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2019 results, impacted by slowing economic growth and increased investments in consumer businesses and digitalization across the company: Sales rise by 1.1% to 20,114 million euros, organic sales stable Adjusted EBIT margin at…

Hellweg Maschinenbau GmbH & Co. KG, a specialist granulator manufacturer from Roetgen in the Eifel region of Germany, was among the nominees for the Plastics Recycling Award Europe which recognizes products that boost sustainability.…

David Schroeder, President and CEO of Graham Engineering Corporation, has appointed Paul Lemmers as Vice President of Operations. In this role, Mr. Lemmers will have responsibility for quoting, planning, supply chain, assembly and…

In April of last year, the European Union joined Norway in co-sponsoring amendments to the world’s only waste treaty to establish new trade controls on the dirtiest and most unrecyclable plastic wastes. These amendments were passed in…

Royal DSM, a global science-based company in Nutrition, Health and Sustainable Living, announced that it awarded Professor Marc Hillmyer, from the Chemistry Department at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities, with the 2020 Bright Science…

Covestro has agreed a loan with the European Investment Bank (EIB) for EUR 225 million. The loan will provide medium term funding to strengthen their research and development (R&D) work in the areas of sustainability and circular…

The demand for antibacterial cleaning supplies continues to climb in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, and healthcare institutions are looking for effective alternatives to traditional solutions. To fill this need, Contec, Inc., the…

Contrary to the equipment suppliers for the automotive segment, the suppliers of waste disposal and recycling technology see a real boom in incoming orders. Herbold Meckesheim has full order books for 2020 and even further projects for…

Oldrati, based in Villongo, Italy, uses its expertise in manufacturing full-face snorkeling masks for the fight against COVID-19. For several months now, this company has been producing high-quality respiratory masks for use in hospitals.…

The number of plastic parts being coated is rising inexorably – in a nearly unlimited range of diversity. Demands placed on the quality and individuality of painted surfaces are increasing continuously as well. At the same time, less and…