www.pieweb.com
Middle East Conflict
Latest news and market reports on the impact on the plastics industry.
To the topic page

Companies Other General

HEXCEL
Strategic investment in PEKK 3D printed parts specialist Oxford Performance Materials / Focus on aerospace applications
02.06.2016
TEKNI-PLEX
Closure liner businesses now globally operating under “Tri-Seal” name
23.05.2016
SONOCO
Fewer jobs to be cut at former Weidenhammer plants than anticipated / Measures will affect two German facilities
13.05.2016
RODENSTOCK
German spectacles producer expands activities in the US / New investor Compass provides capital injection
11.02.2016
SABIC
Developing car windows with integrated lighting / More safety and styling opportunities
27.01.2016
SONOCO
Closure of two of Weidenhammer's German plants in Hockenheim and Bunde / Manufacture of composite cans shifted to Poland / Investment in injection moulding production in eastern Germany
07.01.2016
SOLVAY SPECIALTY POLYMERS
3D-printed fuel intake fabricated in PEEK for “Polimotor 2” plastic engine development / Overall weight reduction of 40%
14.12.2015
FIT
EUR 20m investment in new additive manufacturing hub in Germany
26.11.2015
TRELLEBORG
Acquisition of CGS for EUR 1.2 bn / Czech tyre specialist will strengthen positions in a number of areas
19.11.2015
PROTO LABS
US prototypes producer acquires insolvent German additives manufacturer Alphaform / Medical business not part of purchase
28.10.2015
MONDI
Acquisition of Ascania nonwoven Germany / Business to be integrated in consumer packaging unit
30.09.2015
SEKISUI ALVEO
Proposal to shut down foams plant in Wales / Business review prompted by mounting cost pressure / New additions to “Evalen” range
10.09.2015
SEKISUI PLASTICS
New foam moulding plant opened in the US / Plans for additional capabilities in the future
07.09.2015
BOGE RUBBER & PLASTICS
New plants under construction in Germany, Slovakia and China / Automotive OEM plans to invest almost EUR 60m
29.06.2015
FKM SINTERTECHNIK
German company starts what it says is world's first 3D printing plant / Industrial-scale manufacturing
22.12.2014
SEKISUI ALVEO
PP rigid foam boards launched / Major potential seen in automotive and packaging uses
25.08.2014
3M
Expansion at Polish plant / Launching production of PP/PET acoustic sheets for the automotive industry
09.07.2014
ESSENTRA
Purchase of Turkish plastics components specialist Mesan Kilit / Expansion of UK components facility complete
28.01.2014
SEMPERIT
Expansion of hose production underway at Czech plant
23.01.2014
RAMPF
China plant expanded ahead of schedule / Additional capacity planned
16.10.2013
JOHNS MANVILLE
Investment in additional production line at Berlin / Start up scheduled for early 2015
17.07.2013
FILTRONA
New name for UK speciality supplier to better represent assorted business activities
13.06.2013
DSM DYNEEMA
Singapore technical centre to serve Asia-Pacific region
24.01.2013
PACCOR
Development and innovation centre opened at German headquarter
09.01.2013
FAURECIA
Auto supplier plans to shed 1,500 jobs in western Europe / 37 new plants in low-wage countries
15.11.2012
Seite 4 von 6
Topic search
Plastics Information Europe
  • Polymer Prices (6.334)
    • Petrochemicals (563)
    • Standard Thermoplastics (1.017)
    • PET (258)
    • Engineering Thermoplastics (266)
    • Recyclate (393)
      • General (6)
      • Standard Thermoplastics / Recyclate (193)
      • Engineering Thermoplastics / Recyclate (194)
    • Polyurethanes (258)
    • High Performance Polymers (2)
    • Composites (192)
    • Announcements (2.617)
    • World Regions (612)
      • China (310)
        • Standard Thermoplastics (156)
        • Engineering Thermoplastics (154)
      • North America (178)
      • Russia (124)
    • Spot Prices (134)
    • Forecasts (22)
  • Companies (36.066)
    • Polymer Materials (17.758)
      • Petrochemicals (3.221)
      • Charge (1.910)
        • General (99)
        • Masterbatches (342)
        • Additives (805)
        • Colours (391)
        • Reinforcements/Fillers (273)
      • Polymers (11.430)
        • General (738)
        • Standard Thermoplastics (3.964)
          • General (113)
          • Polyolefins (2.017)
          • Polystyrenes (355)
          • PVC (695)
          • Polyester (578)
          • Expandable (PS, PP, PE) (206)
        • Technical Thermoplastics (3.355)
          • General (352)
          • Styrene Copolymers (270)
          • PC/PMMA (474)
          • Polyamides (950)
          • POM/PBT/PP (326)
          • Technical Compounds (983)
        • PUR (810)
        • Other (2.563)
          • General (105)
          • Composites/Thermosets (414)
          • High Performance (641)
          • Biopolymers (713)
          • Elastomers/TPE (382)
          • Recyclate (308)
      • Distribution (1.197)
    • Machinery (1.124)
      • General (31)
      • Plant Construction (144)
      • Core Machines (761)
        • General (92)
        • Extrusion (182)
        • Injection Moulding (382)
        • Blow Moulding (73)
        • Foam (12)
        • PUR (16)
        • Compression Moulding (4)
      • Peripherals (183)
        • General (33)
        • Control Systems (4)
        • Automatisation (34)
        • Dies/Tools/Moulds (99)
        • Components (13)
      • Finishing (5)
    • Processing (7.400)
      • General (925)
      • Extrusion (2.417)
        • General (128)
        • Flexible Films (1.171)
        • Rigid Films/Sheet (391)
        • Pipes (357)
        • Profiles/Rods (263)
        • Other (107)
      • Injection Moulding (1.793)
      • Blow Moulding (530)
      • PUR (329)
      • Other (1.160)
        • General (128)
        • Foam (316)
        • Composites/Thermosets (358)
        • Thermoforming (228)
        • Rotational Moulding (33)
        • Additive Manufacturing (97)
      • Finishing (246)
    • Application (7.615)
      • General (135)
      • Packaging (3.292)
      • Construction (752)
      • Automotive / Transport (1.744)
      • Electrical Appliances (354)
      • Consumer Goods (702)
      • Medical (412)
      • Technical (224)
    • Other (2.169)
      • Recycling/Disposal (1.737)
      • Services (260)
      • Logistics (172)
  • Commercial Register (161)
    • Insolvency (156)
    • Changes (5)
  • Markets (24.557)
    • Polymer Materials (10.597)
      • Petrochemicals (2.606)
      • Charge (881)
        • General (39)
        • Masterbatches (98)
        • Additives (349)
        • Colours (162)
        • Reinforcements/Fillers (233)
      • Polymers (6.708)
        • General (861)
        • Standard Thermoplastics (2.532)
          • General (74)
          • Polyolefins (1.268)
          • Polystyrenes (166)
          • PVC (519)
          • Polyester (362)
          • Expandable (PS, PP, PE) (143)
        • Technical Thermoplastics (1.347)
          • General (89)
          • Styrene Copolymers (115)
          • PC/PMMA (161)
          • Polyamides (472)
          • POM/PBT/PP (114)
          • Technical Compounds (396)
        • PUR (477)
        • Other (1.491)
          • General (47)
          • Composites/Thermosets (301)
          • High Performance (314)
          • Biopolymers (440)
          • Elastomers/TPE (147)
          • Recyclate (242)
      • Other Materials (61)
      • Distribution (341)
    • Machinery (524)
      • General (131)
      • Plant Construction (14)
      • Core Machines (307)
        • General (117)
        • Extrusion (37)
        • Injection Moulding (131)
        • Blow Moulding (15)
        • PUR (5)
        • Compression Moulding (2)
      • Peripherals (72)
        • General (21)
        • Automatisation (17)
        • Dies/Tools/Moulds (34)
    • Processing (1.751)
      • General (461)
      • Extrusion (628)
        • General (20)
        • Flexible Films (305)
        • Rigid Films/Sheets (126)
        • Pipes (75)
        • Profiles/Rods (91)
        • Other (11)
      • Injection Moulding (181)
      • Blow Moulding (43)
      • PUR (84)
      • Other (309)
        • General (20)
        • Foam (82)
        • Composites/Thermosets (140)
        • Thermoforming (20)
        • Rotational Moulding (8)
        • Additive Manufacturing (39)
      • Finishing (45)
    • Applications (4.328)
      • General (51)
      • Packaging (2.093)
      • Construction (339)
      • Automotive / Transport (1.012)
      • Electrical Appliances (230)
      • Consumer Goods (274)
      • Medical (213)
      • Technical (62)
      • Other (54)
    • Regions and Countries (4.195)
      • World (196)
      • German-speaking Countries (499)
      • Europe (2.050)
        • General (505)
        • Italy (145)
        • France (155)
        • Spain/Portugal (105)
        • Great Britain/Ireland (524)
        • Low Countries (75)
        • Central Europe (180)
        • Scandinavia (46)
        • Russia (115)
        • Eastern Europe (57)
        • Southeastern Europe (143)
      • North America (498)
      • Asia (682)
        • General (123)
        • China (392)
        • Japan (51)
        • Korea (28)
        • India (88)
      • Middle East (148)
      • Other (40)
      • South America (82)
    • Other (3.162)
      • Recycling/Disposal (2.247)
      • Economic Trend (518)
      • Services (41)
      • Logistics (272)
      • Energy (84)
  • Production and Engineering (3.842)
    • Polymer Materials (2.394)
      • Petrochemicals (63)
      • Charge (445)
        • General (14)
        • Masterbatches (114)
        • Additives (229)
        • Colours (53)
        • Reinforcements/Fillers (35)
      • Polymers (1.855)
        • General (31)
        • Standard Themoplastics (369)
        • Technical Thermoplastics (606)
          • General (20)
          • Styrene Copolymers (63)
          • PC/PMMA (64)
          • Polyamides (209)
          • POM/PBT/PP (69)
          • Technical Compounds (181)
        • PUR (74)
        • Other (775)
          • General (23)
          • Composites/Thermosets (108)
          • High Performance (161)
          • Biopolymers (252)
          • Elastomers/TPE (115)
          • Recyclate (116)
      • Other (31)
    • Machinery (95)
      • Extrusion (20)
        • General (8)
        • Flexible Films (5)
        • Calender (3)
        • Rigid films/Sheets/Thermoforming (1)
        • Pipes/Profiles (3)
      • Injection Moulding (32)
        • General (16)
        • Process (10)
        • Tools (4)
        • Automatisation (2)
      • Blow Moulding (10)
      • Other (33)
    • Research (443)
      • Polymer Materials (145)
      • Technical (16)
      • Product Development (42)
      • Process (83)
      • Application (95)
      • Patents (4)
        • Polymer Materials (2)
        • Process (2)
      • Other (58)
    • New Products (871)
      • Packaging (573)
      • Construction (35)
      • Automotive / Transport (100)
      • Electrical Appliances (28)
      • Consumer Goods (51)
      • Medical (38)
      • Technical (8)
      • Other (38)
    • Other (39)
  • Management (798)
    • Purchasing (108)
    • General Management (191)
    • Company organisation (45)
    • Marketing/Sales (15)
    • Human Resources (8)
    • Finances (100)
    • Logistics (331)
  • People (1.514)
  • Industry (6.563)
    • General (1.274)
    • Associations/Institutions (2.500)
    • Legislation (1.453)
    • Environment / Health (1.326)
    • plas.TV - Plastics unite(d) (10)
  • Events (1.175)
  • Plastic Fantastic (575)
  • Commentaries (85)
  • Interviews (159)
  • Notes by Publisher (80)
© 2026 by Plastics Information Europe, Bad Homburg
Date of print: 10/04/2026
Ref: royvlmal3nvr2dmlgn2qab45
KIVBHI
All rights reserved.
Access and use is subject to our terms and conditions.
URL: https://pieweb.plasteurope.com/Default.aspx?node=100446&page=4&pageid=302