Sixty-three years after the first ‘Tupperware party’ in the country, Tupperware Brands (Orlando, Florida, USA; has ...

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Plasteurope.com is a business information platform for the European plastics industry. It is part of KI Kunststoff Information and PIE Plastics Information Europe, one of the leading content providers ...

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 ...

The new range encompasses various different alternatives to PEEK, including polyphthalazinone ether ketone (PPEK), polyphthalazinone ether sulfone (SPPEK) and polyphthalazinone ether sulfone ketone ...

A drive by the Kendrion group (HQ: NL-3704 HD Zeist; www.kendrion.com) to divest its automotive businesses appears to have moved into gear (see PIE 04, 2004). Kendrion has confirmed that it is in ...

Speciality chemicals producer Lanxess (Leverkusen / Germany; www.lanxess.com) has developed a nanoparticle additive that can be used in the reinforcement of thermoplastic and thermosetting polymers ...

Specialty US packaging and merchandising provider, Chesapeake (Richmond, Virginia, USA) has acquired the Northern Ireland business of Boxmore International (Ennis House, Enterprise Way, Hightown ...

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; ...

On the heels of expanding its commercial and technical abilities in China, polymer and fibre manufacturer Invista (Wichita, Kansas / USA; www.invista.com) has launched an engineering polymers business ...

Germany’s RKW Group (Frankenthal; www.rkw-group.com), which bills itself as Europe’s leading manufacturer of high quality PE and PP films, has inaugurated its new USD 30m plant for hygiene plastic ...

Phillips Petroleum Company was the first commercial producer of poly(phenylene sulfide), PPS, and manufactures today the full line of cured, linear, and branched ...