Over 110 organisations from across Europe’s plastics value chain have united to deliver an Industry Statement to officials at the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Environment (DG-ENV), calling to ‘close the gap’ between virgin and recycled plastic prices.
Nouryon (Amsterdam, the Netherlands) has opened its newest innovation center in Shanghai, China, a state-of-the-art facility designed to strengthen the company’s commitment to localized innovation, customer co-development and sustainable growth in China and across the Asia Pacific region.
Air Products (Leigh Valley, Pennsylvania) has announced the formation of a new senior management board as well as changes across its current leadership team. Chairman, president and CEO Seifi Ghasemi will lead the new 11 executive-member board.
Bobst, Brückner, and Mitsui Chemicals have presented “the world’s first” recyclable monomaterial retort packaging at K 2025 in Düsseldorf, Germany. The innovation is said to overcome key technical hurdles and features a high barrier properties based on opaque metallization.
Azelis, the reference innovation service provider for speciality chemicals and food ingredients, announces the appointment of Boris Cambon-Lalanne as Group CFO and member of the Board of Directors, effective January 2026, succeeding Thijs Bakker, whose departure was previously announced.