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Alpla, the global packaging solutions and recycling specialist, is acquiring Bopla S.A. as part of an asset deal. Alpla intends to use the Spanish company’s expertise in the area of single-stage manufacturing technologies to expand its own product portfolio. Founded in 1978, Bopla S.A. uses the technologies EBM (extrusion blow moulding)
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Engel is committed to greater sustainability of plastic packaging. In collaboration with six other companies from the Austrian packaging industry, the injection moulding machine manufacturer founded the “Verpackung mit Zukunft” (Packaging with a Future) platform. The aim of the initiative is to improve public awareness of meaningful use of packaging. The
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“The demand for PET packaging sheet, which contains a high proportion of recycled material or is even made of 100% of it, has recently increased enormously due to public discussion and legal requirements.” states Gneuss and offers an economic approach. In order to be able to meet these requirements, many processors
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As a full-owned subsidiary of the Osnabrück district, Germany, Awigo Region Osnabrück GmbH is the central point of contact for all issues related to recycling and waste management in the region. As a certified waste management company, Awigo supports the approximately 360,000 inhabitants in the 21 cities, municipalities and integrated communities
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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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