Olive oil production generates considerable amounts of waste, including the process of removing pits. A new project launched by Spanish plastics technology center AIMPLAS is now looking at the feasibility of using the pits to make a new bioplastic.

Production was launched at two new hand sanitizer plants.

Grupo Antolin, a global manufacturer specialized in auto interiors, including overheads, trim, lighting, cockpits and consoles, has marshaled its extensive expertise, network and production capacity in support of the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic.

Chemical giant Ineos has announced plans to build two hand sanitizer factories in just 10 days as part of the effort to prevent the spread of the coronavirus.

KraussMaffei Group GmbH is continuing its work to restructure its European operations, with an extrusion metalworking plant set to open in July and construction underway at a new technical center in Laatzen, Germany.

OMV and its joint venture partner Mubadala have agreed on the contract terms for the potential acquisition of an additional 39 percent share in Borealis by OMV.

Plastics Recycling Show Europe, which was due to take place in Amsterdam March 25-26, has been postponed due to the spread of COVID-19 around the globe.

Italian materials supplier Radici Group says it "ensures its customer and suppliers worldwide full operativity" although its headquarters is based in the Lombardy region of the country, one of the hardest hit by the coronavirus outbreak in northern Italy.

An online survey of more 2,000 people ages 16-75 in the United Kingdom shows that more than half — 58 percent — are willing to switch to a brand that uses less packaging.

The European Plastics Converters trade group has not signed the European Plastics Pact, the first regional pact in the Ellen MacArthur Foundation's global Plastic Pact network.

A young recycling company called Mr. Green Africa is bringing social, economic and environmental benefits to the region in which it operates and has invested in new equipment to increase its capabilities.

Following in the steps of the various other chemical and raw materials producers buying or investing in recycling operations, Tokyo-based Mitsubishi Chemical Corp. has announced that it is acquiring two Swiss engineering plastics recyclers, Minger Kunststofftechnik AG and Minger Plastic AG.

Materials producer Arkema SA has announced a new climate plan, aligned with the Paris Agreement, to reduce its carbon footprint.

The company is actively seeking to increase the number of women in leadership roles for the BASF Group worldwide, and for the leadership levels overall, to 30 percent by 2030.

Despite declining sales and a net profit that was cut in half during the fourth quarter of 2019, German chemical giant Covestro AG still hit its targets, according to CEO Markus Steilemann.