Materials 
Sonderhoff presented a 40% flax fibre reinforced polyurethane at the FSK plastic foam industry association's symposium, held at Volkswagen in Wolfsburg, Germany, last year.
3 February 2012
IMCD Group has taken over distribution of Eastman plasticisers in Benelux and Germany. The supply arrangement includes Eastman Benzoflex, TXIB formulation additive, Eastman 168 (DEHT) and Eastman Triacetin ranges.
3 February 2012
Dow Chemical Co has wrapped up a 2011 financial year in which its company-leading Performance Plastics unit produced mixed results.
3 February 2012
Binani Industries, an Indian holding company with a range of commercial interests ranging from plastics to mining, has bought Belgium-based 3B Fibreglass for €275m.
3 February 2012
Spanish oil and chemicals group Compañía Española de Petróleos (Cepsa) is undertaking a far reaching production expansion and upgrade programme across its petrochemicals business.
2 February 2012
Organisers of the Plast exhibition in Milan, Italy in May say more than 1,100 exhibitors from 40 countries have signed up for the event. This was the total up to 31 December 2011, and the final number is likely to be more as applications for stands have continued to be submitted in recent weeks. European Plastics News will publish an Italian plastics supplement to co-incide with the event.
2 February 2012
Russian demand for suspension PVC grew by 15% in 2011, exceeding the psychological mark of 1 million tonnes and reaching 1.014 million tonnes, according to data provided by the Russian analyst agency Market Report.
2 February 2012
Russian oil giant Lukoil plans to invest more than €45m this year in the expansion of its Ukrainian petrochemical asset Karpatneftekhim, Ukraine’s largest producer of petrochemical products, according to Sergei Chmyhalov, head of Karpatneftekhim.
1 February 2012
The western Indian state of Gujarat is fast emerging as the next major auto hub. Lanxess AG is tapping into the market with local production, opening an engineering resins compounding plant in Jhagadia on 31 January.
1 February 2012
Japanese trading and investment conglomerate Marubeni Corporation is reported to be planning a joint venture to build a PET polymer and PTA production plant with the government of Tatarstan in Russia.
31 January 2012
Shares in Eastman Chemical Company leapt by more than a quarter last week to nearly $50 (€38) each after the US specialist plastics and chemicals maker announced it had bought Solutia Inc. – a rival US firm – for nearly $3.4bn (€2.6bn).
31 January 2012
US compounder A. Schulman is expanding in Europe and boosting its specialty colour masterbatch business, buying Elian SAS from British Vita.
31 January 2012
The AVK Industrievereinigung Verstärkte Kunststoffe (Federation of Reinforced Plastics) is looking for entries in the area of fibre reinforced plastics (FRP) for its 2012 innovation awards.
30 January 2012
European buyers faced higher standard thermoplastic prices in January for the first time since last autumn. Petrochemical feedstock contract prices turned upward in January following a steady climb in crude oil and naphtha costs during the previous few weeks. Furthermore, the depreciation in the value of the euro against the US dollar led to additional upward cost pressure
25 January 2012
European buyers faced higher standard thermoplastic prices in January for the first time since last autumn.
25 January 2012
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