Polymers industry news

• Trinseo Announces Possible Closure of Virgin Polycarbonate Manufacturing Facility in Stade, Germany
• Mura Technology Signs Offtake Agreement with Neste at First Commercial-Scale Site in Teesside, Northeast England
• Traceless, a bioeconomy startup, reveals location for production plant
• PLAYMOBIL chooses plant-based styrenics material from INEOS styrolution for innovative eco-friendly toys
• The final opportunity to prevent Europe from off-shoring its industry, jobs, investments, and emissions - Sir Jim Ratcliffe, Chairman and Founder of INEOS
• Eastman collaborates with mechanical recycler Dentis Group/Nord Pal Plast to access new feedstock for upcoming facility in Port-Jérôme, France
• H&S finishes setting up RetourMatras' mattress recycling plant in Lelystad, Netherlands
• Arkema finishes expanding global pebax® elastomers production capacity by 40% at Serquigny plant in France.
• Paques Biomaterials secures €14 million for eco-friendly plastic alternative production and invests in Caleyda® (PHA) production site in Emmen
• Pryme N.V. Achieves First Oil Production at Rotterdam Plant: Pryme One in The Netherlands
• Braskem and Shell collaborate to manufacture circular polypropylene using mixed plastic waste
• Gradual Transformation of Neste's Crude Oil Refinery into a Refining Hub for Renewables and Circular Solutions in Porvoo, Finland
• EU Innovation Fund Grant awarded to LyondellBasell Advanced Recycling Project in Wesseling, Germany
• Arkema purchases Arc Building Products in Ireland, a specialist in construction adhesives and sealants.
• INEOS Aromatics plans to propose the mothballing of one of its PTA plants in Geel, Belgium.
• POLYVANTIS: Röhm and Sabic Join Forces to Establish a Prominent Global Player in Advanced Film and Sheet Products
• LyondellBasell Plans to Construct Advanced Recycling Plant in Wesseling, Germany
• Opening of state-of-the-art plastic sorting plant, Site Zero, celebrated by Svensk Plaståtervinning in Motala, Sweden.
• Mura Technology Launches World’s First Commercial Scale HydroPRS™ Advanced Plastic Recycling Site in Teesside, UK
• Expansion of production capacity for gas separation membranes in Schörfling and Lenzing, Austria continues by Evonik.
• Coca-Cola establishes its own recycled PET manufacturing unit in Ploiesti, Romania, making it the first local beverage producer.
• Arkema to optimize competitiveness and decarbonize acrylics production at its Carling site in France.
• TotalEnergies to Construct New Plastic Recycling Unit at Grandpuits Zero-Crude Platform in France for Circular Economy
• UBQ Materials Secures $70 Million in Funding, with Eden Global Partners as Lead Investor
• Braskem to enhance recycled products by purchasing plastic waste feedstock from Vitol, WPU
• Expansion of Repsol's chemicals complex in Sines, Portugal
• Jayplas' new facility in Swansea, UK to double Wales' plastic reprocessing capacity
• LyondellBasell initiates union consultation to potentially shut down one of two production units in Brindisi, Italy
• Futamura Marks the Inauguration of State-of-the-Art Production Line in Wigton, UK