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German specialty chemicals and plastics maker Lanxess will open its seventh factory in Brazil by the end of this year or early 2014. The facility, in Porto Feliz, will include a mega-extruder to make nylon and polybutylene terephthalate (PBT) compounds. 22 May 2013

Eighty Danish train enthusiasts joined forces with fellow countryman and project leader Henrik Ludvigsen to build the world’s longest plastic railway line 21 May 2013

The sixth annual nanotechnology conference, EuroNanoForum 2013, will bring together nanotechnology experts and decisions in Dublin, Ireland, this June 20 May 2013

A plastic with a texture inspired by the structure of a moth’s eye has been developed by researchers at the Institute of Materials Research and Engineering (IMRE), a research institute of Singapore’s Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A-STAR) 20 May 2013

Graphene is the wonder material of the age but will EU-funding give European firms an advantage in the race to produce graphene composites at commercial scale? 17 May 2013

British researchers have developed a polyethylene additive which they claim can break down packaging, including plastic bags 10 May 2013

Germany-based Quinn Plastics has extended its range of lenticular products - Polyethyleneterephthalate Glycol (PETG) sheets for lenticular technology 9 May 2013

Blaming a lack of application opportunities, Bayer MaterialScience (BMS) is bringing its carbon nano (CNT) projects to a close 9 May 2013

Polymer suppliers wanted to hang onto as much of the feedstock cost reduction as possible in April to improve their under-pressure margins. They were, however, forced to acknowledge early on they would have to share a sizeable portion of the cost reduction with converters 3 May 2013

Arkema Group has commercialised a new grade of acrylic resin that is better suited to handle modern LED lighting 1 May 2013

European Plastics News explores a new development of an alternative to solvent-based ink for in-mould decoration applications 22 April 2013

The European Chemicals Agency’s (ECHA) committee for risk assessment committee (RAC) has published information on the authorisation process that will be used to evaluate two phthalates: DEHP and DBP 22 April 2013

High-performance plastic sheets from Bayer have been chosen for an agricultural reconstruction project in the disaster area of northeast Japan, hit two years ago by a devastating earthquake and tsunami 18 April 2013

German chemicals giant BASF is getting tough with companies it believes distribute counterfeit versions of its Irgacure 819 photoinitiator product. 16 April 2013

California's environmental agency has added Bisphenol A (BPA) to its official list of toxic chemicals. 16 April 2013

• Solvay sales drop 3% in first quarter 15 May 2013
• Invista takes next step toward Chinese nylon 6/6 plant 17 May 2013
• Nanotechnology conference comes to Dublin 20 May 2013
• Engel grows machine sales in Mexico 15 May 2013
• Italy’s Colines seeing global growth 15 May 2013

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• Invista takes next step toward Chinese nylon 6/6 plant 17 May 2013
• Synthesa opens insulation panels unit 15 May 2013
• B. Braun doubles production at Hungary plant 15 May 2013
• OMV to invest €230m to boost butadiene capacity 16 May 2013
• Masterchem defies the economic slowdown to invest 17 May 2013

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