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Tecnofer, Hall 9, Booth C76 Flexibility, compactness, water and energy saving: these are the strong points of the new hot treatment unit MTC1 that Tecnofer will show at K’ 2019. The scope of this machine is to remove contaminants like glue and oil from the PE-PP-PET flakes using a hot washing
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CHT, Hall 8a, Booth D50 lastics have become an indispensable part of our everyday lives, since their low specific weight and special versatility allow us to improve our quality of life. However, what happens to the synthetic materials after they have been used? At present, almost the entire population is concerned
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Penncolor, Hall 7, Level 2, Booth B13 Penn Color’s pennaHolt brings the benefits of high opacity – low TiO2 to mono- and multi-layer PET packages. Bottles with pennaHolt are more material-efficient, faster and more energy-efficient to manufacture and are recyclable at higher rates in the non-clear rPET stream. Penn Color’s penneffex
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Corvaglia, Hall 12, Booth A51-10 Corvaglia will be de-monstrating designs for closures that are attached to bottles (known as “tethered caps”). These conform to the requirements set down in EU Directive 2019/904 on the reduction of the impact of certain plastic products on the environment. Corvaglia has developed solutions for carbonated
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Otto Hofstetter, Hall 1, Booth C12 Following the successful trade fairs of previous years, the Swiss company Otto Hofstetter wil have their own booth showcasing their latest products and services. Otto Hofstetter is a producer of PET Preform moulds from 2 up to 192 cavities, as well as for injection moulds
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An expert at De Montfort University Leicester (DMU), UK, has successfully manufactured the first-of-its-kind prosthetic limb socket made from recycled bottles. Dr Karthikeyan Kandan, senior lecturer in Mechanical Engineering at DMU, found he could grind the bottles down and use the granulated material to spin polyester yarns, which can then be
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Sipa, Hall 13, Booth B11 Sipa’s new XForm GEN4 XP system incorporates the latest generation of preform injection moulding technology to deliver the lowest conversion cost alongside unmatched speed, flexibility and ease of use. New technology incorporated into 250, 350 and 500t system, capable of running with moulds holding up to
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AptarGroup, Inc., a global leader in dispensing, drug delivery and active packaging solutions, announced that the company has entered into a partnership with Loop, a global circular shopping platform from TerraCycle that delivers consumer products in reusable containers. As part of the partnership agreement, Aptar’s President of Food + Beverage, Marc
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The water brand Dasani announced a robust pipeline of sustainable packaging innovations in support of The Coca-Cola Company’s global “World Without Waste” goal to make its bottles and cans with an average of 50% recycled material by 2030. Updates to Dasani’s packaging line-up are designed to reduce plastic waste and increase
Read moreWeener Plastics Group announced that Roel Zeevat, who has been Chief Executive Officer of the Group since July 2013, has decided to leave the company to pursue the next phase of his career outside Weener Plastics Group. Anthonie Zoomers, who has almost 30 years of executive management experience, will take over
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Expected to begin operations in Q1 2021, the facility expands Milliken’s chemical manufacturing footprint to support increasing demand across Asia, including rapidly growing markets in India and China. The company currently operates an applications lab and technical service and sales office in Singapore, and recently celebrated its 20-year presence in the
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