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EXEL COMPOSITES New plant in Austria to replace rented production	28.06.2019
FLOORING RECYCLING EU Feasibility project to scale up on new recycling process for old PVC floorings / Process can extract plasticisers	26.06.2019
BASF Collaboration with Chinese steel company Wiskind / PU sandwich panels for the cold chain	07.06.2019
FIRESTONE BUILDING PRODUCTS Start of production of PIR insulation boards in Germany / First plant in Europe	22.05.2019
EPSE European PC sheet association elects Erwin Roovers as president / Awards for innovation, sustainability and design at "K" 2019	23.04.2019
EPS PIE extends price reporting to include grey EPS / Slight growth expected for the EPS segment as a whole / Consolidation in the European processing sector / Impulses for recycling	05.02.2019
HDPE PIPES Global sales to grow 5% per year to 2025 / Growing urbanisation boosts demand for water supply pipes / Allied Market Research report	15.01.2019
MASTERPLAST Hungarian group closes down EPS insulation board production site in Romania	29.11.2018
TURKEY Plastic construction materials dogged by low prices / Imports clearly outpace exports / Domestic building activity rising	16.11.2018
PLASTIC PIPES GERMANY Significant rise in production volume in 2017 / Building boom boosts order volumes / Industry association continues confident / Macroeconomic factors leading to uncertainty	09.11.2018
WESTLAKE Purchase of European PVC compounder Nakan / Fate of Alphacan and Omniplast unclear	28.09.2018
3A COMPOSITES Swiss company to acquire Lucite International and Perspex / PMMA sheet business to be strengthened	26.09.2018
SELIT Second US plant for German XPS flooring underlays manufacturer / Group's Belgian owner NMC grows sales	30.08.2018
EXEL COMPOSITES Growth with acquisitions in the US and China / 2017 figures above those for the previous year	30.05.2018
POLYCARBONATE SHEET EPSE launches European quality label for multiwall PC sheet	04.04.2018
DOMO CHEMICALS Film partnership with Belgium's Group MAM / Focus on automotive glazing applications	22.03.2018
THERMAL INSULATION European demand to grow by 2.5% per year / EPS accounts for one quarter of market / Study by IAL Consultants	12.03.2018
HIRSCH SERVO Acquisition of Rigips' EPS insulation panel division / First step towards Western Europe	07.02.2018
SYNTHOS Polish firm converts grey EPS production to graphite	05.01.2018
PLASTIC PIPES GERMANY Production volume stagnates in 2016 / Shift towards PE and away from other materials / Earnings still under pressure / Industry association hopes for positive impetus from Berlin	24.11.2017
FLOORING MARKET Antitrust lawsuit in France ends / Huge fines for Tarkett, Forbo and Gerflor / Manufacturers' association also convicted	24.10.2017
ICYNENE PU specialist purchases French competitor Isolat / Spray foams for heat and sound insulation	27.09.2017
VEKA German window profiles manufacturer plans fourth US extrusion plant / Logistics centre to open in Mexico	14.09.2017
DPO PLASTIK Russian plastics processor is expanding / Investment in film extrusion, injection moulding and gas tank production	30.08.2017
SAINT-GOBAIN Acquisition of German reinforcing scrims specialist	11.08.2017

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