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On 11 February, US President Donald Trump raised import tariffs on aluminium from the former 10% to a flat 25%, “without ...

Thanks to a strong fourth quarter, Swedish elastomer specialist Trelleborg (Trelleborg; generated revenue of SEK 34.2 bn ...

German-based injection moulding manufacturer Sumitomo (SHI) Demag Plastics Machinery (Schwaig; www.dpg.com) has named Christian Renners as a new managing director for sales, after sales, marketing and ...

Automotive supplier Magna (Aurora, Ontario / Canada; www.magna.com) is building a facility for automotive seat structures in Lancaster, Ohio / USA. Initial investment in the 14,000 m² plant amounts to ...

German speciality chemicals company Lanxess (Cologne; www.lanxess.com) and Korean auto parts specialist Infac (Seoul; www.infac.com) have together developed a battery housing for electric vehicles (EV ...

Italian automotive component manufacturer Veggoplast (Volpiano / Italy; www.veggoplast.it) has ordered four more injection moulding machines from Austrian machinery manufacturer Wittmann-Battenfeld ...

With the recently announced takeover of 75% of Polish plastics converter Dom-Plast SA (ul. Zlota 6, PL-76200 Slupak) and the acquisition last spring of French converter Injecta Plastic SA (F-01103 ...

Bulgarian film producer Plastchim-T (Tervel; www.plastchim-t.com) has acquired what is said to be the world’s largest BOPP line from Germany’s Brückner Maschinenbau (Siegsdorf; www.brueckner.com). The ...

Since 1991, Philips Plastics and Metalware Factories (PO Box 218, NL-5600 MD Eindhoven) has operated as an autonomous organisation within Philips. Today the business involves 17 companies operating in ...

Five years after the market launch of its high performance aliphatic ketone polymer “Carilon” at “K ´95”, Shell Chemicals Ltd. (GB-London, SE1 7NA) is shutting down production facilities and ...

The plastics operations of steel group Voestalpine (Linz / Austria; www.voestalpine.com) are to be acquired by Inteva Products (European headquarters: Inteva Products Europe, Wuppertal / Germany; ...