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Sustainable technology company Anellotech states that it recently achieved new milestones at its TCat-8 pilot plant in Texas, USA, thereby progressing its 100% bio-based bottle collaboration with global consumer beverage company Suntory. Anellotech’s TCat-8 pilot plant is using Bio-TCat technology, a thermal catalytic process which converts non-food biomass feedstock material into
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Retal’s major investment in state-of-the-art equipment at its facility near Pittsburg has enabled this leading packaging manufacturer to deliver preforms to make the ‘glass-like look’ of PET using recycled PET – commonly known as rPET. It is with pride that Retal can confirm that its rPET preforms have been chosen by
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Moretto, South Hall 17095, on Monday 7th May at 10.45a.m., Moretto USA will proudly take part in the Bottle Zone Technical Forum, presenting a background and overview of the Eureka Plus drying system. Motivated by success with a growing list of USA customers, Moretto USA will exhibit prominantly at NPE2018 with
Read moreVertellus, South Hall 10155, Vertellus, a leading global supplier of additives to the plastics and polymer industries, will introduce two new technologies for driving increased use of recycled polyester in nylon resins (creating alloys) and enhancing the benefits of rPET. By enabling new alloys and compounds containing these recycled resins to
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Repi at NPE2018 – South Hall S19103 For the second time Repi LLC will be exhibiting at the American’s leading plastics trade show. Located immediately over the Bottle Zone, Repi will presenting the entire range of liquid colours, additives and equipment for all plastics and their disparate applications. The portfolio comprises
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Chinaplas, Moretto, Hall 2 Booth C61 The Chinese plastic industry market has huge potential and is increasingly sensitive to new technologies. At Chinaplas, the Italian company Moretto presents solutions, know-how and service for material handling, drying, blending, heat transfer and size reduction equipment, able to respond to the needs of Chinese
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Chinaplas, Eisbaer, Hall 2 Booth B51 In the field of auxiliary equipment, Eisbär ma-nufactures systems to improve quality and productivity for the plastics industry focusing on systems to avoid condensation on moulds, cap cooling, drying of plastic resin, processing PET flakes, crystallisation as well as mixing and dosing. The Eisbär mixing
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Chinaplas, Maag, Hall 2 Booth P83 Maag, a leading global manufacturer of gear pumps, pelletising and filtration systems as well as pulverisers for challenging applications, is highlighting pelletising systems for plastic producers, compounders and recyclers. Chinaplas is also Maag’s first joint appearance with Ettlinger, a manufacturer of high-performance melt filters for
Read moreAnellotech, a sustainable technology company pioneering the Bio-TCat process for production of cost-competitive renewable chemicals and fuels from non-food biomass, announced a key operating milestone, achieving two weeks of continuous operation of its seven-story tall TCat-8 pilot plant, producing aromatics (primarily benzene, toluene, and xylenes) from loblolly pine feedstock. Anellotech also
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Speciality chemical company Croda International Plc announced that one of its latest innovations, Incroslip SL, has been granted approval for use as an additive in the manufacture of polyolefin plastic materials and articles that come into contact with food according to Commission Regulation (EU) No 10/2011 as amended. This latest update
Read moreOut of 3.147.000 tonnes of PET bottles and containers placed in the European market in 2016, a remarkable number of 59.8% – in total 1.880.900 tonnes – were collected and thereof 1.773.200 tonnes mechanically recycled. These conclusions come from the annual PCI Wood Mackenzie PET recycle survey for West Europe in
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