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With the aim of establishing and expanding business, ABC compressors has established 6 new services in Poland, Ukraine, Romania, Croatia, Bulgaria and Hungary in the last two years. Thus, in order to be much closer to the final client and to assure the quickest service, all of them have a significant
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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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Thyssenkrupp’s plant engineering business has won a second order from the Turkish packaging producer Köksan for a new PET production plant. The plant will be built in Gaziantep, Turkey, next to an existing production line erected by thyssenkrupp in 2013. Its construction will double the site’s production capacity to 432,000 tons
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As of 1 April 2020, PlastiKCs is now actively selling Sumitomo (SHI) Demag injection moulding machines, as well as robotic systems and peripheral equipment for plastics processing companies in Belgium and Luxembourg. Proven injection moulding expert Kurt Callewaert founded the company together with Thiele & Kor Plastics Machinery B.V., Sumitomo (SHI)
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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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Carbios and TechnipFMC announced that TechnipFMC’s operating center in Lyon, France will be assisting Carbios to build a plant that demonstrates Carbios’ Enzymatic Recycling Process. The technology uses proprietary enzymes to recycle waste PET plastics into monomers ready for repolymerisation into PET with the same technical and physical properties as virgin
Read moreEngel has resumed production, manufacturing and assembly in its Austrian plants. The two machine factories in Schwertberg and St. Valentin, as well as the robot factory in Dietach, could be ramped up as planned after the Easter holidays. Some of the work in the offices is also being done on site
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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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In these weeks marked by the Coronavirus emergency, large-scale retail sales have increased compared to the same period of 2019 (Source: Nielsen). The categories of products that are the most involved are the ones related to the trend to stock up on food and beverages, to focus on prevention and health
Read moreThe Plastics Industry Association (Plastics) announced three new executive appointments: Glenn Anderson, vice president, industry relations and member engagement as of April 6; Matt Seaholm, vice president of government affairs; and Brendan Thomas, vice president of advocacy and voice. Both Seaholm’s and Thomas’ roles take effect on April 15. “We are
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Holland Colours NV, producer of colour concentrates for the polymer industry, announced that Tanja van Dinteren has been nominated as the new CFO. She will join the company on June 1, 2020. The official appointment of Tanja van Dinteren will take place by means of nomination to the shareholders at the
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