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WIND TURBINES European wind power capacity surges in 2023 / Consortium unveils second recyclable blade / Reclaim demand to grow exponentially through 2030	01.02.2024
COVESTRO Cast PU elastomer plant in China starts production / Applications for materials include offshore wind power	22.09.2023
RUSSIA Plastics processors call for duties on plastics goods imports / Firms charge China with dumping / WTO rules likely to impede quick changes	24.04.2023
TURBINE BLADES European wind industry growth drives need for recycling / Trade group calls for landfill ban on used blades / Leading market players eye 100% recyclability	01.12.2022
SABIC PC-based copolymer resin for photovoltaic connectors	01.12.2022
TURKEY Wind turbine installations on the rise / Clean energy to lead growth in 2022 / Demand for renewable sources benefits composites	17.02.2022
ABC TECHNOLOGIES Acquisition of injection moulder Karl Etzel / More business planned with German automotive OEMs	28.01.2022
RESEARCH Spanish tech centre to study circular economy for composites / Focus on turbine, aeronautic components	26.11.2021
WIND TURBINE BLADES Siemens Gamesa introduces recyclable blades / Vestas, partners to develop similar technology	07.10.2021
VESTAS Wind turbine manufacturer plans to close plants in Denmark, Germany, Spain / Some 650 workers affected	29.09.2021
SABIC Launch of nanotechnology-based compound for PET foams / Core materials for wind blades	19.01.2021
BOREALIS “Borlink” technology enables energy shift / CO2 capture cements green foothold	10.09.2020
SIMONA Acquisition of majority stake in aquaculture specialist Stadpipe / Boost for the application segment	15.06.2020
PLASTICS PROCESSING Economic consequences of Covid-19 to peak in next six weeks / Advice to converters – continue production at full speed, then stop / Germany's ArGeZ sees technical parts manufacturing halting between end of March and end of April	23.03.2020
WOODWARD / HEXCEL Aircraft suppliers pool competencies / Group sales would reach USD 5 bn	23.01.2020
DOMO / COVESTRO Collaborative project to improve plastics traceability / Partnership with blockchain start-up Circularise	14.10.2019
DIAB Contract signed with wind energy specialist Vestas for structural foams	24.09.2019
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
VIBRACOUSTIC German company expands plant in Poland / Automotive anti-vibration components made from microcellular PU	21.08.2018
LM WIND POWER Turbine production begun in Turkey / Fast-growing demand from local wind energy industry	20.07.2017
ISOVOLTAIC Mono material backing film for photovoltaic modules / Partnership with Borealis / “Quentys” materials for solar applications	01.06.2017
SAINT-GOBAIN German speciality adhesive tapes maker to be acquired / Expansion of Biolink's Bad Tölz facility	30.05.2017
KARSAI Hungarian plastics processor to expand production / Components for automotive and E&E industries	24.05.2017
LM WIND POWER General Electric completes purchase of Danish rotor blade manufacturer / Construction of a fourth factory in China	23.05.2017

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