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PLASTIFLEX Purchase of Smooth-Bor vacuum and swimming pool hose business	26.02.2020
TRELLEBORG Operating structure revised / Underperforming business separated out	10.12.2019
PLASTIFLEX New headquarters and innovation centre opened in Belgium	03.12.2019
TRELLEBORG Purchase of US PTFE seals manufacturer Tritec Seal	29.11.2019
CONTINENTAL Takeover of Italian hose manufacturer Merlett completed	18.11.2019
CARCLO Antony Collins is new interim CEO / Sale of LED division not yet cut and dried	17.10.2019
LANXESS New PU system for industrial wheel applications	25.09.2019
DIAB Contract signed with wind energy specialist Vestas for structural foams	24.09.2019
INFIANA Majority owner Deutsche Beteiligungs divests shares	27.08.2019
SGL CARBON Carbon fibre producer revises forecast / CEO to resign and restructuring expected	22.08.2019
BERRY GLOBAL Seal for Life business sold to Arsenal Capital	01.08.2019
ASAHI KASEI Additional production capacity for artificial leather	24.07.2019
CONTINENTAL Acquisition of Italian hose manufacturer Merlett / Integration into Contitech	05.07.2019
MITSUBISHI CHEMICAL Acquisition of US stock shapes manufacturer APT / Synergies in injection moulding and extrusion	19.06.2019
DBI PLASTICS Danish supplier benefits from e-mobility / Distribution centre in Poland nearing completion	30.05.2019
ASAHI KASEI European headquarters moving to Düsseldorf harbour	17.05.2019
RÖCHLING German subsidiary renamed Röchling Industrial Xanten	25.02.2019
EMKA German group acquires mouldmaker Bekto Precisa / Further plant in Bosnia and Herzegovina	18.12.2018
RÖCHLING Purchase of German processor Schwartz Technical Plastics	29.11.2018
NOLATO Swedish company eyes Hungarian telecommunications for “Compashield” products / New Györ plant supplies automotive components	27.11.2018
ARKEMA Composites for oil and gas industry / Joint venture with Canadian company Barrday	26.09.2018
3A COMPOSITES Swiss company to acquire Lucite International and Perspex / PMMA sheet business to be strengthened	26.09.2018
SAINT-GOBAIN PERFORMANCE PLASTICS Seals sub-division to expand its pilot plant for heavy-duty seals in Belgium	12.09.2018
RÖCHLING German plastics processor appoints Google manager as head of digitalisation	23.08.2018
VIBRACOUSTIC German company expands plant in Poland / Automotive anti-vibration components made from microcellular PU	21.08.2018

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