Sibur, Gazprom acquire full ownership of PP producer

Athletic shoe giant Nike Inc. is planning to invest at least $184m (€163m) in a plant in Goodyear, Arizona, to make its Nike Air soles in the US.

The UK Plastics Pact has published new guidance related to polymer types and features used to produce rigid plastic packaging.

Nordson Corp. has appointed Symbioplas Serviços de Engenharia Industrial as sales agent in Portugal for its Xaloy-branded core components for extrusion and injection moulding.

French automotive supplier Faurecia is building a “global centre of expertise” for hydrogen storage systems at its R&D campus in Bavans, France.

French automotive supplier Plastic Omnium has opened two research and development centers in Belgium and China, which are specifically designed to advance the company’s clean mobility ambitions.

Röchling Sustaplast SE & Co., part of Röchling group’s industrial division, has expanded its existing production facility in Lahnstein, western Germany, with the addition of a new 3,000-square-metre hall and production facilities. 

German vehicle components supplier Gutsche Engineering is using thermoplastic elastomers (TPEs) produced by Kraiburg TPE to manufacture an innovative roof rail cover with integrated seals.

Bavaria Medizin Technologie makes intravascular and nonvascular devices such as drug-coated balloons, according to a news release. 

The first fully autonomous vehicles able to handle all conditions on public roads – and potentially replacing private car ownership, will probably not appear until after 2030, according to Continental's head of self-driving car projects, Andree Hohm.

Italian extrusion machinery supplier Bandera has recently delivered SmartFlex blow moulding production lines to two Eastern European producers in Poland and Slovenia.