German body decries EU Commissioner’s call for ban on plastic packaging

Russian petrochemicals company Sibur Holding is eyeing to recycle a minimum of half of its generated waste by 2025 as part of a new sustainable development strategy released today.
 

Hosokawa Alpine AG has acquired Solids Solutions Group, a company with offices in Spain and Germany that develops and manufactures devices and components for bulk materials handling.

Chemical recycler Agilyx Corporation has announced that it has secured growth financing from a group of European investors led by Carnegie Investment Bank as the sole advisor on the financing.

UK supplier of high-performance polymers Victrex plc is partnering with China’s Yingkou Xingfu Chemical Co. Ltd to build and operate a new polyether ether ketone (PEEK) polymer manufacturing facility in Liaoning, China.

German injection moulding machinery maker Arburg GmbH has named Guido Frohnhaus as its managing director technology & engineering, effective 1 Jan.

Rastede, Germany-based Büfa Composite Systems is acquiring UK composite industry supplier AOC (UK) Ltd in a bid to become a “one stop shop” for composite needs.

Valued at over $90 million, deal represents "very attractive opportunity" for UK group

An explosion in a chemical plant in Tarragona, northeastern Spain, has left one dead, another missing and six injured, according to news reports.

Covestro has partnered with the research and development centre of Guangzhou Automobile Group Co Ltd to develop a lightweight composite seat back for the Chinese car manufacturer's latest electric concept car, the ENO.146.

Manufacturing Technology Centre (MTC), a UK multi-composite parts and complex tooling institute, has expanded its additive manufacturing portfolio by investing in an FDM-based Fortus 450mc 3D Printer, Stratasys has announced.