South African diversified packaging group Nampak said on Thursday it planned to sell its loss-making glass business. Nampak said it has approached packaging industry players to invite proposals for the sale of its glass business.
“Exploratory discussions have been held with a number of strategic players with a formal corporate finance disposal process currently in progress,” the company said.
By Tanisha Heiberg
Source: Reuters
The future CEO of thyssenkrupp Uhde, Nadja Håkansson, has held various management positions at Siemens and Siemens Energy and looks back on over 18 years of national and international experience in the areas of supply chain management, operations, sales and corporate management.
Neste and South Korean company Lotte Chemical have partnered on a project to elevate the sustainability profile of chemicals and plastics. The partnership’s ambition is to replace fossil resources with renewable raw materials that offer a lower carbon footprint.
At least the confidence in the chemical sector has been seeing an upward trend and the trade balance is recovering as destocking seems to be coming to an end. Citing projections from the European Central Bank, CEFIC states that the level of inflation is expected to fall from 5.4% in 2023 to 2.3% in 2024.
