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Chinaplas 2024, which concluded successfully in Shanghai in April 2024, wrote a brilliant chapter of boundless innovation. The show will set sail once again towards the vibrant Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (GBA), where it is full of business opportunities. Chinaplas 2025 is scheduled to take place on April 15-18, 2025,
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CCL Label, a leading producer of labels and packaging solutions, has announced the extension of its award-winning low density, floatable polyolefin (PO) shrink sleeve that is a sustainable alternative for existing materials that are detrimental to recycling. “We are proud to share our extended range of floatable shrink sleeves that work
Read moreCarbios, a pioneer in the development and industrialisation of biological technologies to reinvent the life cycle of plastic and textiles, and FCC Environment UK (“FCC”), one of the UK’s leading recycling and waste management companies, have signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) to jointly study the implementation of a UK-based plant
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Emirates Biotech is pleased to announce that following the appointment of Marc Verbruggen as CEO last month, François de Bie has been appointed as Chief Commercial Officer, Aman Kulshrestha as Chief Technology Officer and Margrete L. Wie as Head of Finance. This new leadership team, which will be based in Dubai,
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Origin Materials, a technology company with a mission to enable the world’s transition to sustainable materials, revealed engineering and design innovations in its manufacturing of tethered PET caps, the first tethered PET caps ever made. “The EU Single-Use Plastic Directive, which came into effect last month, mandates that caps stay connected
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Keykeg and Dufor, the supplier of high-quality polyester for Keykeg and Unikeg PET kegs, have successfully created a circular production loop. Bert Hanssen, Sustainability and R&D Advisor at Keykeg, explains that their collaboration focuses on circular plastic packaging for beer and wine: “About five years ago, we started looking for partners
Read moreDomino Printing Sciences (Domino) announced the launch of a new range of high-speed product handling and printing solutions designed to support beverage manufacturers’ move away from labels on bottles for environmental and legislative reasons. Domino’s range of bottle closure printing stations has been developed to print variable data and machine-readable codes,
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The KHS Group is expanding its virtual 3D line design software. Various new features have been launched to allow customers to gain a holistic impression of their potential system as early as during the offer phase. After introducing 3D line design to the offer phase two years ago, the Dortmund systems
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The Plastics Recycling Show Middle East & Africa (PRS ME&A) is set to take place at the Dubai World Trade Centre in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, from September 10-12, 2024. This three-day exhibition and conference is the only event in the region dedicated exclusively to plastics recycling. PRS ME&A aims to
Read moreKrones continued its profitable growth in the first six months of 2024 and remains very optimistic for the full year. The company’s markets are largely unaffected by economic fluctuations and customers continue to be very keen to invest. After a good first quarter, demand for Krones’ products and services continued to
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Christian Maget appointed as CEO and Anatol Sattel as CSO, effective 1 September 2024 – Sumitomo (SHI) Demag, Schwaig, has announced the next phase of the company’s succession plan following the retirement of incumbent CEO Gerd Liebig, who has led the Group for nine years. Effective 1 September 2024, Christian Maget
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