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Customer satisfaction is always the top priority for François Desfretier, Managing Director of PDG Plastiques. His customers don’t just come to PDG with standard enquiries – they also approach him with projects that other converters don’t really dare to tackle. PDG has built up a highly specialised machine park for this
Read moreThe High Court in Ireland has approved the examiner’s scheme of arrangement for Wellman International, paving the way for a new ownership structure. The decision means that Indorama Ventures has achieved its aim of finding a new investor for the Irish operations, while preserving employment at the Mullagh-based recycling specialist. Under
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TOMRA Recycling has published its latest eBook, ‘AI in Recycling: Unlocking New Possibilities’. This comprehensive guide explores the rapidly evolving role of Artificial Intelligence (AI), particularly deep learning (DL), in revolutionising the global recycling industry and driving material circularity. The free-to-download eBook aims to demystify deep learning, explaining its mechanisms and
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Amcor has announced that Kotlin, one of Poland’s top-selling ketchup brands, selected its Sava Flip Top closure for its lightweight and user-friendly features. Produced by Maspex, one of Central and Eastern Europe’s largest food and drink manufacturers, Kotlin is a modern brand with a rich tradition. The Sava closure is lighter
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The market intelligence platform IndexBox has published a new report: China – Carboys, Bottles And Similar Articles Of Plastics – Market Analysis, Forecast, Size, Trends and Insights. According to the report, in 2024, consumption of carboys, bottles and similar articles of plastics decreased by -0.6% to 5.9M tons, falling for the
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As part of our Circular Economy Tour 2025, Ruari McCallion visited Avient at its Knowsley, UK, facility. Avient Corporation, based in Avon Lake, Ohio, USA, operates over 100 production sites across 35 countries and employs approximately 9,400 people. The company provides advanced material solutions to a wide range of industries, including
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STADLER, the German company specialising in the planning, production, and assembly of turnkey sorting plants, has completed and commissioned a lightweight packaging (LVP) sorting facility for PreZero Sorting Austria GmbH in Sollenau. The facility is the largest and most complex that STADLER has built to date, underlining the scale of the
Read moreThe recent shutdown of Vernon-based PET recycler rPlanet Earth should serve as a wake-up call to policymakers in California and across the country, according to a recent statement from the Association of Plastics Recyclers (APR). The organization notes that rPlanet Earth represented around 4% of the nation’s rPET capacity, and that
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drinktec, the world’s leading trade fair for the beverage and liquid food industry, closed its 2025 edition with 58,281 visitors (2022: 50,000 visitors). From September 15 – 19, Munich once again served as the international meeting point for exchange, innovation, and future-oriented projects. Attendees came from 164 countries, with 70 per
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Packaging and recycling specialist ALPLA has celebrated its 70th anniversary, looking back on its development from a family start-up in Austria to a global company with 200 locations in 46 countries. Founded in 1955 by brothers Alwin and Helmuth Lehner in their parents’ laundry room in Hard, Austria, ALPLA has grown
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The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has newly released an NOL (No Objection Letter) for the polypropylene (PP) cap-to-cap recycling process on the Starlinger recoSTAR dynamic recycling system. The NOL applies for the manufacture of bottle caps for beverages under Conditions of Use C to H. Bottle caps made of
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