The discussion about recycling end-of-life vehicles is having major reverberations at present. And, as usual, no one is prepared to bear the costs. The pressure to achieve closed cycles, however, is ...

Solvay (Brussels / Belgium; www.solvay.com) joint venture Vinythai (Bangkok / Thailand; www.vinythai.co.th) plans to invest EUR 155m in a new 100,000 t/y epichlorohydrin plant in Taixing / China. The ...

To serve the ever-important Asia-Pacific region, Bayer MaterialScience (BMS, Leverkusen / Germany; www.bayerbms.com) has recently opened the doors to its newest innovation centre; this one located in ...

Due to the marine and wind energy market’s greatly fluctuating demand for structural foam products since the economic crisis hit in 2008, composite materials manufacturer Gurit (Wattwill / Switzerland ...

Angolan packaging producer Glopol Angola Industrial (Porto Seco, Viana; www.glopol.mobi) has opened a new plant in Viana municipality, which will be able to produce 60,000 plastic pallets as well as ...