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n In response to the European Plastics Strategy, the European Technology Plat- form for Sustainable Chemistry (Sus- Chem) and partners issue new report: Plastics Strategic Research and Inno- vation Agenda in a Circular Economy . This report identifies the challenges to plastics circularity and defines the types of solutions needed to address them. Future research is required in three main areas: Circularity by de- sign, recycling and alternative feed- stock. SusChem Chairman Dr. Markus Steilemann said: “The Plastics indus- try is committed to increase the re- source efficiency of its production processes and to face the challenge of closing the circularity loop. The new Research and Innovation Agen- da gives fresh impetus on the strongest way to drive progress along plastics value chains by means of collaboration”. The analysis from this report has helped to identify priorities, projects and the level of investment needed to achie- ve full circularity of plastics. SusChem and its partners – Cefic, PlasticsEurope, European Plastics Converters (EuPC) and the European Composites, Plastics and Polymer Processing Platform (ECP4) – will use this report as their main input to EU Robust Agenda to achieve Circularity of Plastics ➠ The European Technology Platform for Sustainable Chemistry suschem.org ➠ PlasticsEurope www.plasticseurope.org innovation policy on the circularity of plastics. We hope this document will in- spire an increase in number of collabora- tive projects as well as European and member states support for a full imple- mentation of the solutions proposed. Polyamidgeschäfts- übernahme genehmigt ➠ BASF SE, www.basf.com n Die EU-Kommission hat die Über- nahme des Polyamidgeschäfts von Solvay durch BASF unter Auflagen genehmigt. Diese Zustimmung ist ein wichtiger Meilenstein für die Trans- aktion. Mit einem Abschluss wird in der zweiten Jahreshälfte 2019 ge- rechnet. Mit der Übernahme wird BASF wesentliche strategische Ziele erreichen und ihr Polyamid 6.6-Ge- schäft deutlich stärken. Die Akquisiti- on wird das Portfolio von BASF für technische Kunststoffe ergänzen, den Zugang zu wichtigen Wachs- tumsmärkten in Asien und Südame- rika verbessern sowie die Wertschöp- fungskette durch Rückwärtsintegra- tion bei wesentlichen Rohstoffen wie ADN (Adipodinitril) stärken. 17 Extrusion 2/2019 Uniquely efficient. Incredibly versatile. Amazingly flexible. COMPEO combines the performance and robustness of its predecessors in a single modular series. Designed for all application fields and temperature ranges. With a process window that is unparalleled. Want to know more about the COMPEO compounder‘s forward-looking features? Welcome to Hannover! Brand-new in Hannover! COMPEO The new BUSS compounder generation. Incredibly different. www.busscorp.com Join us Tire Technology Expo, Hannover March 05 - 07, 2019 Hall 21 Booth 9040