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Penn Color completes a $12M expansion of its facilities in Venray, The Netherlands. Added are new production capabilities for highly concentrated PVC and engineering plastics colour and additive masterbatches. The expansion also supports the production of high-end specialty coatings. The site will now produce masterbatches for use in PVC profiles and
Read moreAmerichem, a globally recognised designer and manufacturer of custom colour masterbatch, functional additives, engineered compounds, and performance technologies, has announced the expansian of their Morrisville, PA, USA plant. The 60,000 sq. ft. expansion will include an isolated 20,000 sq. ft. “Clean Compounding” room that will house up to six new compounding
Read moreIn order to accommodate the strong demand for light blocking colourants in PET packaging for dairy applications, Holland Colours is announcing the expansion of their manufacturing capacity in Asia, at their Surabaya (Indonesia) plant. Henri Jacobs, director in charge of Asia, explains: “This investment will significantly increase our capacity and capabilities
Read moreMeeting current US recycled plastics content goals by 2030 would significantly alter the region’s PET resin and upstream aromatics markets, according to a recent analysis from Wood Mackenzie. “Impact would be most felt in the PET resin market, with less of an effect on the upstream purified terephthalic acid (PTA) and
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British health food brand Press is selling its cold-pressed juices in a new container called Eco Bottle. This is made from 75% rPET and 25% bio plastic (made from sugar cane rather than fossil fuels). The company states that they were chosing PET over glass for several reasons. Firstly, to ensure
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Six petrochemical companies in Flanders, Belgium, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, and the Netherlands (Trilateral Region) announced the creation of a consortium to jointly investigate how naphtha or gas steam crackers could be operated using renewable electricity instead of fossil fuels. The Cracker of the Future consortium, which includes BASF, Borealis, BP, LyondellBasell,
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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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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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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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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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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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