German automotive supplier accelerates restructuring / Job cuts, production cutbacks become more likely ...

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Renewed demand from Europe, continued steady progress in the US and a 40% surge in exports to Asia, along with internal restructuring measures, helped French chemicals and plastics producer Elf ...

Emerald Kalama Chemical – a division of Emerald Performance Materials (Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio / USA; www.emeraldmaterials.com) has appointed Antonella Dall'Osto as its EMEA sales manager, focusing ...

Toho Tenax (Europe: Wuppertal / Germany; www.tohotenax-eu.com) has introduced “Tenax”-E HTS45 E23 12K 800tex high tenacity carbon fibre worldwide. The company said the material offers improved ...

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Plasteurope.com is a business information platform for the European plastics industry. It is part of KI Kunststoff Information and PIE Plastics Information Europe, one of the leading content providers ...

Chemical giants BASF (D-67056 Ludwigshafen; www.basf.com) and Honeywell (Morristown, New Jersey / USA; www.honeywell.com) have agreed to swap assets in polyamide. BASF will acquire Honeywell´s PA 6 ...

Work is currently underway on a new EPS foam moulding plant in the UK. The investment is being made by the US company Tuscarora Inc (800 Fifth Avenue, New Brighton, PA 15066, USA) and the new facility ...

Quadrant Engineering Plastic Products (Quadrant EPP, Lenzburg / Switzerland; www.qplas.com) has introduced “Proteus” LSG HS PP heat-stabilised PP for medical applications. The company said that parts ...

Alcan (Montreal / Canada; www.alcan.com) has accepted a takeover offer from Anglo-Australian Rio Tinto (London / UK; www.riotinto.com) of around USD 38 bn following its defence of a hostile bid from ...

Blown film technology specialist Reifenhäuser Kiefel Extrusion (Worms / Germany; www.reifenhauser-kiefel.com) on 1 January 2015 changed its name to Reifenhäuser Blown Film. Parent company Reifenhäuser ...