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Chemical giants BASF (D-67056 Ludwigshafen; www.basf.com) and Honeywell (Morristown, New Jersey / USA; www.honeywell.com) have agreed to swap assets in polyamide. BASF will acquire Honeywell´s PA 6 ...
The takeover of Landis Plastics Inc (Chicago Ridge, Illinois / USA; www.landisplastics.com) by Berry Plastics Corp (Evansville, Indiana / USA; www.berryplastics.com) for USD 228m was scheduled to be ...
Changing of the guard at GE Plastics Europe (HQ: PO Box 117, NL-4600 Bergen op Zoom): Uwe Wascher, president and senior managing director since autumn 1990, has stepped down unexpectedly. The company ...
Windhager (Tahlgau / Austria; www.windhager.eu) has acquired a majority stake in PVC film manufacturer Van Merksteijn Plastics (Boekelo / The Netherlands; www.vanmerksteijnplastics.nl) for an ...
While in the past, the European market for thermoplastic compounds used to be dominated by the large raw material producers, the focus has now shifted to the independent compounders. As the British ...
Effective 1 February 1998, Gefinex Polymerschäume GmbH (PO Box 1243, D-33792 Steinhagen) acquired the expandable polypropylene portfolio of the Hüls group (D-45764 Marl). With the acquisition of the ...
A drive by the Kendrion group (HQ: NL-3704 HD Zeist; www.kendrion.com) to divest its automotive businesses appears to have moved into gear (see PIE 04, 2004). Kendrion has confirmed that it is in ...
A spectacular merger came about last week in the highly competitive market for plastic transport containers, such as bottle crates, storage boxes and pallets: The German-Swiss Schoeller Plast Group ...