Ahead of the European Commission’s new industrial strategy proposal, expected on Wednesday (5 May), Friends of the Earth has compiled a report exposing the influence of business associations in shaping policy through industrial alliances.
The Commission is expected to announce more industry alliances on Wednesday, including new ones on renewable energy and low-carbon fuels.
These alliances, like the Clean Hydrogen Alliance and the Battery Alliance, are set up by the European Commission, and bring together national authorities, regions, industry groups, researchers and other stakeholders to push forward European industry in sectors considered of strategic importance.
But while they do include trade unions and NGOs, industry alliances also give businesses a chance to shape European policy to suit their interests, said Myriam Douo, one of the co-authors of the report at Friends of the Earth.
NAIT Partners with Industry to Drive Circular Plastics Economy
May 3, 2021 2:00:pm
Summary As home to one of the largest petrochemical industries in Canada, Alberta uses natural gas liquids as raw material to produce plastics products that Canadians depend on every day.
by: NAIT
NAIT Partners with Industry to Drive Circular Plastics Economy
In 2019, NAIT Industry Solutions partnered with Inter Pipeline, a major petroleum transportation and natural gas liquids processing company located in Alberta, to create the 10-year, $10 million Plastics Research in Action (PRIA) initiative. Working in partnership with Inter Pipeline, NAIT researchers will help the company’s Heartland Petrochemical Complex produce recyclable plastics with lower emissions and recycle plastics waste into chemical commodities and fuels while advancing the circular plastics industry in Alberta, Canada and globally.
Honeycomb technology company EconCore
(Leuven, Belgium) and Renolit SE (Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany) have partnered to explore the various issues of lightweighting, modular design and easily formable and rigid structures for the automotive industry and other markets via EconCore’s polypropylene (PP) honeycomb core. Through this collaboration Renolit has also seeked to improve chemical, thermal, water-resistance and rot-resistance properties.
Granted a license by EconCore for the continuous production of honeycomb panels, Renolit’s R&D team applied EconCore’s honeycomb to its Gorcell product range. The honeycomb sandwich, which combines composite skins with a hexagonal honeycomb structure, is currently being used not only for automotive applications such as truck superstructures, but also flight cases, outdoor kitchens and bakery panels. More recently, Renolit has been selling through a subsidiary to the B2C market with products for gardens, balconies and terrac
April 6, 2021
Marina Arz has been named managing director of IVK Europe, the European Association of Plastic Films and Sheets. She succeeds Karin Arz, who has retired after 21 years in the job.
Before she joined the German Federal Parliament in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania as advisor on European affairs and domestic policy, Marina Arz worked in the European Commission’s Chief Economist Team in Directorate-General GROW in 2018.
“I am looking forward to addressing the challenges of our sector, in particular helping to resolve plastics waste issues, as well as demonstrating the ability and value of our materials to contribute positively to society,” said Arz. “With IVK Europe’s involvement in the work of the Circular Plastics Alliance (CPA) we will contribute in a responsible and sustainable way to the targets of this European initiative.”
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