Rubber & Plastics

An innovation accelerator has been set up by the Department for Business and the Carbon Trust to speed up adoption of energy efficient technologies..

BMW, the owner of the Mini marque, has confirmed it will assemble the electric version of the three door Mini at its plant in Cowley, near Oxford..

Italian plastics machinery supplier Moretto has opened global sales offices in Moscow, Shanghai and India..

The plastics industry peak body, the British Plastics Federation, has stood its ground with a riposte to a survey by A Plastic Planet and Populus calling for a ‘plastic-free’ aisle in supermarkets..

Plastic recyclers are hit by widespread adulteration of weighbridge records, suggests Vanden recycling, which has seen a correlation in new clients boosting their recycling revenue..

Pascale Wautelet has been named as Vice President of Avery Dennison’s R&D for the Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region within the company’s Label and Graphic Materials group..

A BASF subsidiary centre will be turned into a specialist company for 3D Printing research in Heidelberg..

Managers at Huntsman and Clariant have informed shareholders of their expectations for chemical companies’ merger..

British manufacturers are shifting more stock abroad thanks to global demand and a weak sterling, a survey of 397 manufacturers by the CBI shows..

Export upswell hauls factory output to speedy growth, as Markit’s factory PMI result finds order levels up by a point..