May 14, 2025 - The deal includes Ultrabatch, Masterbatch and Eurocolor, all controlled by Koinos Capital through holding company Impact Formulators Group.
December 18, 2024 - Third addition to Koinos Capital's masterbatch group in Italy after Ultrabatch and Masterbatch.
September 5, 2024 - Nicola Strazzeri appointed CEO of Impact Formulators Group, born last year from the merger of two Italian firms: Ultrabatch and Masterbatch.
July 11, 2025 - LyondellBasell’s Styrene +LC—sourced from renewable or chemically recycled feedstocks—enters Polynt’s resin formulations for boats and yachts.
July 11, 2025 - The expansion at the company’s Singapore complex will add a new unit to lift bio-based Rilsan Clear capacity threefold.
July 10, 2025 - European Commission launches the Chemical Industry Action Plan. Cefic approves, but urges haste.
July 10, 2025 - Draft rules for calculating recycled content in PET bottles open for consultation. Chemical recycling allowed under a 'fuel-use exemp' allocation.
July 10, 2025 - The European Commission found no threat to competition in the ethylene and polyolefins markets.
July 8, 2025 - Yet another petrochemical plant closure in Europe. Overcapacity, international competition and weak demand are behind the decision.
September 28, 2024 - Portuguese Envases Soplados acquired, with three plants in the Iberian Peninsula for the production of packaging for the food industry.
July 7, 2025 - Decision final on European assets under review; 800 jobs to be lost across Germany and the UK.
July 8, 2025 - Yet another petrochemical plant closure in Europe. Overcapacity, international competition and weak demand are behind the decision.
July 8, 2025 - Agreement signed with France’s Corplex; after completion, production will shift to Exolon’s Nera Montoro plant in Italy.
July 8, 2025 - Green light with amendments from ENVI and IMCO committees, but the plastics industry pushes for higher recycled-content targets.
A new session of the UNEP Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC) has been scheduled for August in Geneva.
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