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New Laboratory Services: Expanded Testing Expertise for the Polymer Industry

We’re expanding our service portfolio: From now on, our customers have access to comprehensive laboratory services—from raw material analysis to component testing. With over 500 testing procedures, accredited methods, and six specialized departments, we support faster, more reliable material qualification.

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Material Innovation

Innovation from our R&D team: New glass fiber reinforced compounds with recycled content

Glass fiber reinforced compounds have been a proven material in the plastics industry for years – whether in polypropylene (PP) or polyamide (PA) applications. Until now, however, reinforcement has been based almost exclusively on virgin material. We asked ourselves: Couldn't this be done more sustainably with recycled materials? The answer is yes!

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Trade fair highlights

K 2025: Innovations for a more digital and sustainable polymer industry

K 2025 is now behind us, and we can look back on an extremely successful week at the trade fair. Many intensive discussions, fresh ideas, and concrete project concepts demonstrated how strongly the industry is currently being driven by digitalization, the circular economy, and resilient supply chains. A heartfelt thank you to everyone who shared their thoughts with us!

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Press release

Christophe Cario appointed new Managing Director of Meraxis subsidiary Fournier Polymers

The Meraxis Group has appointed Christophe Cario as Managing Director of Fournier Polymers. Since January 1, 2026, the experienced manager has taken the lead of the distribution company, which has been part of the Meraxis Group since 2023. Fournier is one of the leading distributors of standard and technical polymers and additives in Europe and North Africa. With this new appointment, Meraxis is consistently continuing to expand its presence in these markets and strengthening its product portfolio.

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Press release

Meraxis is adding laboratory services to its portfolio

Meraxis is expanding its service portfolio and will offer comprehensive laboratory services for the polymer industry starting in January 2026. The company is taking over the accredited testing laboratories from the REHAU Group. Meraxis is thus expanding its portfolio to include independent and internationally comparable testing services.

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Press release

Meraxis expands market position with its own compounding plant

With the acquisition of production and development capacities, Meraxis is reaching the next milestone in its corporate strategy and setting an example for sustainable growth. The Swiss distributor will take over the REHAU Group's compounding plant in Velen (North Rhine-Westphalia) on January 1, 2026. The plant has a production capacity of around 50,000 tons and manufactures PP, PE, and PVC compounds for the automotive, medical, and furniture industries, among others, which Meraxis now distributes exclusively.

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Meraxis expands market position with its own compounding plant

With the acquisition of production and development capacities, Meraxis is reaching the next milestone in its corporate strategy and setting an example for sustainable growth. The Swiss distributor will take over the REHAU Group's compounding plant in Velen (North Rhine-Westphalia) on January 1, 2026. The plant has a production capacity of around 50,000 tons and manufactures PP, PE, and PVC compounds for the automotive, medical, and furniture industries, among others, which Meraxis now distributes exclusively.

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Plastic Insights

What really matters when it comes to biopolymers

Biopolymers have long been seen as a promising alternative for more sustainable polymer products. Many companies are reluctant to use these materials, though. This is not only due to the higher price, but also to uncertainties regarding processing and additivation. With the right support, biopolymers can be used just as well as polymers from fossil sources.

Originally published by Plastic Insights, 9/2025

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packagingconnections.com

Meraxis Strengthens Its Management Team

The global polymer distributor Meraxis is reinforcing its management team: Olga Baburina is assuming leadership of Global Sales and Dr. Mattis Gosmann is taking over as head of the Standard & Performance Polymers Division at Meraxis. These two management additions are strengthening the company’s global polymer purchasing and sales operations to support continued growth. Meraxis is one of the world's leading plastics distributors. The full-service provider's one-stop shop supports customers in the strategic procurement of polymers and polymer-related products.

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chemeurope.com

Meraxis partners with AI start-up POLYMERIZE

Meraxis and the AI deep-tech start-up POLYMERIZE have forged a strategic partnership. POLYMERIZE is a developer and provider of a materials informatics platform, which is specifically tailored to the research and development needs in the polymer industry. POLYMERIZE’s Software-as-a-Service platform allows converters, producers, and compounders to optimize their materials development and launch new – and more sustainable – products more quickly. This partnership aims to expand their range of services in the European market. Meraxis is also a shareholder of the Singapore-based start-up.

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plasticstoday.com

Companies Partner to Get the Lead Out of PVC Recyclate

A transnational partnership pools resources to develop scalable technology to extract heavy metals from recycled PVC and further the circular economy for both materials.

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interplasinsights.com

Meraxis and Fortum Cooperate in Europe-Wide Distribution of Recyclates

The Swiss trading group Meraxis and the Finnish company Fortum Recycling & Waste (Fortum) are deepening their existing cooperation with a strategic partnership.

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