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Frigel – hall A5 booth 5123 Frigel Group will be presenting their latest process cooling solutions, designed for various industry sectors. A new temperature control unit for injection moulding is the Microgel Syncro. The technology is claimed to provide a reduction in cycle time of up to 40%, while maintaining the
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Société Générale des Techniques (SGT) is building a new recycled PET production unit in Rezé, in western France. The Group’s objective is to reach 26,000 tons of rPET per year, thanks to state-of-the-art equipment and the performance of its teams. The new recycling unit will be located in Rezé, in the
Read moreWith effect from 18 September 2023, Krones AG shares will no longer be listed in the MDAX index. This is an outcome of the periodic review of the DAX index family by Deutsche Börse AG on 5 September 2023. As Krones shares will also not become a component of the SDAX
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The 1st Plastics Recycling Show Middle East and Africa showcases the latest solutions and technologies in plastics recycling for the MEA market. The Plastics Recycling Show Middle East and Africa aims to promote a green future by bringing together leading providers of plastics recycling solutions from across the globe. These innovations
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Multinational plastic packaging producer Retal has added a new monolayer to its portfolio. The in-demand 26/22 GME30.37 monolayer preform is joining the capabilities and additional capacity of Retal Czech, located in Melnik. Available in both transparent PET monolayer and PET with additives, according to the requirements of each customer, the popular
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Tomra was invited to the National Plastic Action Partnership (NPAP) Plastic Talks in Ha Noi, Vietnam. The company’s CEO and President, Tove Andersen, took part in a panel discussion with industry representatives to discuss the UN’s Global Plastic Treaty. Millions of tons of plastic exit the recycling system every year. Vietnam
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Arts and crafts and plastic – Freely according to the opening words of Goethe’s poem “The Divine,” natural varnish and plastic are also about striving for perfection and the truly useful. Both materials embody this, with both identical and completely different properties. What both materials have in common is that they
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NEUE Water has been consciously conceived for today’s modern, on-the-go lifestyle. As well as its recycled content, the unique ergonomic flat shape of the bottle enables it to fit easily into pockets, bags and seatback storage in planes and trains. Equally important, the bottle’s sturdy construction makes it suitable for refilling
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Ambitious Angolan foods company Carrinho Industria has invested in Sipa systems covering PET preform production through to palletizing, as it moves ahead with its plan to create the first fully vertically integrated organisational structure in the food industry in Angola. Carrinho Industria recently came back to Sipa for a complete line
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The PETinar took place on September 14, 2023, 2-3 p.m. CEST Which regulations have to be implemented and when? What is the status of the individual directives? What solutions does the industry offer? PETplanet invited Wolfgang Trunk (PhD), EU DG Environment – Circular Economy – From Waste to Resources, to keep
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GEA supplies Britvic, one of UK’s leading soft drinks manufacturers, with a heat recovery system at its Beckton site, in London. The installation begins this summer and will result in cutting the factory’s carbon emissions by an estimated 1,200 tons annually – equivalent to the annual energy usage of around 500
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