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R&D/Leverage Europe Product Solutions Lab R&D/Leverage’s Product Solutions Lab has overcome Covid-19 restrictions, lockdowns and travel constraints to maintain crucial services to converters and brand owners alike throughout the pandemic. R&D/Leverage’s Product Solutions Lab (PSL) in Ashfield, Nottinghamshire, England, has grown hugely since it was first established, 15 years ago. It
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Swedish company Heatlock, pioneers of ceramics in hotrunners, demonstrates clear advantages in heat loss and consequent energy usage by using ceramics in key components. Heatlock Co Ltd, which was originally founded in Sweden and remains in the hands of the second generation of the Helldin family, has been manufacturing hotrunners for
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The BKG Flexdisc by Nordson Corporation, that enhances melt filtration in the recycling of post-consumer PET, has been selected to be a finalist in the Plastics Recycling Awards Europe competition. The category in which it is shortlisted is “Recycling Machinery Innovation of the Year.” Two to four Flexdiscs can be combined
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During the production of PET preforms, the molecule acetaldehyde (AA) is formed as a by-product of PET. AA can also be found in nature, e.g. in citrus fruits. Because if its intense taste an excessively high AA content in PET preforms is undesirable. In addition to the recipe, the main influencing
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Sipa Duo Mini Stackable is shortlisted as a finalist for Plastic Packaging Product of the year category of the Plastics Recycling Awards Europe. The packaging has been created with the aim to make the most out of recycled materials and from green technologies for packaging production. Sipa Duo Mini Stackable weighs
Read moreCarbios, a company pioneering new enzymatic solutions to reinvent the lifecycle of plastic and textile polymers, was selected among hundreds of candidates as one of the World Economic Forum’s “Technology Pioneers”. Carbios is opening new sustainable and competitive avenues for the virtuous management of the life cycle of plastic and textile
Read moreNow the deadline for registrations for K 2022 has been reached, the organisers report high demand for the trade fair, to be held in Düsseldorf from 19 to 26 October 2022. “K 2022 will again occupy the entire fairgrounds,” rejoices Erhard Wienkamp, Managing Director at Messe Düsseldorf, and goes on to
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Indorama Ventures (IVL), a global chemicals producer, has completed its acquisition of CarbonLite Holdings’ facility in Texas as part of the company’s commitment to increasing PET recycling capacity. Now known as Indorama Ventures Sustainable Recycling (IVSR), the Dallas site is one of the largest producers of food-grade recycled pellets (rPET) in
Read moreIndorama Ventures Public Company Limited (IVL), a global petrochemical producer, has started developing a new technology center under its Integrated Oxides & Derivatives (IOD) business at The Woodlands, Texas. The new facility will be the company’s U.S. research and development hub for new products used in the home, personal and industrial
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In cooperation with Alpla, the Slovenian mineral water company Donat replaced its PET and glass packaging entirely with 100% rPET bottles. With this step, the company intends to cut its carbon emissions by up to 90%. Under the motto of ‘green to green’, Alpla initiated the use of 100% green rPET
Read morefood & drink technology (fdt) Africa, the premier trade fair for the processing, filling, packaging and logistics for Africa’s food and beverage industry, has been cancelled. Suzette Scheepers, CEO of event organisers Messe Muenchen South Africa, says the event, which had been scheduled to take place at the Gallagher Convention Centre
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