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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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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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PackSys, Hall 3, Booth D90 PackSys Global manufactures high speed machines for creating tamper evident bands by folding and slitting plastic caps. Until now the most important quality control test, known as the pull-off test, which checks the strength and consistency of the tamper evident band, has been done periodically offline
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SMI S.p.A., Hall14. Booth B69 Among the exhibits of SMI will be the compact EBS 4 K ERGON series of compact fully electronic stretch-blow moulders. Capable of satisfying production demands of up to 9,200 bph, the EBS K models are available in 2, 3 and 4-cavity versions, and offer all the advantages
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Maag, Hall 9, Booth A04 For the first time in its history, all the Maag Group’s companies will be showing together at the K show, featuring all their system solutions together on their joint booth. Maag will also be represented in hall 16 in the VDMA’s Circular Economy Pavilion. The experience
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Starlinger, Hall 9, Booth D22 PET bottle flakes are a valuable secondary resource. At K show, Starlinger recycling technology will be presenting recycling solutions for three different applications: bottle-to-bottle, bottle-to-fibre, and bottle-to-bag. Bottle-to-bottle: Starlinger has installed more than 55 PET bottle-to-bottle recycling lines worldwide with a total installed capacity of >550,000
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KHS, Hall13, Booth H75 KHS presents a new PET concept based on the juice bottle as an example. It combines individual environmentally friendly packaging solutions in one container and thereby supports the theory of circular economy. Kai Acker, CEO of KHS, emphasises the continuously growing demand in the food and beverage
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