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Drinktec Moretto, Hall C1 – Booth 622 Moisture Meter in-line resin moisture analyser is Moretto’s latest product for the PET market. The company claims that it is the only device currently available that can assure an accurate, online measurement of residual PET granule moisture. The machine verifies residual granule moisture content
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Drinktec Milliken will demonstrate how its ClearShield Colorless UV Absorbers can bring value to PET packaging by protecting UV-sensitive contents from degradation while maintaining the material’s clarity and transparency. ClearShield is intended to protect beverages and other UV-sensitive contents against harmful light exposure by incorporating the UV blocker into the PET
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Drinktec Sesotec, Hall A4 – Stand 306 At the Drinktec, Sesotec GmbH presents itself for the first time as a supplier of complete sorting stations for PET flake recycling. The revised Flake Purifier+ multi-sensor sorting system will be the company’s highlight. A complete PET flake sorting line from Sesotec offers advantages
Read moreDrinktec Repi, Hall A4 – Stand 500 Repi, multinational producer of liquid colours and additives for plastics, will present its focus on plastic packaging applications. If flexibility, product safety, sustainability and ease of operation are the key words for the packaging industry, then Repi claims to be on track. Flexibility because
Read moreHolland Colours is launching Holcopearl 2287 for PET packaging. The polymer-based product is intended to deliver deep colours with optimal dispersion on automated lines running at high speeds. “The idea to develop Holcopearl came from customer feedback and the trends we see in the industry and among our customers and their
Read moreEconomic and demographic trends are key determinants of packaging market growth within any particular country. As an economy and real personal disposable incomes grow, then so too does consumer demand for packaged products. In its new report, The Future of Rigid Plastic Packaging to 2022, Smithers Pira’s critical analysis of the
Read moreCarbios, a green chemistry company specialising in enzymatic bioprocesses applied to plastic and textile polymers, and TechnipFMC, a leading company in the fields of energy, chemistry and bio-sourced industries, announce the launch of a project for the industrial development of Carbios PET enzymatic recycling process. This will allow to produce virgin
Read moreVTT Technical Research Centre of Finland has developed a method for producing furan dicarboxylic acid (FDCA) from plant sugars for the production of drinking bottles, paints and industrial resins, which they claim is environmentally sound and economical. This technology enables production of plant-based products. VTT’s new method provides a new route
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Whether powder, pellets, regrind, granulate, flakes or fibers – the new Spectroflex V of Motan is a volumetric dosing unit for continuous processes, designed for many different applications. Should material colour, flow properties or grain size change, than motan´s exchange system offers a simple way to swap materials without the need
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At the 5th Duxes Dairy China Summit next week, PolyOne will be presenting an update for its high-performance light blocking technology for liquid dairy packaging. Lactra SX light blocking additive, which is marketed by PolyOne’s ColorMatrix business, protects liquid dairy products packaged in mono-layer PET bottles from degrading due to light
Read moreClariant offers enhanced formulations of CESA-extend masterbatches that restore important material properties to recycled condensation polymers including PET, PLA, and PC. This means even high percentages of regrind can be incorporated with virgin resin without significantly reducing physical properties required in food-contact and other high-performance packaging applications, says the specialty chemicals
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