Special features

New flame retardants extend safety

Lab-scale compounders deliver dividends

Speeding up environmental testing

Regular items

Global industry news including Lanxess investing in China, Teknor Apex buying Lanier Color, Sirmax adding six new lines, DuPont exiting engineering plastics, Grupa Azoty adding compound capacity

Dates for your diary - we look ahead to the major plastics industry exhibitions of the coming months, plus important conferences for the compounding market