEUROPE DEUTSCHLAND								 Communications head Matthias Müller leaves after two months																				26.08.2019				
ALLIANCE TO END PLASTIC WASTE								 Jacob Duer to head global programme / Commitments amount to roughly 1% of members' earnings					More news...		Markets															06.09.2019				
UPDATE - PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS 				
				 Propylene: Borealis declares force majeure in Kallo / FM is also now in effect on PP in Burghausen / Restart for OMV's cracker																				06.09.2019				
PLASTICS PROCESSING GERMANY 				
				 Turnover for H1 2019 down on 2018 / Heavy falls in June / Technical components still a big worry / Industrial packaging, building products and consumer goods also on the decline																				06.09.2019				
COMPOSITES GERMANY 				
				 Mood in fibre-composite industry is clouding over / Automotive sector putting a brake on growth																				04.09.2019				
PLASTICS WASTE								 Collaboration to establish 11 waste plastic-to-hydrogen plants in northwest UK																				03.09.2019				
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS 				
				 Polypropylene: Production stopped by Borealis in Burghausen / New orders not taken for time being																				03.09.2019				
PETROCHEMICAL FEEDSTOCKS								 New trilateral consortium aims to make crackers more sustainable / Project of EU-based petchem giants backed by national and regional governments																				02.09.2019				
PET 				
				 EU imposes tariffs on PET manufactured in India																				02.09.2019				
SINGLE-USE PLASTICS UK								 Consumption drops across public sector in Wales / Wrap to issue procurement guidance																				30.08.2019				
CHINA 				
				 Polyethylene imports skyrocket in first half of 2019 / Much less cargo from US amid trade war																				29.08.2019				
PLASTICS MACHINERY 				
				 US sees second-quarter sales recovering slightly					More news...Production and Engineering															06.09.2019				
KRAIBURG TPE								 "Thermoplast M" range complies with new rules for medical-grade plastics																				05.09.2019				
PRESS LONDON								 UK drinks group rolls out bottles made from recycled and bioplastics																				04.09.2019				
BRÜGGEMANN								 Extension of additive range for virgin and recycled polyamide / Launch of products at "K 2019"																				30.08.2019				
INEOS STYROLUTION								 New fibre-reinforced ASA grade / Suitable for metal-plastic combinations and structural outdoor uses																				27.08.2019				
RAUMEDIC								 New additive enhances sliding properties of medical plastic components					More news...Industry															04.09.2019				
K 2019								 World's leading plastics trade fair open its doors soon / Industry looks to Düsseldorf with anticipation / Sustainability and recycling to be dominant topics / KI Group more active than ever																				29.08.2019				
MICROPLASTICS 				
				 Presence in run-off could threaten drinking water / Cautious WHO report says more data needed / Monomers leached into environment during polymerisation not primary concern																				27.08.2019				
PLASTICS AND HEALTH 				
				 US study shows bisphenol A substitutes in urine correlate with obesity																				22.08.2019				
PLASTICS AND ENVIRONMENT								 UN establishes global plastics waste prevention group / Marine litter reduction the goal																				21.08.2019				
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