South African plastic recycling figures

Plastics SA, the umbrella body representing the entire South African plastics industry, has released the plastics recycling figures for the year ending December 2019. The detailed survey of the country’s plastics recycling industry is conducted annually by the independent consultant Annabé Pretorius of Plastix 911. According to this report, 503,600 tons of plastics waste

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Disruptive Plastic Packaging Challenge

Desall, in collaboration with a leading company in the PET plastic packaging industry, invites the international community of creatives to propose innovative concepts for a new generation of recyclable packages. The contest is looking for new product concepts, for the realisation of the next generation of PET packages through stretch blow moulding, and invites

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Priority Plastics continues to invest in more capacity

Priority Plastics announces the acquisition and installation of new injection stretch blow moulding production capabilities in their US manufacturing facility in Portland, Indiana. According to the company, this single-stage technology is new to the United States and exclusive to Priority Plastics, significantly increasing PET container capacity and the ability to offer

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CarbonLite produces marketable product from used bottle caps and labels

CarbonLite Holdings LLC, recycler of plastic beverage bottles, has developed a pelletised material using the caps and labels from the plastic bottles it recycles. It is targeting the injection moulding industry with its new offering, a blend of polypropylene and polyethylene dubbed CaPOLabel.  The new product is produced from post-consumer beverage

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Husky releases award-winning Ultra Helix 250 T2 nozzle for small parts

Husky Injection Molding Systems, a leading industrial technology provider to the plastics processing community, announced the release of the newest addition to the Ultra Helix Valve Gate nozzle lineup, the Ultra Helix 250 T2. The advanced design of Ultra Helix nozzles minimises wear, providing industry leading gate quality and longevity. The

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And&Or Group buys the Madrid company Franco Dolfini Automation

And&Or strengthens its position and offer of machinery and solutions for the blow moulding industry with the acquisition of the Madrid company Franco Dolfini Automation (FDA). Franco Dolfini Automation is a machinery Spanish manufacturer for the automation of plastic botlles manufacturing processes.This 25 employees company, with a turnover of approximately 2

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