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“Born Again” – State-of-the-art recycling plant inaugurated in Bangalore Manjushree Technopack Limited (MTL),India’s largest rigid plastics packaging company and backed by Advent International, launched its new initiative “Born Again” to deliver recycled packaging material to the FMCG Industry and support brands in their journey of creating a greener world. Born Again,
Read moreIndorama Ventures Public Company Limited would like to inform that it has, through its indirect subsidiary Indorama Ventures Polimeros S.A., acquired 100% equity stake of AG Resinas Ltda., a limited liability company incorporated under the laws of Brazil and completed the transaction on June 8, 2020. AG Resinas is a PET
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Shake up of main concerns for business performance during crisis / Image of plastics appearing less negative / Sales decline for most companies: Covid-19 is impacting the European plastics industry in various ways. More than three quarters of plastics companies reported lower sales this spring compared to April 2019, with around
Read moreRecyClass Recyclability Methodology document provides comprehensive information on the assessment methods used to assess and certify recyclability of a plastic package. By certifying packaging compatibility with a recycling process, the methodology is geared towards setting a level playing field for design for recycling claims of the value chain actors. RecyClass specifies
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Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is becoming increasingly important. With Clarissa Graf, the Austrian mechanical engineering company Starlinger has hired a Sustainability Manager to address this essential task; since autumn 2019, she has been actively defining CSR measures for the internal and external implementation of the company strategy. One of these measures
Read moreIn a position paper published on the 2nd of June 2020, Chemical Recycling Europe calls for a faster recognition and legislation review to unlock the potential of chemical recycling. The recycling industry plays an important role in the transition to a more circular economy by turning polymeric waste into new value-added
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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 KHS Group has invested €20 million in modernising its headquarters on Juchostraße in Dortmund, Germany. In a bundle of measures underway since 2015 the company has built a huge, approximately 4,300m2 production shop and fully renovated another. As one of the world’s leading providers of filling and packaging systems for
Read moreThe Plastics Industry Association (Plastics) announced two internal promotions to strengthen its sustainability and materials portfolios. Ashley Hood-Morley is now Senior Director of Sustainability and Materials, and Patrick Krieger is the Director of Sustainability and Materials. Hood-Morley will oversee all projects and programs related to Plastics’ materials, sustainability and recycling initiatives.
Read moreCombitool AG, located in Bäretswil, Switzerland, and PackSys Global AG, located in Rüti, Switzerland, announced that the two companies have merged. The merged companies will operate under the name of PackSys Global AG. Design, manufacture and service support for Combitool AG and PackSys Global AG machines will continue uninterrupted from Bäretswil
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