Rubber & Plastics

Royal DSM are collaborating with APK to increase the sustainable benefits of multilayer food packaging films..

Industry focused workshops in food packaging for continuing professional development and postgraduate credit is now open for applications..

EEF/BDO survey highlights variety of industry strengths across UK as well as the uncertainty for manufacturers in the coming year..

Asahi Kasei has announced it will acquire Sage Automotive Interiors as part of its strategic expansion of business in the automotive field..

REP international celebrates its 111th anniversary with customers, partners and suppliers at its head offices in Corbas..

Wellingborough-based thermoformer, Belgrade Polymer Products, has achieved the internationally-recognised ISO9001:2015 certification for a quality management system (QMS)..

Philip Law has called for the reform of the current Packaging Recovery Note (PRN) system as a positive measure in reducing plastics waste..

Ascend Performance Materials has announced the purchase of Britannia Techno Polymer (BTP)..

The report sets out progress made in meeting its sustainability targets, set last year and underlines the company’s contributions to circular solutions..

Continental Structural Plastics (CSP), part of the Teijin Group, is to invest approximately €5.1 million (£4.5 million) in a new sheet moulding compound line..

Antibacterial lunch bag shortlisted for two UK Packaging Awards..

The Recycling Partnership and the PepsiCo Foundation launch largest-ever industry challenge to boost residential recycling for 25 million US families..

BASF’s specialty polyamide Ultramid Deep Gloss has been awarded the German Innovation Award 2018..

The company is deploying a new technology, Catalytic Hydrothermal Reaction (Cat-HTR), to chemically recycle end-of-life plastics into valuable oils and petrochemical products..

OPRL’s membership continues to expand..

A three-year Safety in Manufacturing Plastics and Composites (SIMPLC) strategy has been developed and launched..

Marshall-Tufflex drives move to put plastics recycling at heart of cable management specification..

Kraft Heinz expands environmental commitments to include sustainable packaging and carbon reduction..

Keith Freegard has outlined the need for a fiscal or monetary system as an incentive for designers to use easy-to-recycle packaging..

Six key business streams announced for Scotland’s Circular Economy Hotspot..