Marius Schaub

Valmet will deliver key process islands for Lenzing's and Duratex's joint venture named LD Celulose. The new 500,000 ton/year dissolving pulp mill is located in Minas Gerais state, Brazil.

The global apparel industry has long lamented the need to transition to a circular economy - and a new set of proposals for EU policymakers may be the golden ticket in helping foster the change, writes Global Data.

Finland celebrated its 102 years of independence on December 6 and Maria Ohisalo, the countries' Interior Minister, was walking the red carpet wearing a dress made from recycled textiles.

Monitoring Recyclates for Europe, a unified online tool to monitor the uptake of recycled polymers into products, is now available for use by converters in the United Kingdom.

Neste and Ravago start collaboration to enable chemical recycling of over 200,000 tons of plastic waste annually. The oil refiner has set a target to process annually more than one million tons of plastic waste from 2030 onwards.

The Erema Group's assessment of K 2019 is positive all round. All seven companies and business units were at the show in Düsseldorf and the group of companies presented its entire range of products and services.

Axion Polymers has successfully renewed its ISO management system certification at its two Manchester plastics recycling sites - and gained a new ISO18001 Health and Safety standard for the Salford facility.

UPM will today be recognised as a Global Compact LEAD participant for its strong commitment to the United Nations Global Compact and its Ten Principles for responsible business. The recognition will be addressed to only 36 global companies at the Global Compact Leaders Summit in New York.

On average, 14% of steel companies' value is at risk from rising carbon prices, says a new report from research provider CDP. The sector is expected to reduce emissions by less than 50% by 2050, compared to the 65% reduction needed to keep global warming below 2°C.

Amut Group will present in operation the new ACS 2000 cast line for stretch film production at the K show. Also awaited is the Q-Catcher, the recent developed patented system.