EVONIK

Groundbreaking for new PA 12 plant at Marl / Consolidating its “leading position”

EVONIK

Investment in Irish medical device company / Opening up new opportunities for "Resomer" bioabsorbable polymer

EVONIK

Price hike for PMMA moulding compounds

EVONIK

Studying biodegradable composites for use in medical implants / Significant need for high strength devices / Goal to make polymers suited to 3D printing

PU FOAM

Europur reports good performance last year / EU imports surge as exports fall / Study extended to include Russia and Turkey

EVONIK

New thin-film composites plant starts at Marl / Commercial launch later this year

PMMA

Output of transparent plastic continues to grow / Most capacities located in Asia / Key applications include optoelectronics, underground engineering and automotive / New production processes are more economical

EVONIK

Half of all sales with resource-efficient products / Sustainability Report 2015 covers all chemical segments / New developments in fibre-reinforced composites

EVONIK

PMMA moulding compounds prices to rise in Asia-Pacific

EVONIK

Acquisition of Air Products' Performance Materials division for USD 3.8 bn / “Highly complementary portfolios” / Leadership in PU additives

EVONIK

European MMA price increase

MEDICAL PLASTICS MARKET

Demand for polymeric applications increasing steeply throughout the world / German medical devices providers report record sales / Russian market caves in / Significant potential in ASEAN region

EVONIK

High performance polymers profit from trends / Performance Materials unit lagged / PMMA sale stalled

EVONIK

Raising PA 12 powder capacity in Germany / Added output to meet demand from 3D printing industry

EVONIK

Shanghai-based “Rohacell” foam core production plant starts up

INDUSTRY

First European Plastics Innovation Awards bestowed / Seven categories

EVONIK

New speciality copolyesters plant to be built in Germany / Meeting rising demand for BPA-free coatings

ANNUAL REVIEW 2015

Takeovers, mergers and consolidations: Changes in the plastics production, packaging and automotive industries / No going back to the way things were

PICOPLAST

Marketing Hoffmann + Voss' compounds portfolio in the Benelux states

CELANESE

Entry into PEEK compounding market / Base polymer from Solvay? / Acetic acid and VAM output to be widened at Clear Lake site

POLYCARBONATE

Despite overcapacities, plans to lift output in Asia / Global consumption stands at 4m t/y / Decline in optical data storage devices pressures sector / Market unsettled by BPA controversy / Opportunities for lighting technology and automotive applications

MAUSER

Dutch IBC specialist plans IPO in the US

AUTOMOTIVE ENGINEERING

Big engines, individualised cars roar at “IAA 2015” / Small combustion engines steal the show from e-vehicles / OEMs favour structural parts made of steel and aluminium / GFRP and CFRP deemed too expensive / Hybrid materials pose a challenge for recycling

EUROPEAN CHEMICAL INDUSTRY

Confidence maintained despite minimal output growth / Sales down 4% / Trade surplus deteriorates / Polymers output continues pointing down in June / Cefic chemicals trends report

SAFIC-ALCAN

French distributor buys chemical trading business of Bulgaria's Chimsnab / Majority stake in US speciality chemicals distributor ChemSpec acquired / Part of strategic expansion plans