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by Lucia Buffoni, Marketing Manager, Repi Group With no doubt such a complexity like the Covid-19 one could not be imagined even remotely. So it happens that this year, that was meant to mark important acceleration of transition to an economy made of plastic alternatives have instead underscored that plastic is
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Plastic recyclates produced from waste packaging have to meet high sensory requirements in order to be used for new products. Plastic recyclates often have off-odours, some of which have not hitherto been identified. The Fraunhofer Institute for Process Engineering and Packaging IVV has analysed the sensory properties of post-consumer shopping bags
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With the HSM FP 3000 barrel press, HSM GmbH + Co. KG, the Frickingen manufacturer of baling presses, PET solutions and document shredders, offers a robust and reliable disposal solution for pressing empty, lightweight sheet or roller-type barrels, canisters and plastic containers. The barrel press is easily operated by hand. The
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Bottled water has once again reaffirmed its position as America’s favorite drink, outselling all other packaged beverages in 2019, new data from the Beverage Marketing Corporation (BMC) shows. Consumers are increasingly choosing bottled water instead of less healthy packaged drinks. The BMC data detail how, since 2010, bottled water has steadily
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With immediate effect, Jozsef Nemes has been appointed as the new Managing Director of Sumitomo (SHI) Demag Plastics Machinery Hungária Kft. He succeeds Andras Borszeki, who headed up the Group’s Hungarian subsidiary since its formation in 2015. A trained mechanical engineer, Nemes recently moved from an Austrian injection moulding machine manufacturer
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Kiefel GmbH, Freilassing, is a technology partner in various domains of the plastics and packaging industry, where it supports customers in the development of sustainable materials and products. In addition to classic recyclable plastic, Kiefel systems processes recycled (e.g. rPET) or bio-based materials (e.g. PLA). “More and more customers are asking
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The New Plastics Economy Global Commitment Statement includes goals about the actions that signatory companies will take to drive toward a circular economy. These approaches include redesign to eliminate problematic and unnecessary plastic as well as innovation to ensure that plastic is reusable, recyclable, or compostable. There have been more than
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As of May 1, Wolfgang Steinwender will take over as CEO of the successful Austrian plastics recycling machines manufacturer. His predecessor Josef Hochreiter will devote more time to the further development of Next Generation Holding. Despite the worldwide uncertainties due to Covid 19, NGR is convinced it can continue the successful
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For food and pharmaceutical manufacturers, sterilising the production areas is a common practice. When producing packaging for the same manufacturers, there is additional demand for sterile and low-particle plastic production. Blue Air Systems has developed a new product: the proven DMS (Dry Mould System) dehumidifiers are now available in the germ
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Sliced bread, BBQ sauces, drinks – the portfolio of the food and beverage producer Spitz in Upper Austria is highly diversified. Demand for energy drinks, juices and ice tea is particularly high at present. This is why Spitz decided to upsize their filling capacities. Thanks to the fine performance of the
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Following on from Mexico and China, the global specialist for plastic packaging and recycling, the Alpla Group, is now introducing dual training in additional countries: the first apprentices in India and Poland will be trained according to the Austrian model starting this autumn. Alpla is currently training 250 apprentices around the
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