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  1. A 1,500 tonnes pilot plant for the production of PLA – polylactic acid – has been started up in Belgium. http://tinyurl.com/y39lrms 5:58 AM Apr 16th via web
  2. Blackburn-based seals specialist Precision Polymer Engineering has been acquired by IDEX Corporation of the USA. http://tinyurl.com/yyjoqhn 4:19 AM Apr 16th via web
  3. Whitaker Technical Plastics has been bought by the parent of black masterbatch specialist Hubron International. http://tinyurl.com/y6d35g3 9:04 AM Apr 13th via web
  4. Battenfeld Extrusionstechnik and Cincinnati Extrusion have been restructured as Battenfeld-Cincinnati. http://tinyurl.com/y63nyh4 4:15 AM Apr 9th via web
  5. Rapid Granulator is to wind up its Moditec subsidiary in Lyon, France as part of its restructuring process. http://tinyurl.com/ydkwnak 3:40 AM Apr 7th via web
  6. Nampak Plastics is to build a £3 m through-the-wall milk bottle plant in Northern Ireland, opening this summer. http://tinyurl.com/ybg2stc 11:06 AM Mar 10th via web
  7. The acquisition of Rosti Technical Plastics by Nordstjernan has closed without the addition of Rosti's US plants. http://tinyurl.com/yk6re9m 10:44 AM Mar 10th via web
  8. Wheelie bin maker Helesi has sold its British bin manufacturing operation to one of its distributors, Straight. http://tinyurl.com/y8ur6k7 4:54 AM Mar 8th via web
  9. Ineos is considering moving to Switzerland to pay less tax. The move could save around €450m from now to 2014. http://tinyurl.com/ybdpdp5 6:14 AM Mar 4th via web
  10. A speciality nylon for automotive use to be launched next week by DuPont "improves heat resistance by 30 degC". http://tinyurl.com/ykf9mcu 12:07 PM Feb 25th via web
  11. LyondellBasell is to close one of its Italian polypropylene plants because it is no longer economically viable. http://tinyurl.com/yh88vwc 6:52 AM Feb 25th via web
  12. Ineos ChlorVinyls is to close its PVC plant at Barry in Wales and cover supply from Runcorn and Newton Aycliffe. http://tinyurl.com/yfves2z 5:33 AM Feb 25th via web
  13. SO.F.TER of Italy has bought the Terra brand of TPEs used for the infill of artificial turf systems from DSM. http://tinyurl.com/yjscxoh 3:01 AM Feb 15th via web
  14. Applications to enter for the Horners' Award for Plastics Design and Innovation are now being taken by the BPF. http://tinyurl.com/y9opr4v 10:18 AM Feb 13th via web
  15. New technology company Stanelco of Southampton has rebranded its biopolymers business as Biome Bioplastics. http://tinyurl.com/ycrdwpr 4:09 AM Feb 5th via web
  16. Specialist film company Paperfeel has been bought out by its management and renamed Bespoke Polythene Packaging. http://tinyurl.com/yenhp2n 4:09 AM Feb 5th via web
  17. Confidence in the onset of recovery is still fragile according to the results of surveys from the BPF and CBI. http://tinyurl.com/ygc8rxh 11:11 PM Jan 31st via web
  18. WES Greenstar to build a 20,000 tonnes mixed household plastics recycling plant with funding from WRAP. http://tinyurl.com/ygqyjd5 11:10 PM Jan 31st via web
  19. A legal challenge which could undermine the Irish plastics bag levy is being mounted in the country's High Court. http://tinyurl.com/yca6hcn 8:32 AM Jan 30th via web
  20. Huntsman is to cease selling to Iran because of what it sees as a risk to its reputation of trading there. http://tinyurl.com/y8nu2hg 11:20 AM Jan 25th via web