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Online conference on November 5, 2020, 4:00 – 5:00 pm CEST In the EU, tethered closures will soon be mandatory for most single-use plastic containers. We expect other regions around the world to adopt similar legislation in the near future. How do you seize on that opportunity? What’s involved?Our PETinar has
Read moreDespite multiple policies to restrict their use, global consumption of rigid and flexible single-use packaging will continue to grow to reach 48.5 million tonnes in 2025; even as Covid-19 reshapes the global economy. New research available now in The Future of Single-use Plastic Packaging to 2025 from Smithers, tracks how this
Read morePlastics SA, the umbrella body representing the entire South African plastics industry, has released the plastics recycling figures for the year ending December 2019. The detailed survey of the country’s plastics recycling industry is conducted annually by the independent consultant Annabé Pretorius of Plastix 911. According to this report, 503,600 tons of plastics waste
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Desall, in collaboration with a leading company in the PET plastic packaging industry, invites the international community of creatives to propose innovative concepts for a new generation of recyclable packages. The contest is looking for new product concepts, for the realisation of the next generation of PET packages through stretch blow moulding, and invites
Read moreCarbonLite Holdings LLC, recycler of plastic beverage bottles, has developed a pelletised material using the caps and labels from the plastic bottles it recycles. It is targeting the injection moulding industry with its new offering, a blend of polypropylene and polyethylene dubbed CaPOLabel. The new product is produced from post-consumer beverage
Read moreHusky Injection Molding Systems, a leading industrial technology provider to the plastics processing community, announced the release of the newest addition to the Ultra Helix Valve Gate nozzle lineup, the Ultra Helix 250 T2. The advanced design of Ultra Helix nozzles minimises wear, providing industry leading gate quality and longevity. The
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And&Or strengthens its position and offer of machinery and solutions for the blow moulding industry with the acquisition of the Madrid company Franco Dolfini Automation (FDA). Franco Dolfini Automation is a machinery Spanish manufacturer for the automation of plastic botlles manufacturing processes.This 25 employees company, with a turnover of approximately 2
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With immediate effect, ips Pelletizing Solutions GmbH & Co. KG is supplying a newly developed, compact rotary drum for the inline crystallisation of PET pellets to supplement its underwater pelletising system ips-UWG S and as a “stand-alone” device. The ips-DR/K with its compact, horizontal design and dedicated process guidance is claimed
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Firmenich, the world’s largest privately-owned Perfume and Taste company, announced the opening of its new biotechnology and naturals pilot plant and laboratory in Geneva, Switzerland. Benefiting from the latest digital technology, the facility opens a new era for the development of ingredients and clean label solutions by providing faster speed-to-market and
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Tomra Collection Solutions has officially launched five recycling centers in conjunction with the state of Western Australia’s new deposit return system for recycling empty beverage containers, Containers For Change. The global reverse vending leader’s recycling centers – located at Osborne Park, Kelmscott, Myaree, Belmont and Joondalup – will each feature 11-12
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Borealis and Menshen, a leading specialist for plastic closures and packaging systems, have collaborated on a series of 10 packaging closures based on Borcycle, an evolving recycling technology which transforms polyolefin-based waste streams into value-adding versatile solutions. Borcycle is used to manufacture a range of compounds made of recycled polyolefins (rPO)
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