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The 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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Krones, Hall 15, Booth 15.1 Holistic recycling of packaging Millions of bottles are recycled using Krones’ MetaPure systems, handling different material qualities, all the way up to food-grade PET. Since Krones apply a holistic approach to recycling, they are expanding their technology step-by-step to include other types of plastics. The MetaPure
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Milliken, Hall 6, Booth A27 Milliken’s stated goal is to assist in “enabling plastics to improve people’s lives and transform the impact plastics have on the environment for the better.” In aligning itself with the chemical industry’s long-standing Responsible Care initiative, Milliken is committed to being a good corporate citizen through
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Urola, Hall 14, Booth B14 The Urbi Series of Urola linear blowers, 100% electric, have a compact, solid and ergonomic design that guarantees high performance for the manufacture of PET containers with a capacity of up to 10 l and speeds between 2,500 and 13,600 bph. Because of the high technology and the
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Sacmi, Hall 13, Booth A63 The common thread running through all the new Sacmi products at the K show is sustainability. The solutions on display demonstrate means of reducing the amount of virgin resin used in processes and augmenting opportunities for complete recycling, in accordance with circular economy principles. It will
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Kiefer, Hall 3, Booth C94 In cooperation based on partnership Kiefer mold technologies bring 30 years of know-how as an independent tool maker into the customer’s ideas, across the fields of thermoforming, PET blow moulding and injection moulding. The company states to be a leading partner for the plastics processing industry
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Cypet, Hall 14, Booth C58 120 l open-mouth PET drum with 400 mm neck diameter Drums are used for the storage and transport of a wide variety of products. Traditionally metal has been the material of choice, however plastic drums made from HDPE have become very popular as well as fibre drums to
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Engel, Hall 15, Booth B42-C58 At K 2019 the Engel e-mac 280 is taking to the packaging floor, allowing for a more granular performance gradation for the packaging industry in all-electric use cases. The Engel e-mac machines are exclusively equipped with particularly powerful servo-motors, including the ejector and nozzle movement. This
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Kreyenborg, Hall 9, Booth A55 Infrared-rotary drums for various applications in plastics processing and recycling At its exhibition stand, Kreyenborg GmbH & Co. KG from Senden, Germany, will be showing its IRD B 180/270-135, thus representing all kinds of infrared applications in the plastics processing and recycling industry. Individual, tailor-made infrared
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And&Or, Hall 14, Booth B03 The And&Or AGV is specially designed for flexible blow moulding line automation, which requires intensive work and complex production flows. It can easily be integrated in existing production plants, with no need for machine movements or civil works. It allows the transport of pallets, boxes, bottle
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