RECENSO

Tech firm to take technology to industrial scale itself, following Carboliq insolvency

EIFFEL

Italian agricultural film producer teams up with film extruder Aniplast

AUSTROTHERM

Price increase for XPS boards

VYNOVA

Preparations for the restart of PVC production in Beek in progress / New company established

LOGISTICS

Rhine relief remains elusive / Port strikes add to peak-season chaos / BASF invests EUR 100 mn in rail transport

BEWI

EPS specialist back in the black / Producer confident for third quarter too

PLEX

FPSA owners acquire French food packaging specialist

PACKAGING EUROPE

PPWR: Dispute over producer's role in pallet packaging / "Stretch film on a roll is not yet packaging"

PLASTIC FANTASTIC

Recycling: fantastic. Labels: NOT

POLYMER PRICES

Polyurethane feedstocks August: Significant price cuts dominate amid weak demand / Tendency towards supply surplus / Signs of trend reversal in September are emerging

MIDDLE EAST CONFLICT

Strait of Hormuz blockade puts renewed pressure on oil and polymer prices / PIE expert Martin Bäcker explains what the crisis means for Europe's plastics industry

AMCOR

Berry integration ahead of schedule / Packaging volumes edge up / Higher raw material costs largely passed on

ERGIS

Polish film manufacturer expands production in Olawa / Move response to EU's PPWR

DOW

Chemicals major partners with Adient to launch bio-attributed PU seating foam

WIS KUNSTSTOFFE

German recycling specialist completes generational handover / Further growth planned

BRASKEM

Price hikes lift quarterly results / Mexican JV restructures under creditor protection

AUTOMOTIVE LIGHTING

Covestro, Forvia, BMW among partners in headlamp-recycling research project

BIOBTX

Construction of recycling plant for aromatics production in the Netherlands / BlueAlp named technology partner

CABKA

Customers postpone investments / Plastics processor expects weaker third quarter

SUDARSHAN CHEMICAL

Indian pigment manufacturer opens second global headquarters in Germany