Page 8 - Plastics

ExxonMobil to expand specialty elastomers capacity in Wales

The project will expand company's global Santoprene elastomers capacity by 25 percent

Rampf to set up facility for polyurethane and epoxy products in Germany

The company will invest Euro 11 million in the Grafenberg facility, which will produce polyurethane and epoxy boards for the automotive, aerospace, shipbuilding, and wind energy industries

Ford joins hand with tequila maker Jose Cuervo to make car parts from agri-waste

Two companies are exploring the use of agave plants (which is used to make tequila) to develop bioplastics for auto parts and accessories

Solvay and Mubadala to produce composite structures for Boeing 777X aircraft

Two companies will set up a joint venture, located in the UAE, to deliver advanced composite materials for the empennage and floor beams of Boeing's new 777X program

Prince Pipes promoter buys minority stake in Vikas Ecotech

Apparently, both the companies are already into business dealings - with Vikas Ecotech being strategic supplier of specialty chemicals to Prince Pipes

Plastic technology provider Rochling to invest Euro 35 mn in German plant

Investment will give a considerable boost to the company's position in the manufacture of primary packaging for the pharmaceutical and diagnostic industry

RAMPF acquires advanced polyurethanes maker Innovative Polymers

With the acquisition of Innovative Polymers, a provider of polyurethanes for tooling and modelling applications, RAMPF will further consolidated its position in the NAFTA region

Cerberus Capital buys thermoplastic auto components maker ABC Group

This transaction will provide ABC Group with greater access to capital to support further investments in people, products and operations

Supreme Industries plans Rs 250 crore capex for 2016-17

Along with other projects, the company will spend this amount to expand capacity of plastic pipe system, performance packaging film, furniture products, etc

Evonik working on biodegradable composites for medical implants

German firm is conducting research on new biodegradable composite materials for the fixation of fractured bones that will degrade naturally in the body

Opengate Capital acquires Italian PVC firm Alfatherm

Transaction represents OpenGate's sixth acquisition in the PVC chemicals sector

Skipper opens PVC pipes plant in Telengana

This is Skipper's fifth manufacturing unit for PVC products after Kolkata, Ahmedabad, Guwahati and Sikandrabad (UP) and will take its combined capacity for PVC products to 41000 MT

Grupo Antolin expands capacity in India with Sanand plant

The Spanish manufacture of interior components for automobiles will produce overhead systems, sunvisors and plastic parts for customers such as Ford and Tata at the new plant

Trelleborg buys Specialty Silicone Fabricators

The acquired company, which manufactures silicone components for the medical device market, is expected to help Trelleborg grow its business in high growth US life sciences market

Hexpol acquires UK-based rubber compounder Berwin Group

The acquisition will strengthen Hexpol Compounding's presence in the rubber compounds market in the UK

Medicom takeover to bolster Phillips-Medisize's drug delivery solutions

The addition of Medicom's capabilities expands Phillips-Medisize's end-to-end injectable and inhalation device innovation service solutions for biopharma customer

APAC auto industry driving demand for global injection moulding machines

The global injection moulding machine market is projected to reach $ 4.86 billion by 2021, says a Markets and Markets report

Borealis acquires German plastics recycler MTM Plastics

MTM Plastics GmbH is regarded as one of Europe's largest producers of post-consumer polyolefin recyclates

Vikas Ecotech to produce bio-plastics from waste cooking oil

For this, the company has tied up with Czech Republic based Nafigate Corporation, which will provide technology to Vikas for converting waste cooking oil into biopolymer PHA

Ford Motor to use captured CO2 to develop foam and plastics for vehicles

The company uses soybeans to make seat foam; kenaf to produce door bolsters; recycled T-shirts and denim in carpeting; and recycled plastic bottles in seat fabric