Pascale Wautelet has been appointed Vice-President of R&D for the EMEA region for Avery Dennison’s Label & Graphic Materials group.
Wautelet, who will assume her new role on September 1st 2017, will be based at Oegstgeest, The Netherlands, and report to Hassan Rmaile, Global Vice -President of R&D for Avery Dennison’s Label & Graphic Materials group.
“Avery Dennison has pioneered advances in the self-adhesives industry and has been reshaping that sector continually over the past 82 years,” said Rmaile.
“This latest appointment is just another indication of the company’s commitment to remaining at the forefront of research, development and product innovation.”
A native of Belgium, Wautelet will provide vision and innovation direction to the European R&D organisation and lead the business in new-product development, material re-engineering and adhesive development for Avery Dennison’s European Label & Graphic Materials business.
Wautelet has 20 years of domestic and international experience across multiple functions, in the chemical, petrochemical and plastics industries, including flexible packaging and labelling.
Source: Mideastplast
INEOS Styrolution, the global leader in styrenics, has today announced the official opening of a new world-scale ABS[1] facility located in Ningbo, China, together with its joint venture partner SINOPEC. The facility has an annual nameplate capacity of 600,000 tonnes.
The merger of Röhm’s Acrylic Products business unit and SABIC’s Functional Forms business has resulted in the formation of Polyvantis. This new company will offer extruded products in the forms film, sheet, pipe and rod for markets that include building and construction, transportation and aviation, electrical and electronics, automotive and home and garden.
Abu Dhabi National Oil Co. (Adnoc) is considering plans to acquire upstream oil and gas company Wintershall DEA, an affiliate of BASF SE, according to a Bloomberg report citing people with knowledge of the matter. A deal to acquire Wintershall DEA could be worth more than €10 billion, the report said. BASF and Adnoc declined to comment on the report.
