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Italian extrusion equipment supplier Grupo Colines is seeing interest in its Bubble Guard technology for making coextruded PP sheet with in-line lamination 15 May 2013

Brazil-based Plastilit is opening a plant in Fazanda Rio Grande using machinery from Battenfeld-Cincinnati 13 May 2013

KWH of Finland increased its turnover by 4% to €560m in 2012, thanks in part to the contribution of its plastics pipes business. 7 May 2013

France’s industrial holding group Bourgogne Développement Industrie (BDI) has consolidated its position in flexible packaging with the acquisition of French polyethylene extruder and printer Semoflex 26 April 2013

Steve DeSpain has been named president of Reifenhauser Inc, the North American subsidiary of German extrusion machinery specialist Reifenhäuser 24 April 2013

Biaxplen, an offshoot of the Russian petrochemical group Sibur, has begun to assemble the main production equipment for a new biaxial oriented polypropylene (BOPP) line at its plant in Tomsk, western Siberia. 17 April 2013

PolyFusion, the Utah, US-based masterbatch maker has announced an anti-microbial masterbatch that remains permanently active throughout the life of the plastic, PF100 4 April 2013

Leistritz, the compounding extruder company, held a masterbatch workshop with partners at its facility in Nuremberg, Germany. The event, which was attended by more than 100 guests from 15 countries, included technology demonstrations and presentations on technical and industry subjects 3 April 2013

Finland’s antitrust authority has moved to block a plan by two Finnish plastic pipe manufacturers Uponor and KWH Group to merge their pipe infrastructure businesses. 19 March 2013

Flexible packaging converters will be able to reduce film width by up to 25% thanks to a new metallocene polyethylene (mPE) film material, claims the developer Total 8 March 2013

Isocool, the UK-based industrial cooling systems manufacturer has introduced an energy saving device for air blown film extrusion 4 March 2013

Specialty chemicals maker Tessenderlo Group is selling its plastic compounds business to Mitsubishi Chemical Corp for an undisclosed price. 28 February 2013

European vinyl window and door profiles manufacturer Deceuninck says sales increased 3.9% to €556.9m last year thanks to business in Turkey, Russia and the US. 28 February 2013

A Russian specialist materials company has invested more than €3.21m to install a polyolefin film yarns line at its plant in the Rostov region. 12 February 2013

German wood processor Pinuform is investing in WPC profile extrusion systems from KraussMaffei Berstorff 8 February 2013

• Cap and valve system gives the perfect dose 13 May 2013
• APPE extends passata shelf life 14 May 2013
• Polyplastics opens Indonesian office 13 May 2013
• Invista takes next step toward Chinese nylon 6/6 plant 17 May 2013
• Solvay sales drop 3% in first quarter 15 May 2013

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• Invista takes next step toward Chinese nylon 6/6 plant 17 May 2013
• Poland-based Plastwag expands capacity 13 May 2013
• Polyplastics opens Indonesian office 13 May 2013
• Kingiseppsky to invest in new petrochemical facility 13 May 2013
• BASF boosts ‘green’ packaging options 14 May 2013

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