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SKZ expands regulatory training of plastics selection with intensive course
The SKZ Plastics Center and the Swiss company Gradical are offering a two-day intensive regulatory course in collaboration from fall 2024.
5 Aug 2024
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Symphony highlights major gap in Plastic Pollution Treaty draft
Symphony Environmental Technologies Plc, the specialists in biodegradable plastics, addresses a major gap in the draft as it fails to address the issue of plastics which get into the open environment and cannot be collected.
22 Apr 2024
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FRX to benefit from EU announcement on chemical TPP regulation
FRX Innovations announced that the European Union’s Chemical Agency (ECHA) declared the planned addition of Tri Phenyl Phosphate (TPP), a common flame retardant additive.
15 Apr 2024
Veolia
Call for government to escalate Plastic Packaging Tax and incentivise sustainability
Veolia is calling for the government to escalate the Plastic Packaging Tax to incentivise the end markets for recycled content, give investors confidence to build domestic infrastructure and stimulate green economic growth.
27 Mar 2024
BPF
BPF urges government to recognise vital role of plastics industry
The BPF has published its election manifesto, calling for greater recognition of the industry, measures to support the plastic packaging and recycling industries, and longer-term support to ensure that the UK remains competitive.
26 Mar 2024
Chase Plastics
Anti-Plastic Rhetoric Could Pose Threat to Plastic Packaging Industry
Widespread anti-plastic rhetoric poses a substantive threat to the UK plastic packaging industry, says Chase Plastics.
25 Jan 2024
Circulate Capital
Circulate Capital closes LAC fund at over US$75.8M
The fund is to help combat plastic pollution in Latin America and the Caribbean.
18 Jul 2025
AIMPLAS
AIMPLAS coordinates the PROMOFER project
PROMOFER Project, coordinated by AIMPLAS, aims to turn agri-food and lignocellulosic residues into bioplastics and sustainable polyurethane materials.
18 Jul 2025
Borealis
Borealis partners AnQore to support circular and renewable value chains for acrylonitrile
The pair will supply Borvida B-propylene that is made from ISCC PLUS-certified non-food waste biomass.
17 Jul 2025
SIG
SIG appoints new CEO
The move follows the resignation of Gavin Slark on the 9th of May 2025.
16 Jul 2025
ARBURG
ARBURG reopens German technology centre after two years of modernisation
The company hosted two events to celebrate the milestone.
15 Jul 2025
KDI Precision Manufacturing
KDI Precision Manufacturing acquires Envision Plastics
The combined company is set to serve around 150 national and international OEM customers annually.
14 Jul 2025
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Condale Plastics
Condale Plastics achieves ISO 14001 Environmental Management Certification
Condale Plastics has been awarded the ISO 14001 certification for Environmental Management Systems, which confirms the company's efforts towards sustainability.
17 Mar 2025
Venator
Venator implements automated carbon footprint tool with ATOS
Venator has rolled out the Eviden Product Carbon Footprint (PCF) Platform with the help from ATOS, enabling the company to deliver accurate data on the carbon footprint of its products to its customers.
13 Mar 2025
Nachural
Continuous Process Solutions nominated at Nachural Summer Business Awards
Continuous Process Solutions has been nominated for the Small Business of the Year title at this year’s Nachural Summer Business Dinner and Awards.
9 Jul 2025
SNIPEF
Paving the way forward with apprentices
BP&R sits down with Dale Thomson, Apprentice Training Manager, and Stephanie Lowe, Deputy at SNIPEF, to discuss the SPAY competition’s 50-year-long success and the importance of apprenticeships in the Scottish heating and plumbing landscape.
3 Jul 2025
AIMPLAS
AIMPLAS coordinates the PROMOFER project
PROMOFER Project, coordinated by AIMPLAS, aims to turn agri-food and lignocellulosic residues into bioplastics and sustainable polyurethane materials.
18 Jul 2025
Axil
Axil and Bostik partner to deliver more sustainable total waste management
Axil announces a new partnership with Bostik to focus on recycling, reuse, and re-engineering waste streams for more sustainable outcomes.
7 Jul 2025
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Mauser Packaging Solutions invests to revolutionise sustainable plastic drum manufacture
Investment in multi-layer plastic drum machine expands capacity for growing demand of Infinity Series products manufactured with recycled resin.
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Accelerate digital transformation in the chemical industry
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10 Mar 2023
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