Industry

Leonor Garcia named Director Public Affairs

WMG establishes UK national hub for innovation and research in plastics processing / Fully integrated approach to design, manufacturing and disposal

Recycling boasts highest potential to lower greenhouse gas emissions / Industrial and emerging economies need to act / Germany as key partner for know-how transfer / UBA research

Investors probably plan stock market launch for Klöckner Pentaplast and Mauser

German producers upbeat about business and optimistic for future / Germany and Asia most dynamic / Carbon-reinforced plastics drive / Survey by Composites Germany

National Assembly passes energy transition bill / Ban on plastic single-use carrier bags and tableware / Legislation also promotes building insulation / Plastics industry critical

EU Commission approves state aid package / “Appropriate response” to company's woes / Investment projects proceeding / Now Europe's second largest PVC producer

Italian EPS association AIPE with new executive council

BPF survey points to improved business confidence / Increased expectations for higher sales and investments

Moulding industry: Dispute between “Euromold” organiser Demat and Messe Frankfurt escalates

Spain's Aimplas developed single-stage synthesis process for biopolymers production / Improved plasticity and thermal resistance achieved in biopolyesters

French processors association FEP reelects Florence Poivey as president

EU Parliament plenary session approves circular economy resolution / Binding rules for waste disposal and recycling / Bioplastics producers welcome package design proposal

Water bottles removed by UK store / BPF voices dismay and need for change in consumer behaviour

EU-funded “Placard project” reports good test results for PVC plasticiser based on cashew nut shells

Eco-profile of Europe's PVC production improves / PlasticsEurope study

Luc Messien elected as president of French plastic automotive OEM association GPA

Segment sales exceed EUR 10 bn / Core machinery orders slightly down in 2014 / Positive development for traditional technologies / Chinese processors increasingly buying locally manufactured goods / Positive outlook for 2015

Germany's GKV industry association says plastic processors can apply for specific tariff quotas / Cooperation among European associations / Long-term application process

Tom Debusschere elected new president of EPPA / Pan-European PVC lobbying group

EuPC unveils agenda of “Polymers for Europe Alliance” / Pan-European platform to address recent spate of FMs / Potential legal action against producers / Lobby work against EU import tariffs / Potential group purchasing platforms for imported material

SPI partners engineers for plastics recycling exhibition / SPE to develop content and promote to membership

Germany's Federal Cartel Office imposes EUR 75m fine on five acoustic insulation producers for alleged price fixing

Waste Free Oceans welcomes Dutch government's decision to introduce a reverse vending premium / The Netherlands ward off attempt at abolishing PET bottle deposit scheme

Françoise Andres elected new president of French packaging association Elipso