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ALTUGLAS
Arkema subsidiary plans to shutter loss-making French PMMA production facility
01.06.2015
BILCARE RESEARCH
Price hike for rigid PVC film
29.05.2015
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS
PVC profile manufacturers question legitimacy of FMs / Shortages threaten SMEs' livelihood
21.05.2015
TREOFAN
Reaping the benefits of previous restructuring / BOPP film producer expects significant growth in 2015 / Additional investments planned
12.05.2015
BORFLEX
French elastomers specialist buys two composites processors
24.04.2015
EXTEN
Swiss film producer announces drastic salary cuts / Workforce on strike
25.02.2015
US PLASTIC FILM
Demand to reach almost 7m t in 2018 / LLDPE remains largest volume resin / Above average growth expected for PP film / Freedonia study
05.02.2015
SCHWEITER TECHNOLOGIES
3A Composites subsidiary acquires Polycasa / Eyeing new business options for sheet production
04.02.2015
COOPER STANDARD
Sealing gaskets manufacturer reduces overcapacities in western Europe / Production to be moved to eastern part of the continent
28.01.2015
EXTRUSION TECHNOLOGY CHINA
Sustainability to the fore in machinery advances / Optimisation of screws and barrels / Plasticising alternatives
13.01.2015
BAYER MATERIALSCIENCE
PC sheet plant starts up in Guangzhou
19.12.2014
KINGSPAN
North American footprint raised by acquisition of VicWest's Building Products division / EUR 110m deal
25.11.2014
BENECKE-KALIKO
Acquisition of two upholstery material plants from Belgium's Mecaseat / Raising activities in southern and eastern Europe
19.11.2014
LERG
Polish resin producer acquires film manufacturer Marpol
13.11.2014
KINGSPAN
USD 82m acquisition of Pactiv's North American Building Insulation business
07.11.2014
BIAXPLEN
Russian BOPP producer starts exporting to Spain and Bosnia-Herzegovina / EU exports now account for 17% of total sales
04.11.2014
KLÖCKNER PENTAPLAST
Owner SVP apparently puts sale of film producer on hold for a second time / Offers received reportedly too low
28.10.2014
DECEUNINCK
Purchase of Turkey's Pimas completed following antitrust approvals
21.10.2014
RPC
USD 10m extension at US facility commissioned / Site now capable of in-mould labelling / Part of strategy to develop business outside of Europe
23.09.2014
RPC
Cobelplast thermoforming plants in Belgium and Italy divested
16.09.2014
RADIUS GROUP
District heating pipes joint venture with Austria's KE KELIT / “Springboard for European growth”
29.08.2014
DECEUNINCK
Belgian profile producer acquires Turkish windows systems provider Pimas for EUR 20m / New Turkish market leader / Strengthening position in Russia
28.08.2014
RUSSIA
Packaging market worth USD 15 bn / Local plastic packaging plants operate at reduced rates / Food packaging drives demand / Domestic BOPP output to be exported from 2016 onwards / gtai report
27.08.2014
BOPA FILMS
Global market growth driven by rising demand for simultaneous stretching technology
13.08.2014
PLASKOLITE
Acquisition of Italian acrylic sheet line to boost market presence
11.08.2014
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