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IKEA
Unveiling new sustainability strategy / All packaging materials to be made of renewable, recyclable or recycled materials by late 2015 / Plans to recycle 50% of all non-renewable materials used in furnishings by 2017
 		03.11.2014
GREINER PACKAGING
First US production site officially inaugurated
 		03.11.2014
FACC
Partnership with AVIC to produce airplane passenger cabins / Raising activities in China
 		03.11.2014
BAYER
CEO lifts overall forecast for 2014 / BMS sales rise on volume gains but EBITDA margin recedes
 		31.10.2014
WESTLAKE
Expanded US vinyls complex dedicated / Cracker converted to ethane / Raising output in Lake Charles
 		31.10.2014
CELANESE
Compounding agreement with Setsunakasei / Strengthening activities in Japan
 		31.10.2014
ALBIS PLASTIC
Distributing Styrolution's “Terluran” ABS in Portugal
 		31.10.2014
SYNCRO
Acquisition of UK recycling machinery manufacturer Plasmac
 		31.10.2014
BASF
Tokyo chosen as location for second "designfabrik" / Focus on automotive applications
 		30.10.2014
INEOS
"Barex" resins plant in Ohio to close in Q1 2015 / Other facilities at US site unaffected
 		30.10.2014
NORDMANN, RASSMANN
Distributing Francesco Franceschetti's new TPE compounds for drinking water applications
 		30.10.2014
SIDEL
Swiss machinery maker supplies PET line to Saudi bottler HWB / Faster turnover and lower energy use
 		30.10.2014
PLASTIC OMNIUM
French automotive supplier planning EUR 1.7 bn in investments / Sales increase / Growth expected to pick up significantly from 2016 onwards
 		30.10.2014
ARBURG
Move to new facility in Shenzhen / Zhao Tong assumes responsibility for all Chinese operations
 		30.10.2014
SABIC / SHELL
Expansion plans for Saudi Arabia-based Sadaf joint venture scrapped / Feasibility studies “not encouraging”
 		29.10.2014
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