Eastman Chemical Company (world HQ: Kingsport, Tennessee 37662, USA) plans to increase its annual production capacity for the high performance polymer polyethylene naphthalate (PEN) to 10,000 tonnes ...

Tradition-steeped, family-owned Plüss-Staufer AG (CH-4664 Oftringen) will trade in Switzerland in future as Omya AG, just as it has in foreign markets for a number of years. For several decades, the ...

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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 ...

Johnson Controls Plastics PET Packaging (Ringlaan 5, B-2960 Brecht) has started up a new plant in Spain to produce PET preforms. The plant is operated by Johnson Controls Plastics (Camino del Sabinar ...

Scientists at Chinese nano-technology specialist Polynova (Suzhou) have introduced a new generation of naturally conductive polymers that can be used not only in antistatic packaging, but also to ...

A 10 mm-thick polycarbonate sheet has been added to the "i-LINE" range of construction materials from Bayer Sheet Europe (Darmstadt / Germany; www.bayersheeteurope.com). "Makrolon multi UV 4-wall ...

Changing of the guard at GE Plastics Europe (HQ: PO Box 117, NL-4600 Bergen op Zoom): Uwe Wascher, president and senior managing director since autumn 1990, has stepped down unexpectedly. The company ...

A new plant for the production of amorphous polyester film ("Hostapet") situated in the Weert factory in Holland (Hoechst Holland NV, PO Box 44, NL-6000 AA Weert) has been commissioned for the rigid ...

Aerospace, defence and security systems supplier Goodrich Corporation (Charlotte, North Carolina / USA; www.goodrich.com) has acquired Crompton Technology Group (CTG, Banbury / UK; www.ctgltd.co.uk) ...

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The Ostan Group (S. Stino di Livenza / Italy; www.ostangroup.com) is investing PLN 23m (around EUR 6.5m) in a new injection moulding facility at Sosnowiec, in Poland’s Katowice special development ...