Resource management specialist Sita UK (Maidenhead / UK; www.sita.co.uk) plans to build a plant to produce diesel fuel from end-of-life plastic such as yoghurt pots and meat trays at the proposed ...

The world market leader in PET packagings, Schmalbach- Lubeca AG (D-40880 Ratingen), is launching a comprehensive restructuring program in its PET Containers Division Europe / Asia, involving an ...

German speciality chemicals group Lanxess (Leverkusen; www.lanxess.com) has established Lanxess Middle East (Dubai / UAE; www.lanxess.ae) to service its clients in the area. The company presently ...

US plastics additives company TenasiTech (Boston, Massachusetts; www.tenasitech.com) has launched “Solid-TT”, a PA additive that greatly improves scuff resistance. Painting or hard coating has been ...

The UK-based thermoplastic sheet and compounding operation, Doeflex PLC (HQ: Holmethorpe Avenue, Redhill, GB-Surrey RH1 2NR) has been expanding significantly over recent years. For 1995 it reported a ...

Bayer MaterialScience (D-51368 Leverkusen; www.bayermaterialscience.com) and thermoplastic elastomers specialist PTS Plastic Technologie Service (D-91587 Adelshofen; www.pts-marketing.de), are to ...

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Braas Flachdachsysteme GmbH (D-61440 Oberursel) and the Czech company Fatra as (CZ-76361 Napajedla) have agreed to form a joint venture, Braas-Fatra spol.sro. The purpose of the joint venture, ...

British Vita (Middleton, Manchester, GB-Greater Manchester M24 2DB; www.britishvita.com) has sold its Vitacom rubber compounding business to a management team, headed by managing director Chris Turner ...

German specialty chemicals producer and distributor Lehmann & Voss (Hamburg; www.lehvoss.de) has acquired an 8,400 m 2 plot next to its existing production site in Hamburg-Wandsbek that will allow it ...

BOPP films producer Taghleef Industries (Ti, Dubai / UAE; www.ti-films.com) is introducing a range of bio-based films made from PLA manufactured by NatureWorks (Minnetonka, Minnesota / USA; ...

Further details have been released by Caradon PLC (24 Queens Road, Weybridge, GB-Surrey KT13 9UX) regarding the sales of its plastics automotive and engineering businesses (see also Plasteurope.com No ...