EuPC’s new president on confronting a ‘tsunami of change’ in the plastics industry | Article

The European plastics industry is in a time of unprecedented upheaval, with issues related to sustainability, geopolitics and supply chains causing price rises and shortages. It is in this context that EuPC, a body representing European plastics converters, recently announced the election of a new president, Benoît Hennaut. We spoke with HennautContinue Reading

UBS: 2Q22 net profit of USD 2.1bn, 18.9% return on CET1 capital (Ad hoc announcement pursuant to Article 53 of the SIX Exchange Regulation Listing Rules)

ZURICH & BASEL, Switzerland–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Regulatory News: UBS: (NYSE:UBS) (SWX:UBSN): UBS’s 2Q22 results materials are available at ubs.com/investors The audio webcast of the earnings call starts at 09:00 CEST, 26 July 2022 A definition of each alternative performance measure, the method used to calculate it and the information content are presentedContinue Reading

AFRL Regional Research Hub makes headway, plans to announce initial projects in near future > Air Force Materiel Command > Article Display

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio (AFRL) —   The Air Force Research Laboratory’s pilot initiative to establish regional research networks in the Midwest and Mid-Atlantic (AFRL Regional Research Hubs) is progressing as operational processes are established by the lead institutions, Purdue and Cornell universities.   With the initiativeContinue Reading

European recyclers report low availability of sorted plastic waste | Article

According to Plastics Recyclers Europe, the availability of sorted plastic waste is currently low enough to be negatively impacting the operations of plastic recyclers across Europe, with the organisation warning that this presents a barrier to meeting the EU’s recycling targets. An unforeseen challenge? Plastics Recyclers Europe says that theContinue Reading

Plastics, microplastics, bioplastics, and waste management - the deep reaching implications of the Circular Economy Action Plan | Article

Disruption is on the horizon for the plastics value chain, with experts predicting that the EU’s new Circular Economy Action Plan could direct actions and business plans for the next decade. Following on from his previous article on this topic, Paul Foulkes-Arellano, founder of Circuthon Consulting, takes a closer lookContinue Reading

Gartner announces top-ranked global supply chains | Article

Gartner, Inc. has announced the results of its annual Global Supply Chain Top 25, with technology solutions company Cisco Systems maintaining the top ranking for the third year in a row while consumer goods companies Colgate-Palmolive, Johnson & Johnson, PepsiCo, and Nestlé all made it into the Top 10. SustainabilityContinue Reading