Honda to close Swindon car plant in 2021
The move means Honda has joined Jaguar Land Rover and Nissan in a steadily increasing pre-Brexit exodus Read more
Features
Jean-Yves Limet
Petcore Europe and the Parliament Magazine hold European Parliament discussion to present PET industry’s best practices
Speakers included Gian De Belder from P&G and Patricia Fosselard from EFBW, who presented industry practices and both showed that most PET packaging in perfectly recyclable, but the issue is that in Europe not enough material is collected and sorted Read more
RPC bpi protect celebrates X-EnviroShrink’s shortlisting for two industry sustainability awards
X-EnviroShrink has been shortlisted for EPRO’s Best Recycled Plastic Products award, and in Plastics Recycling Awards Europe’s Plastic Packaging Product of the Year category Read more
API to launch new thermoabrasion resistant TPUs at SIMAC 2019
New recyclable TPU enables one-shot glue-less production of footwear soles. Read more
Primary school becomes county hub for the delivery of Primary Engineer’s teacher training programmes
Northumberland primary school secures place on national engineering pilot programme. Read more
Ineos Styrolution announces acquisition of two polystyrene sites in China from Total S.A.
The transaction, which was agreed on August 21st, 2018, includes the purchase of the Foshan site in the Guangdong Province in South China and the Ningbo site in the Zhejiang Province in Eastern China and the two related sales offices in Guangzhou and Read more
X-Pack invests in two Sesotec Protector metal separators
The Protector 40 Primus+ detects all magnetic and non-magnetic metal contaminants, even when they are enclosed in the product, and the metal contaminants are rejected via the Quick-Valve separation unit Read more
BioCote
BioCote to invest over £600k in larger facilities
Growth of antimicrobial protection in the plastics industry leads BioCote to invest over £600k in larger, improved facilities and create new jobs. Read more
Lego builders create world’s largest camper van for F.RE.E fair
The full-size T2 VW camper was revealed at the F.RE.E leisure and travel fair in Munich Read more
Total acquires France’s Synova
Synova produces 20,000 tonnes per year of polypropylene that meets the highest quality standards of original equipment manufacturers and automakers from recycled plastics Read more
Covestro collaborates with Team Sonnenwagen and Sika for solar car race
After a successful attempt at the previous year’s race, Team Sonnenwagen will attempt for the second time to be the fastest to complete the 3,000-km route in Australia without a single drop of fuel Read more
