Digital Watermarks Initiative HolyGrail 2.0 achieves milestone with successful semi-industrial validation of detection sorting unit

31 Mar 202231 Mar 2022 Heike Fischer 2024 Views 3 min read

The Digital Watermarks Initiative HolyGrail 2.0, driven by AIM – European Brands Association and powered by the Alliance to End Plastic Waste, has achieved a significant milestone with the successful validation, after semi-industrial testing mimicking real-life conditions, of the prototype detection unit for digital watermarks. The results show that the digital

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BB Engineering GmbH records order intake from Thai Polyester for four VacuFil recycling systems

30 Mar 202229 Mar 2022 Gabriele Kosmehl 1376 Views 1 min read

BB Engineering GmbH, Remscheid, Germany, a subsidiary of Oerlikon Textile, announced that Thai Polyester Co., Ltd, Thailand, has placed an order for four VacuFil systems for recycling bottle flakes with connected direct spinning. The polyester manufacturer, established in 2001 and with an overall annual capacity of 316,800 tons, is one of

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Neste works on next step towards commercialising chemical recycling of waste plastic in Porvoo, Finland

29 Mar 202229 Mar 2022 Heike Fischer 1515 Views 2 min read

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

Recycling

Treatment of odour-contaminated post-consumer plastics

28 Mar 202228 Mar 2022 Gabriele Kosmehl 1059 Views 1 min read

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.

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Industrial Physics Inc. acquires Steinfurth

25 Mar 202224 Mar 2022 Gabriele Kosmehl 900 Views 1 min read

Industrial 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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Sorema PET bottles recycling plant in operation in China

24 Mar 202223 Mar 2022 Kay Barton 1901 Views 0 min read

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

Recycling

Stadler designs and installs light packaging sorting plant for PreZero Recycling

23 Mar 202222 Mar 2022 Gabriele Kosmehl 979 Views 2 min read

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 signs agency agreement with Kanitech for Poland

22 Mar 202222 Mar 2022 Heike Fischer 1003 Views 1 min read

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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Amut successfully contributes to Viridor’s green ambitions

21 Mar 202221 Mar 2022 Heike Fischer 1265 Views 1 min read

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

Events

Postponement of Chinaplas 2022

18 Mar 202218 Mar 2022 Gabriele Kosmehl 1121 Views 0 min read

Chinaplas 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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Plastics Europe Trade Press Conference – Focus on Circular Economy

18 Mar 202217 Mar 2022 Gabriele Kosmehl 1538 Views 3 min read

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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