by Plastics.com Staff | Sep 7, 2018 | Additives & Modifiers, Business, Daily News, Mergers & Acquisitions, North America
NEW YORK—SK Capital Partners is creating a major additives player with its latest acquisition. The firm agreed to purchase SI Group for an undisclosed price. Based in Schenectady, N.Y., SI produces plasticizers, flame retardants and antioxidants with more than $1...
by Plastics.com Staff | Sep 6, 2018 | Business, Daily News, Europe, Mergers & Acquisitions
Austria — Borealis, a major provider of innovative solutions in the fields of polyolefins, base chemicals and fertilisers, has taken over the Austrian plastics recycler Ecoplast Kunststoffrecycling GmbH. Based in Wildon, Austria, Ecoplast processes around 35 000...
by Plastics.com Staff | Aug 17, 2018 | Business, Daily News, Global, Medical, Mergers & Acquisitions, North America, Packaging
Merger and acquisition activity in the plastics industry and, in particular, in the plastic packaging segment, continued apace during the first half of 2018, as evidenced by some recent transactions by major players as well as an industry report. The largest recent...
by Plastics.com Staff | Aug 13, 2018 | Business, Daily News, Mergers & Acquisitions, North America
A German company has bought 28 acres of the former DuPont plant site in Chattanooga where it plans to manufacture a product used in the plastics industry. Naprotec LLC, a subsidiary of Germany-based Nabaltec Group, also acquired 85,000 square feet in building space...
by Plastics.com Staff | Jul 24, 2018 | Business, Daily News, Mergers & Acquisitions, North America, Recycling
A United States bankruptcy court judge has ruled in favor of a former landowner in a case that could place a hurdle in front of investors planning to fund a large plastics recycling facility in Millville, New Jersey. In a June 2018 ruling, a U.S. bankruptcy court...
by Plastics.com Staff | Jul 17, 2018 | Business, Daily News, Extrusion, Injection Molding, Mergers & Acquisitions, North America
Cooper-Standard Holdings Inc. has agreed to acquire two components from Lauren International — Lauren Manufacturing and Lauren Plastics. This acquisition will aid the Novi, MI-based supplier of systems and components for the automotive industry to expand in markets...
