LOGISTICS

Mindless shopping frenzy at Temu & co.: How the West's “It's wiser to be a miser” mentality is causing global container freight rates to skyrocket

PLASTICS RECYCLING CHINA

Unilever and online trading giant Alibaba to cooperate in China / Over 500 reverse vending machines

PACKAGING

Global e-commerce growth drives packaging innovations / Integrated smart technologies could benefit customers and companies / Smithers Pira report

INTERVIEW

CEO Irina Zschaler and board member Marco Bröning talk about new structure for Georg Nordmann Holding / Digital platforms to facilitate information access for partners and customers

COVESTRO

New digital sales platform opens / PC and isocyanates in focus

CHINAPLAS 2018

Record attendance at new exhibition centre in Shanghai / Speedy, high-end production / E-commerce and digitalisation expanding in China's plastics industry

BASF

German chemicals group opens flagship online store on Alibaba / E-commerce strategy extended into China

COVESTRO

Core profit jumps 26% on higher sales at Polyurethanes and Polycarbonates / Flagship store in China launched on Alibaba's B2B portal

CLARIANT

Dedicated China strategy is bearing fruit / Sales and profitability rising / Focus on sustainability at “Chinaplas” / Flagship online store on Alibaba

BASF

New online store opened on Alibaba / PA and MDI among first products / SMEs targeted