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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 ...

Artenius PET Recycling France (Beaune / France) has increased the output capacity of its PET recycling lines by 10,000 t/y to 35,000 t/y. Of this, 28,000 t/y is rPET for food contact applications, ...

Speciality chemicals group Evonik (Essen / Germany; www.evonik.com) has optimised the production process of its polyether ether ketone (PEEK) product “Vestakeep” at its site in Changchun, Jilin / ...

The European Parliament (EP) has rejected a move by parliamentarians of various political groups calling for the EU not to authorise any new projects to exploit shale gas operations. At the same time ...

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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Sekisui Alveo (Lucerne / Switzerland; www.sekisuialveo.com), a manufacturer of crosslinked polyolefin foams, has developed a laminated block foam in its “Alveobloc” product family for automotive ...

The newly restructured Makroform GmbH (D-64293 Darmstadt), a joint venture of Bayer (HQ: D-51368 Leverkusen) and Röhm (D-64293 Darmstadt), wants to become the “recognised European leader” in ...

In what it claims is a breakthrough, Dutch chemical group DSM (Sittard; www.dsm.com) has launched a hydrolysis-resistant polyester that can be used in automotive engine compartments. The company says ...

(Frankfurt, Germany; raised its gross market price for polystyrene by EUR 50/t. The premium ...