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Since 1 January 1998, PKL Verpackungssysteme GmbH (PO Box 1212, D-52438 Linnich) has been operating under the name SIG Combibloc GmbH. Its Austrian sister company PKL Verpackungssysteme Saalfelden ...

The takeover of Landis Plastics Inc (Chicago Ridge, Illinois / USA; www.landisplastics.com) by Berry Plastics Corp (Evansville, Indiana / USA; www.berryplastics.com) for USD 228m was scheduled to be ...

Albis Plastic (Hamburg / Germany; www.albis.com), which specialises in the distribution and compounding of engineering thermoplastics, has established a subsidiary in Sibiu / Romania. The new business ...

Alcan (Montreal / Canada; www.alcan.com) has accepted a takeover offer from Anglo-Australian Rio Tinto (London / UK; www.riotinto.com) of around USD 38 bn following its defence of a hostile bid from ...

The BASF group has signed a letter of intent to acquire the 60,000 t/y "Ronafalin" and "Stapron" ABS business of DSM Performance Polymers (NL-6310 AA Sittard) including production facilities at Geleen ...

Mitsubishi Plastics (Tokyo / Japan; www.mpi.co.jp/english) has acquired full ownership of Aquamit (Amsterdam / The Netherlands), the holding company of Swiss high ...

With the divestment of a third polypropylene plant, new polyolefins giant Basell (HQ: NL-2132 Hoofddorp; www.basell.com) has fully complied with the EU Commission´s requirement that the 50:50 joint ...

Higher thermal and thermomechanical stability at temperatures above 385 C is the characteristic feature of the new "Hostaflon" PFA-N grades which supplement the previous product range of the fully ...

German plastics and additives distributor Dreyplas (Meerbusch; www.dreyplas.com) has added Mitsui Chemicals’ (Tokyo / Japan; www.mitsuichem.com) ultra-high molecular weight PE (UHMW-PE) to its ...

The availability of raw materials for rigid and flexible PVC in Europe is good, the energy requirement to produce the PVC matrix is comparatively low and the results of recent occupational safety ...