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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
The IKV plastics processing institute at the RWTH Rhineland Westphalia university in Aachen, Germany, is holding its 26th international biannual plastics technology colloquium on 7-8 March 2012. With more than 50 presentations in 14 sessions and visits to the laboratories, IKV says it is looking forward to attracting more than the 500 participants and 40 exhibiting companies who attended the 2010 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
If emerging markets are supposed to provide an economic lift to the world economy these days, India’s plastics sector seems ready to oblige, with its leaders opening the PlastIndia trade show on 1 February by predicting they’ll maintain double digit growth over the next decade.
2 February 2012
1 February 2012
France-based Aptar Pharma is hoping to expand its presence in the Indian medical market with a new manufacturing plant near Mumbai.
1 February 2012
The use of unreinforced polypropylene from Schulman in water assist injection moulding technology (WIT) is enabling Turkish company Teklas Kaucuk to make ducts with integrated flexible bellow sections.
1 February 2012
Polish plastics manufacturer Izo-Balex will set up a new polyurethane insulation panel plant in Tomaszow Mazowiecki, Poland. The company plans to invest as much as 38m zloty (€8.85m) at the production facility and create about 41 new jobs.
1 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
31 January 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
Germany-based Spang & Brands says it is using a TPE-based inverted sleeve technology for a colonoscope which is resistant to oil and chemicals while being soft and leak-proof.
31 January 2012
One of the themes that came out of the European Plastics News Medical Devices conference is how established markets in the US and Europe will continue to drive demand, as the relative size of emerging markets is likely to remain small.
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
30 January 2012
Spanish wind turbine manufacturer Gamesa Corporacion Technologica has opened its first blade plant in India
30 January 2012
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