Plastics

| The first General Assembly of the World Plastics Council (WPC) was held to define key areas the Council will address. During the assembly, Mosaed Al Ohali, current Executive Vice President Polymers of Sabic, was elected as the new Chairman of WPC.

| The main focus of Ettlinger Kunststoffmaschinen at this year's Fakuma from October 14 to 18 in Friedrichshafen (Germany) will be on the company's expertise in the field of continuous melt filtration. Two new developments will be at the Show.

| So long as recycling is conducted in an environmentally sound manner, “let the markets decide the flow of goods”, urged BIR Plastics Committee Chairman Surendra Borad of Belgium-based Gemini Corporation NV in his introductory comments to the latest meeting, held in Miami.