Christian Frank, General Manager at Sikora, handed over operational responsibility as CEO to Alaaddin Aydin, also General Manager, effective 1 July. With this step, Sikora is ushering in the next phase of the company’s development while ensuring continuity and a timely, orderly succession. Going forward...

Syensqo announced a partnership with Bucci Composites, an Italian leader in the design and manufacture of structural composite parts, including a license for Syensqo’s Double Diaphragm Forming (DDF) technology. The collaboration aims to advance automotive composite...

EPPA, the European trade association of PVC window system suppliers, announced its new leadership team following the EPPA Conference and General Assembly. Highly respected industry leader and long-standing supporter of the association, Andreas Hartleif, CEO of...

Covestro has announced a strategic MDI (methylene diphenyl diisocyanate) investment program to reinforce its global leadership position and strengthen long-term supply security for customers worldwide. The program includes preparations for a new MDI production train with 660 kilotonnes annual capacity at the...

In the plastics recycling industry, attention is often focused on productivity, the quality of recovered material and waste valorisation. Far less attention is paid to a factor that directly affects all these aspects: the quality of the regrind. Starting from this premise, and driven by the conviction that not all regrind delivers the same value...

The Lego Group on 24 June officially opened Kornmarken Campus, its first dedicated global manufacturing innovation centre. The new campus is part of the company’s investment in manufacturing technologies and capabilities that power product development and production. Located in...

The first edition of 3DPlastLab, the format dedicated to innovation in additive manufacturing hosted within Plast 2026, which for four days brought together researchers, designers, start-ups, universities and companies from several countries, concluded as one of the most visited exhibition areas of the Milan trade fair. The concept...

During Plast 2026, WM Thermoforming Machines not only attended the fair at Fiera Milano in Rho (Milan) as exhibitor but also hosted a two-day open house at its headquarters in Stabio, Switzerland, offering customers and industry professionals a live demonstration of its latest developments in thermoforming technology...

The sharp increase in oil prices during the first quarter of 2026, driven by geopolitical tensions in the Middle East, temporarily altered the economics of the plastics market. As virgin plastics suddenly became more expensive, Europe’s plastics recycling industry experienced short-term relief from years of...

Following the completion of construction in August and the gradual relocation into the new facility from September 2025 onwards, Haitian’s manufacturing facility in Serbia has become an important part of the company’s international production network. As one of the company’s five production facilities outside China, it supports...