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British Plastics & Rubber News - February 9th 2010 -

February 5, 2010 New technology company Stanelco of Southampton has rebranded its biopolymers business as Biome Bioplastics. Stanel...read more

February 5, 2010 Specialist packaging film company Paperfeel has been bought out by its management and renamed Bespoke Polythene Pa...read more

February 4, 2010 The new polymer industry training centre being formed by City of Wolverhampton College out of the remains of Polym...read more

February 4, 2010 A technical event focused on medical technology is being held at Engel's Schwertberg headquarters in Austria from ...read more

February 4, 2010 International oriented polypropylene film group Treofan, formed out of the former Basel Moplefan and Celanese Tres...read more

February 3, 2010 A new Atmer PET additive from Croda Polymer Additives is claimed to reduce surface friction by up to 60 per c...read more

February 3, 2010 A die system for extruded polystyrene foam board which is said to offset the reduced productivity of the new blowi...read more

February 3, 2010 Gabriel-Chemie's German joint venture is now wholly-owned by the Austrian masterbatch producer. The German company...read more

February 3, 2010 Technical papers in brief are being posted on the website of the Society of Plastics Engineers in association with...read more

February 2, 2010 A standard which will allow gas utility companies to identify pipes, fittings and other components is being worked...read more

February 2, 2010 A Kent-based specialist in plastic, rubber and foam ancillary products for manufacturers is pitching for business ...read more

February 2, 2010 The continuing legal dispute between nylon producers Invista of the USA and Rhodia of France over adiponitrile tec...read more

February 2, 2010 Financial results from Dow Chemical paint an encouraging picture of emergence from the global recession. The compa...read more

February 1, 2010 Sales and support for the full Reifenhäuser range of extrusion plant in Britain and Ireland has been taken on by E...read more

February 1, 2010 South America's biggest petrochemicals company Braskem of Brazil has acquired a stronger foothold in the USA by bu...read more

February 1, 2010 A strategy paper for the recycling of plastics in which it makes a number of demands including separation of biopo...read more

February 1, 2010 Confidence in the onset of recovery is still fragile according to the results of two new business surveys. A Briti...read more