Keyword: Plastics and Polymers
Chemistry & Life Sciences
08.06.2020
- Plastics have come under increasing criticism. In March last year, the European Parliament passed a law on the abolition of single-use plastics, which the British ‚Guardian‘ called...
News
28.11.2019
- Mitsubishi Chemical has agreed to acquire the thermoplastic polyurethane elastomer (TPU) business of US-based AdvanSource Biomaterials (ASB). The transaction will be concluded by...
Markets & Companies
08.07.2019
- The world plastics production, according to the PlasticsEurope Market Research Group (PEMRG)/Conversio Market & Strategy, almost reached 350 million tons in 2017. China is the...
News
05.12.2018
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Covestro has widened its stake in its thermoplastic polyurethanes (TPU) joint venture with Japanese PPS compounder and pigment manufacturer DIC (formerly Dainippon Ink &...
Strategy & Management
23.11.2018
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Since their invention after the World War II, plastics started to grow faster than any other standard material.
News
14.10.2018
- US specialty materials company Celanese has agreed to acquire India’s Next Polymers, one of the country’s largest engineering thermoplastics (ETP) compounders. Headquartered in...
News
23.08.2018
- LyondellBasell has completed its $2.2 billion acquisition of plastics compounder A. Schulman, doubling the size of its plastics compounding business and widening its portfolio to...
News
26.07.2018
- Russian petrochemical and plastics giant Sibur is preparing for an initial public offering (ipo) that could be worth $2-3 billion, the news agency Reuters has reported, citing...
