by Plastics.com Staff | Jul 5, 2018 | Business, Daily News, Europe, Part Design
Philippe Decelle really loves plastics. This is no idle love. The Belgian artist and collector has spent 30 years collecting thousands of plastic items for posterity, from furniture to fashion to art to common utensils. He understands plastics — their history, their...
by Plastics.com Staff | Jul 5, 2018 | Business, Daily News, Environmental, Europe, Recycling, Scrap Plastics
UK: Pioneering UK company uses ‘clean hydrogen energy from waste plastic’ technology to provide electricity. PowerHouse Energy Group plc (“PHE”), a UK technology company pioneering clean energy production from waste plastic and end-of-life tyres, together with the...
by Plastics.com Staff | Jul 4, 2018 | Consumer, Daily News, Europe, Film Extrusion
Plastics is the unlikely celebration of plastic bags and, more generally, plastic objects that have caught photographer Michael James Fox’s eye over the years. Michael spent his childhood reading skate magazines and watching videos of peers with similar interests....
by Plastics.com Staff | Jul 3, 2018 | Business, Daily News, Europe, Mergers & Acquisitions, North America
Shares in IPL Plastics dipped in their first hours of trading yesterday after the company completed its Canadian IPO. Shares were down more than 1.3pc after the first three and a half hours, with IPL having raised CAD$178.2m (€116m) as part of the deal. The company...
by Plastics.com Staff | Jul 3, 2018 | Automotive, Business, Daily News, Electrical/Electronic, Environmental, Europe
Derogation for recycled material must be included, says industry A European Parliament proposal to set a concentration limit for the flame retardant decaBDE in substances, mixtures and articles, would put a stop to plastics from vehicles and electronics being recycled...
by Plastics.com Staff | Jul 3, 2018 | Business, Daily News, Europe
The Swiss company Bertschi has chosen the port of Antwerp for development of a new European plastics hub at the Antwerp Zomerweg Terminal (AZT). Bertschi acquired the concession on the Zomerweg rail terminal last year and immediately began construction of a plastics...
