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Proceeding on the target of commercializing chemical recycling of waste plastic, Neste is conducting a feasibility study to examine investing in capacity for processing liquefied waste plastic at its refinery in Porvoo, Finland. The goal is to scale up processing capabilities for liquefied waste plastic by implementing proprietary technologies to pretreat
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A large amount of plastic waste from consumer-market packaging is generated daily. In order to obtain high-quality plastic recyclates from these material streams, and to be able to make them reusable for high-quality applications, odorous substances that have migrated into the material during the course of the product-life must be removed.
Read moreIndustrial Physics Inc. announced that it has acquired Steinfurth, a specialist in producing quality control instruments and solutions for the beverage, food, and pharmaceutical industries. For more than 80 years, German based organisation Steinfurth has been developing and producing CO2 measuring instruments, logger systems, carbonation systems, laboratory shakers, beer analysis instruments,
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Recently, in the Chinese province of Fujian, a new Sorema rPET line with a production capacity of 9,000 kg/h of flakes became fully operational and a second rPET line will be operational in the coming months. Both lines are designed to achieve high quality of rPET flakes to manufacture polyester monofilaments
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Environmental services provider PreZero commissioned Stadler, the globally active German company specialised in the planning, production and assembly of turnkey recycling and sorting plants, to design and install a state-of-the-art light packaging sorting facility in Eitting, Germany. The new facility is capable of sorting the packaging fractions by colour and, very
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Negri Bossi strengthens its presence in Poland with the appointment of a new agent Kanitech. Kanitech is a growing company that supplies complete solutions for plastic processing companies. The service follows all stages of the process, from the supply of plastic material to the injection machines and ancillaries. Where necessary, the
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In 2020 Amut was selected by UK-based Viridor, one of the global leading actors embodying the circular economy philosophy, for its world class polymer recycling facility. Viridor is actively committed to increasing recycling and achieving net zero emissions to build a world where nothing goes to waste. The new UK’s largest
Read moreChinaplas organiser Adsale Exhibition informed that the 35th edition of the trade show has to be postponed: “In view of the latest COVID development and the further tightening of the pandemic control measures in Shanghai and other provinces of China, and to protect the health and safety of all show participants
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Every year Plastics Europe Germany, the association of plastics producers, holds its trade press day, usually right around the beginning of spring. And so it was again this year. Around two dozen participants across the trade press found their way digitally to an exciting event on 15 March 2022, where (almost)
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Bickford’s in Australia reached out to Sidel to launch two new PET formats for its premium syrup and juice brands, to complement previously designed & commissioned 1 litre formats. Sidel states that their experts conducted the line conversion with its latest remote solutions in just two days for each new format.
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Online conference March 24, 2:00 – 3:00 pm CET Content Ask the experts: Learn from Sascha Baumanns, Head of Sales at Intravis about the possibilities of inspecting tethered caps. Mark Smith, Senior Vice President at Universal Closure and Michael Fink, VP Sales & Marketing of z-moulds will report on their joint
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