Something huge is making its way around Europe over the next four months. Sumitomo (SHI) Demag presents to customers its first ever supersized roadshow truck. A 20-metre-long mobile exhibition space containing all of the latest injection moulding technologies and timesavers that...

Syensqo has developed a new version of its flagship MTM 49-3 resin that contains 30% bio-sourced monomers. The new product variant complements the portfolio of the company’s MTM advanced prepregs and targets structural automotive applications, including body panels, chassis components and spoilers...

Kraiburg TPE has released a new range of thermoplastic elastomer (TPE) products that contain at least 73% recycled content. The new Recycling Content TPE for Automotive series has been designed to fulfil a variety of technical applications. To this scope, Kraiburg TPE has also signed an...

The European Council presidency and the European Parliament representatives reached a provisional political agreement on a proposal for a Regulation on packaging and packaging waste to make packaging more sustainable and reduce packaging waste in the EU...

GKV, German association of the plastics converters, IK, German association for plastics packaging and films, and VDMA, plastics and rubber machinery association, sent a joint message to decision-makers in the final phase of the European Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR). If the...

OMV Technologies USA (part of OMV Group together with the Italian sister company OMV Machinery, based in Verona, Italy) sold an RM77 thermoforming machine to Goplas, a prominent thermoforming manufacturer based in Mexico City. This significant transaction marks a milestone in the...

As part of a strategy to consolidate its position in the Surface Solutions sector, Oerlikon has announced that it will separate its Polymer Processing Solutions business. “In 2023, we managed short-term market headwinds and adverse currency effects and executed on our strategy”, said...

In a market environment shaped by economic uncertainty, Basf Group reported sales of 68.9 billion euros in the 2023 business year, compared with 87.3 billion euros in the previous year. This sales development was mainly driven by considerably lower prices and volumes...

Chinaplas 2024, the region's leading platform to promote the latest market trends, breakthrough technologies and innovative solutions in the plastics and rubber industries, will be held at the National Exhibition and Convention Center (NECC) in Hongqiao, Shanghai, China from 23-26 April 2024. The show will fully occupy all...

Gerd Liebig announced that he is stepping down from the management board of Sumitomo (SHI) Demag on 31 August, 2024. After serving the injection moulding industry for 35 years, he will complete the planned company management transition, effective 1 September, 2024. In his nine years as Managing Director...

The Plastics Industry Association (Plastics) will foster the continued growth of the bioplastics industry at its upcoming trade show, NPE 2024 (Orlando, 6-10 May). With more than 45 bioplastics related exhibitors on the show floor, the fair is expected to be the largest gathering of bioplastics companies in the Americas...

The post-consumer PET bottle washing and recycling plant supplied by Sorema (the recycling systems division of Previero) running at Commercial Plastics (CPC) in Yangon, Myanmar, achieved the expected quality and quantity parameters, and will provide the basis for a second plant destined for...