November 7, 2025 - Supply agreement signed for hundreds of tonnes of partially renewable unsaturated polyester resins.
November 5, 2025 - Italian reactive extrusion machinery maker Xeltrusion now fully owned by Managing Director Alessio Morino.
July 11, 2025 - LyondellBasell’s Styrene +LC—sourced from renewable or chemically recycled feedstocks—enters Polynt’s resin formulations for boats and yachts.
June 25, 2025 - Plast, Xylexpo and the new Composites Future will team up June 9–12, 2026, at Fiera Milano for a cross-industry showcase of processing technologies.
June 6, 2025 - The American chemical company will sell its 50% stake in DowAksa to Turkish partner Aksa for $125 million.
April 11, 2025 - The first products resulting from a European research project involving Italian companies Delta and Gees Recycling are now on the market.
March 12, 2025 - Herambiente’s new FIB3R plant inaugurated at Imola – Up to 160 tons of carbon fiber recovered annually through pyrogasification of composite production waste.
March 10, 2025 - Agreement signed at JEC World to establish a closed-loop system for carbon fiber recycling in Italy, targeting the automotive, marine and sports equipment industries.
February 14, 2025 - The composite resin manufacturer aims to accelerate the time to market for innovative products.
January 28, 2025 - A group of investors led by 81 SCF Family Office and BF&Company has acquired the Italy-based producer of rigid PVC foams for the composites industry.
September 8, 2026 - The industry is renewing calls for the European Commission to take action on competitiveness, recycling, energy, controls and investment in the sector.
September 8, 2026 - The French group has acquired domestic company Polyex, a specialist in polyethylene film extrusion and industrial packaging.
September 8, 2026 - For the German group, this is its second acquisition in the sheet segment in just a few months.
September 4, 2026 - Belgian manufacturer has acquired Mirandola-based Sidam, a manufacturer of disposable medical devices for fluid management.
September 4, 2026 - A new line at Panoli for PPS-, PEEK-, PPA- and PARA-based engineering polymers will mainly target the automotive sector.
September 4, 2026 - ReBioCycle has demonstrated at pilot scale that PLA can be sorted from mixed plastic waste and chemically recycled back into virgin-quality material.
September 8, 2026 - The industry is renewing calls for the European Commission to take action on competitiveness, recycling, energy, controls and investment in the sector.
September 4, 2026 - ReBioCycle has demonstrated at pilot scale that PLA can be sorted from mixed plastic waste and chemically recycled back into virgin-quality material.
September 4, 2026 - A new line at Panoli for PPS-, PEEK-, PPA- and PARA-based engineering polymers will mainly target the automotive sector.
September 4, 2026 - Belgian manufacturer has acquired Mirandola-based Sidam, a manufacturer of disposable medical devices for fluid management.
July 30, 2025 - Search for a buyer falls through; Chapter 11 exit slated for 2026 under the ownership of its principal lenders.
The World Packaging Organisation has established an annual event to highlight packaging’s contribution to safety, sustainability and economic development.
The Düsseldorf packaging trade fair will return in 2029 with a six-day format running from Sunday to Friday.
The plastics recycling exhibition and conference brought together industry players, policymakers and technology suppliers at RAI Amsterdam.
All key indicators remained negative in 2025, underlining the depth of the crisis facing the country’s plastics industry.
Visitor sign-up for the Milan triennial on plastics, rubber and composites begins in ten days.
A two-day programme in Amsterdam will address EU regulation, investment conditions and emerging markets, including polyurethane recycling.
With strong exhibitor interest and regional support, the event will remain at its traditional Lake Constance location for at least five more years.
The ‘save the date’ has been launched for the annual industry gathering, which for the first time will not be held in Brussels.
