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To address the growing concern of plastic waste in India, 31 leading companies in the industry have joined forces to jointly launch Asia’s largest, first-of-its-kind, producer led and owned venture for creating a formal plastic circular economy in the country. Together, the participating companies will mobilise and converge assets, resources, and
Read moreThe Plastics Recycling World Expo, Plastics Extrusion World Expo, Compounding World Expo and Polymer Testing World Expo will take place at Messe Essen in Germany on 3-4 June 2020. More than 200 companies have already booked stands. The trade shows will be free to attend. The trade shows will feature five
Read moreThe polymer industry is facing an unprecedented moment brought on by a global shift towards circularity and sustainability. The European Commission’s Strategy for Plastics and increasing brand-owner commitments for recycled content in packaging puts pressure on an industry challenged already by supply constraints and market uncertainty. With the full value chain
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Tecnofer, Hall 9, Booth C76 Flexibility, compactness, water and energy saving: these are the strong points of the new hot treatment unit MTC1 that Tecnofer will show at K’ 2019. The scope of this machine is to remove contaminants like glue and oil from the PE-PP-PET flakes using a hot washing
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Penncolor, Hall 7, Level 2, Booth B13 Penn Color’s pennaHolt brings the benefits of high opacity – low TiO2 to mono- and multi-layer PET packages. Bottles with pennaHolt are more material-efficient, faster and more energy-efficient to manufacture and are recyclable at higher rates in the non-clear rPET stream. Penn Color’s penneffex
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Otto Hofstetter, Hall 1, Booth C12 Following the successful trade fairs of previous years, the Swiss company Otto Hofstetter wil have their own booth showcasing their latest products and services. Otto Hofstetter is a producer of PET Preform moulds from 2 up to 192 cavities, as well as for injection moulds
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Corvaglia, Hall 12, Booth A51-10 Corvaglia will be de-monstrating designs for closures that are attached to bottles (known as “tethered caps”). These conform to the requirements set down in EU Directive 2019/904 on the reduction of the impact of certain plastic products on the environment. Corvaglia has developed solutions for carbonated
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Motan, Hall 9, Booth C64 Motan is focusing on two topics while at K‘2019: along with the new products Spectroplus, Metroflow, Luxor CA A and the new material loader range Metro SG, the company is also addressing the core topic of this year’s K show – circular economy. The Spectroplus is
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Torus, Hall 14, Booth B64 Torus Measurement Systems will be demonstrating automated modular intelligence at their first ever K show appearance. Their latest development, the TQ Lab, is intended to expand on Torus’ unique modular philosophy and to offer customers a new approach to quality control whilst maintaining the most critical
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1Blow, Hall 14, Booth B70 rPET is more than just a trend, it is a reality for all companies who have put sustainability in their daily rules. Thanks to their advanced features, all 1 Blow machines are suitable for the production of PET bottles with up to 100% rPET. However, due to
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Sukano, Hall 8a, Booth H28 For a long time the reuse of PET was limited to application like fibre or often downcycling its original use. Times have changed and calls for innovative products and functionalities that address the poor quality and lack of standardisation of the current bale profiles as well
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