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PLASTIC FANTASTIC: Keep your eyes off the art, US city tells citizens
17.01.2025
By Andru Shively Humans are prone to pareidolia our tendency to perceive faces in inanimate objects. Quite often we cant help ourselves but make this a reality with googly eyes large and small. Lets face it: its fun. The ...POLYMER PRICE FORECASTS: Upward trend for several quotations in February / US trade policy poses danger
16.01.2025
By PIE Price Team On the European market, a number of plastics are expected to become more expensive in February, according to the latest polymer price forecasts from Plastics Information Europe. PIE market analysts Julia Mihalkina ...Alpha Ecoplast: Indian recycler commissions new PET bottle-to-bottle line from Starlinger
16.01.2025
In mid-October 2020, Alpha Ecoplast Pvt. Ltd., a member of the Alpha Group, commissioned a Starlinger "recoStar PET 215 HC iV+ PET bottle-to-bottle recycling line at the new..JEC WORLD: Composites trade fair to celebrate 60th anniversary in Paris / 45,000 visitors expected
16.01.2025
By PIE staff Marking its 60th anniversary, JEC World 2025 is poised to showcase the forefront of the composites industry. Running from 4 to 6 March at Paris Nord Villepinte, organiser JEC Group says the event is expected to draw over ...PET RECYCLING: EPBP releases design guidelines for PET bottles, non-food products
15.01.2025
By PIE staff The European PET Bottle Platform has said it encourages packaging designers, converters, and users to adhere to its Design for Recycling guidelines when developing new products. The guidelines were established to enhance ...PVC: Brussels, London confirm tariffs on PVC born in US / European supply to ease with Czech closure
15.01.2025
By Eric Culp The UK said its Secretary of State for Business and Trade has accepted the final recommendation of the countrys Trade Remedies Authority on import levies for suspension-PVC made in the US, reiterating plans announced ...Maag: Purchase of centrifugal dryer technology from Carter Day
15.01.2025
The Maag Group announces that it has acquired the petrochemicals product portfolio, in particular the centrifugal dryers, and related technologies from Carter Day International,..Bahadir Innovation Thermoplast: Talat Bahadir new managing director - Strategic partnership with the Infinex Group
15.01.2025
Bahadir Innovation Thermoplast, an active supplier of extruded thermoplastic sheets and rolls based in Kempten in Allgäu, Germany, has announced a successful generational change..EMIRATES BIOTECH: 160,000 t/y PLA plant to be constructed in UAE / Facility leverages Sulzer Chemtech PLA technology / Plant operational in 2028
13.01.2025
By PIE correspondent Emirates Biotech, a joint-venture company established in 2023 by compatriot investment group SS Royal Kit Emirates Investment and Hong Kong-based company Global Biopolymers Industries, has partnered with Swiss ...PLASTIC FANTASTIC: Cash for clunkers
10.01.2025
By PIE staff While there are calls up till now unsuccessful for the next taxpayer-funded scrappage scheme for combustion cars in Germany, Italy is already a step ahead when it comes to stimulating the economy. The government in ...