EREMA Group Revenue Falls, but Recycling Specialist Stays Profitable
EREMA Group remained profitable in the 2025/26 financial year despite a 28% revenue decline, delayed investments and persistent pressure across the plastics recycling industry.
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Mutares Completes $450 Million SABIC Plastics Acquisition
Mutares has completed its $450 million acquisition of SABIC’s engineering thermoplastics operations in the Americas and Europe. Renamed NexPoint Materials, the business brings eight production sites, around 2,800 employees and approximately $2.5 billion in annual revenue.
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Coca-Cola India Market Share drops in Q2: Inside the Packaging & Supply Squeeze
Rising aluminum and PET resin prices, combined with supply chain bottlenecks, caused Coca-Cola to lose market share in India during Q2 despite soaring consumer demand.
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Coperion Ferrara Closure: Council Backs 80 Workers
Ferrara’s city council has unanimously backed around 80 Coperion employees facing collective redundancy, calling for negotiations, alternative investors and a plan to preserve the site’s specialist jobs.
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Goglio Cristal Acquisition Expands Flexible Packaging Business in Brazil
Goglio expands in Brazil with the acquisition of Cristal Embalagens, boosting flexible packaging innovation and global market reach.
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Barmag China Innovation Connects the Textile Value Chain
Barmag’s Fuzhou Customer Day presented integrated man-made fibre technologies to customers from two major Chinese polyamide manufacturing regions. The event also demonstrated how Barmag’s integration into Rieter could reshape its technology, service and sustainability offering in Asia.
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Aliplast Acquires 70% of Kronos Polymer Polska
Aliplast has agreed to acquire 70% of Kronos Polymer Polska, adding polyethylene recycling capacity and strengthening Hera Group’s presence in Poland.
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Textile Industry Under Pressure as Oil Prices, War Disruptions, and Inflation Reshape Global Supply Chains
Oil dependency, geopolitical conflicts, supply chain disruptions, and inflation are creating a new era of uncertainty for the textile industry. From polyester production to maritime chokepoints, global manufacturers are facing mounting pressure to adapt.
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RadiciGroup sale Lone Star reshapes global chemicals future with 5 impacts
The RadiciGroup sale to Lone Star marks a turning point for the global chemicals and polymers industry, with strategic impacts on innovation, workforce, and international expansion.
