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Companies

LOMON BILLIONS TiO2 cooperation with Ti-Cons / Plans to boost pigment capacity at Chuxiong site to 300,000 t/y	18.09.2020
M&G MEXICO Financially troubled PET producer still receiving PTA deliveries from Alpek / Restructuring plan approved	18.09.2020
AKRO-PLASTIC Bio-Fed subsidiary studies film with bio-based carbon content of over 60% for fruit and vegetable bags	18.09.2020
SHELL Eight new cracker furnaces for Moerdijk / Plans to cut carbon emissions by 10%	17.09.2020
CONVENTUS Distributor to sell Evonik PEEK compounds in US and Canada	17.09.2020
SNETOR French distributor expands Europe-wide	17.09.2020
SMP Automotive supplier to build new plant in Serbia	17.09.2020
DESCH PLANTPAK Dutch manufacturer expands horticulture offering with IPP acquisition / Adds plants in the Netherlands and Poland	16.09.2020
PERLEN PACKAGING Swiss group to construct PVdC film plant in Brazil / Plans to acquire all of local partner / Funds PVC film calendaring build	16.09.2020
LYONDELLBASELL “MoReTe” pilot unit starts in Italy / Chemical recycling of plastics waste	15.09.2020

People

NEXEO PLASTICS Paul Tayler named CEO	14.09.2020
GKV Oliver Möllenstädt quits German plastics converters association / No successor in sight yet	17.08.2020
DELLNER BUBENZER Mikael Petersson is next CEO for UK-based Dellner Polymer Solutions	24.07.2020
CONSTANTIA FLEXIBLES Former RPC head Pim Vervaat is new CEO	13.07.2020
INEOS STYROLUTION Management board changes coming up	06.07.2020

Industry

CIRCULARISE Project to track plastics industry supply chains receives EUR 1.5m in EU funding	15.09.2020
PLASTICS TAX National Council of Switzerland calls for plastics levy / Lower house wants 25% recyclate rate for packaging by 2025	14.09.2020
ALLIANCE TO END PLASTIC WASTE Progress in 2020 / 14 projects worldwirde underway with plans to double in 12 months / Goal for zero plastics waste in more than 100 at-risk cities	11.09.2020
BREXIT UK chemicals industry lauds added time for registrations	09.09.2020
AIMPLAS “Promising” results from first year of European BIOnTop project / Goal to develop recyclable and compostable packaging	03.09.2020
MARINE LITTER Microplastics in every seafood type tested / Ten times more plastics waste in Atlantic Ocean than estimated / New research throws light on scale of pollution problem	28.08.2020
REACH New procedure for reporting SVHCs from 2021 / ECHA with dedicated web page	25.08.2020
MARINE LITTER Study proposes comprehensive strategy to tackle ocean plastics / Elimination of many single-use and non-recyclable products needed / Actions to curb pollution	17.08.2020
RECOUP UK recycling organisation celebrates 30 years / Over 370,000 t of plastic bottles collected for recycling in 2019	10.08.2020
AUSTRIA Greenpeace criticises poor recycling rates for PET bottles / “Increase the proportion of returnable containers”	03.08.2020

Markets

WHITE GOODS TURKEY Difficult time due to Covid-19 / Sales fall 9% in H1 on weak European demand / Leading supplier country	18.09.2020
AUSTRIA Climate action minister unveils three-point plan for plastics waste / Proposal includes rising refill rates and deposit model for single-use bottles	16.09.2020
PLASTICS MACHINERY USA Second quarter shipments show uptick / 46.5% of US exports to USMCA partners	16.09.2020
RECYCLASS Recoup to oversee UK version of PRE's recyclability audit	16.09.2020
TURKEY Plastics industry posts fall in demand and output in first half / Contraction predicted for 2020 / Domestic market hindered by taxes and low-value products	11.09.2020
PETROCHEMICAL MARKETS Polyethylene: Total declares force majeure on metallocene grades from Belgium	08.09.2020
PLASTICS PROCESSING GERMANY Impact of coronavirus crisis shows in H1 2020 balance sheet / Sales down 9% year-on-year / Niche areas in packaging, construction and E&E doing well / Do automotive suppliers face an insolvency wave?	07.09.2020
PLASTICS RECYCLING EUROPE EuPC to augment results of rPM survey with new poll about effects of Covid-19 pandemic	07.09.2020
PLASTICS AND THE ENVIRONMENT Interpol: Illegal disposal of plastics waste is booming / “Waste mafia” redirects large quantities to Southeast Asia	04.09.2020
USA Chemicals and plastics production mostly not directly affected by Hurricane “Laura” / Nevertheless severe capacity losses / Infrastructure damage leads to numerous forces majeures	03.09.2020

Production and Engineering

RECYCLING Major firms join "HolyGrail 2.0" project to evaluate digital watermarks for plastic packaging	18.09.2020
DOMO CHEMICALS PEEK variant developed in India replaces PAI / Material targets bushing, bearing applications	11.09.2020
TRIOPLAST Swedish supplier launches PCR-based stretch film	10.09.2020
TOSAF Israeli compounder unveils new metallic colour masterbatch	07.09.2020
FOAMPARTNER Sustainable PU foam based on chemical by-products targets auto interiors	04.09.2020

Management

GLOBAL ECONOMY Insolvencies to rise amid Covid-19 crisis / Hardest hit countries in 2020-2021 include US, Brazil, China / Euler Hermes report	08.09.2020
SUPPLY CHAIN Steps required to strengthen global value chains as shock events rise / Disruptions could wipe out 45% of annual profits every 10 years / Network restructuring to reshore production / McKinsey report	27.08.2020
MANAGEMENT Late payments rise in North America as Covid-19 pandemic bites / Mexico hardest hit / More companies using insurance and guarantees against default / Atradius report	24.08.2020
MANAGEMENT Mid-sized plastics processors in Germany underestimate risks of cyber attacks / One in four businesses affected	10.07.2020
CORONAVIRUS Pandemic to lead to major production and supply chain shift in global manufacturing industry / UK university study	01.07.2020

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