Walki (Espoo / Finland; www.walki.com) has signed a definitive purchase agreement to acquire 100% of the shares of Finnish film and packaging manufacturer Plastiroll (Ylöjärvi; www.plastiroll.fi), ...

AWS Eco Plastics (Newcastle-upon-Tyne / UK; www.awsecoplastics.com) has opened its new plastic bottle recycling facility in Hemswell, Lincolnshire / UK more than a year after the plant was damaged by ...

Windhager (Tahlgau / Austria; www.windhager.eu) has acquired a majority stake in PVC film manufacturer Van Merksteijn Plastics (Boekelo / The Netherlands; www.vanmerksteijnplastics.nl) for an ...

Until now, the supplier of kitchen and bathroom furnishings, Villeroy & Boch AG (Postf. 1120, D-66688 Mettlach), had three divisions: “Tiles”, “Tableware” and “Bath and Kitchen”. So that the company ...

The UK-based thermoplastic sheet and compounding operation, Doeflex PLC (HQ: Holmethorpe Avenue, Redhill, GB-Surrey RH1 2NR) has been expanding significantly over recent years. For 1995 it reported a ...

Swissplast (Sargans / Switzerland; www.swissplast.com), a company that thermoforms technical components, is acquiring CAP-Vakuform (Diedorf / Germany; www.cap-vakuform.eu) for an undisclosed sum. The ...

The UK operations of the Containers division of Plysu (Station Road, Woburn Sands, Milton Keynes, GB – Bucks MK17 8SE) are undergoing a strategic reorganisation between its two manufacturing sites so ...

Following 18 months of preparation, the 14 May general assembly of the Association of Plastics Manufacturers in Europe (APME, B-1160 Brussels; www.apme.org) approved plans to establish a new ...

Metallocene catalysts, euphorically greeted by many as a "quantum leap in the synthesis of plastics", are now becoming established in commercial plastics production. The metal complexes, in contrast ...

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The next phase in the PMMA market shakeout has kicked off with Rohm and Haas (Philadelphia / USA) announcing plans to sell its 50% share in AtoHaas to joint venture partner Elf Atochem S.A. (HQ: 4, ...

The seven companies that make up Bonar Plastics Europe (Faraday Street, Scotland, Dundee DD1 9JA) have been brought into a single organisation under a five-person management board. This structure ...