1:17 min Markets and Management, Management, Global themes, …
Expansion

ALPLA selects Kansas City for new facility

In a facility located at the Blue River Commerce Center in Kansas City, Missouri, ...
1:20 min Facts & Figures
Facts & Figures

EMS Group: strong course of business, supply-chain bottlenecks hit industry, rising energy costs and raw material prices

The EMS Group, with its companies combined in the EMS-CHEMIE HOLDING AG and globally active in the business areas High Performance Polymers and Specialty Chemicals, increased net sales in the first nine months of 2021 to CHF 1,691 million (1,296) which is 30.5% ...
1:23 min Management
Expansion

REMONDIS further expands its presence in Scandinavia

REMONDIS International GmbH is to take over all shares in Veolia Recycling Solutions Nordic AB (Veolia). With this acquisition, REMONDIS has strengthened its market position in Northern Europe and has significantly expanded its business activities on the Swedish market. The ...
1:29 min Markets and Management
Exhibition

ENGEL: Fakuma 2021 inspires injection moulding industry

The industry's first major live event after the automotive crisis and Corona ...
3:19 min Markets and Management, Facts & Figures
Study

Europe and US are leading innovation in plastic recycling and alternative plastics globally, patent data shows

European Patent Office (EPO) study reveals that Europe and US together account for 60% of patenting activity worldwide related to plastic recycling and bioplastic technologies Of all recycling technologies, chemical and biological methods generated highest level of patenting ...
1:32 min Markets and Management, Management
Investment

Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation: Expansion of production capability

Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation (MCC; Head office: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo; President: Masayuki Waga) hereby announces that it has decided to reinforce the polyester film production capacity of its affiliate Mitsubishi Polyester Film GmbH (MFE; Location: Wiesbaden, Germany; President: ...
1:26 min Markets and Management, Management
Management

KraussMaffei Group France S.A.S under new management

Christophe Longuet takes over as head of Krauss-Maffei business in France All sales and service activities for the entire KraussMaffei portfolio to be pooled Predecessor Jacques Socquet takes over management of the newly founded NETSTAL company in France
2:33 min Markets and Management, Facts & Figures
Report

Japan emerges second in the Plastics Management Index; Germany takes top spot

Only three APAC countries in top 10: Japan (2nd); Australia (7th) and China (10th) Europe leads in global plastics management efforts, while Asia lags—despite producing half the world’s plastics The top performers in each region are: Middle East and Africa: Ghana (15th); South ...
1:31 min Markets and Management, Management
Acquisition

PolyQuest forms Renuva Plastics to acquire U.S. division of Faith Group Company

PolyQuest, Incorporated (PolyQuest), the leading distributor of PET resins and a manufacturer of recycled PET resins in North America, announced today the formation of Renuva PlasticsTM, LLC (a wholly-owned subsidiary of PolyQuest dba Faith Group USA), which will acquire the U.S. ...
0:50 min Markets and Management, Management
Proposal

Bühler: Christoph Goppelsroeder nominated for election to Board of Directors

Christoph Goppelsroeder, former President and CEO of DSM Nutritional Products, is being proposed to the Bühler shareholders as a new member of Bühler Group’s Board of Directors at an extraordinary general shareholders’ meeting on October 8, 2021.