Rubber & Plastics

LyondellBasell is to acquire A. Schulman, Inc. for a total of $2.25 billion (approx.. £1.6bn GBP)..

The materials science department at Trinity College Dublin, MABER, has installed a twin-screw extruder from Brabender..

An event for the European Plastics Converting Industry will take place in Milan on the 24th-25th May 2018..

As the supply of post-consumer recycling in the UK fast increases, Beauparc the owner of Panda recycling has announced plans to build a new recycling plant..

Addmaster UK has extended its global reach with the launch of a Chinese language website..

Mexichem's spceiality compounds unit will take over Pennsylvania based Sylvin vinyls company..

Stafford based Plastrack has started a new plastic price index based on the Fisher ideal index..

The injection moulding firm Wittmann has made a networking router to support moulding and ancillary changes on one IP address..

Voting for the 2018 Best Polymer Producers for Europe Awards has been launched by the Polymers for Europe Alliance..

Self-venting bag maker RKW has developed a customisable bag design application available through its internet service..