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Plastics recyclers released a set of bales quality guidelines to drive market transformation towards circularity. “It is time to understand that each product needs to be sorted towards a specific stream to keep the value of plastics,” said Ton Emans, PRE President and Chairman LDPE Working Group, “These guidelines are the
Read moreNow is the time to explore the processing and packaging industries in The Philippines – a powerful market with a large population and is one of the top performers in ASEAN. ProPak Philippines 2019 will be the first highly international professional B2B trade event for the processing and packaging industries to
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The Open House event on November 20/21 had already been the second occasion as part of which Maag, Gala, and Reduction Engineering Scheer showcased their products together. This particular event centered around “Rotomolding” and took place at the subsidiary in Grossostheim, Germany. The Open House event had been scheduled for two
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Prof. Dr.-Ing. Matthias Niemeyer, chairman of the Executive Management Board at KHS GmbH, is leaving the company at his own request to face new challenges elsewhere. In his years in this post he has sustainably furthered technological product development, made an important contribution to significantly increasing sales and bringing about a
Read moreAfter 13 very successful years as Board Member of MHT Mold & Hotrunner Technology AG, Christoph Kückels will leave the company on November 30, 2017, to tackle new challenges elsewhere. Starting December 1, 2017, Christian Wagner, currently serving on the Executive Board specialising in Technology and Distribution, will lead the corporate
Read moreIndorama Ventures Public Company Limited (IVL), a global chemical producer, will acquire the assets of Artlant PTA, S.A.’s (Artlant), including all equipment, surface rights and employment contracts. Artlant, a Purified Terephthalic Acid (PTA) plant in the Sines Industrial Complex in Portugal is a large PTA producer in Europe with a production
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The recently launched Jack Body Wash – part of actor Richard E Grant’s Jack Perfume range – utilises the popular 500ml Flat Based Boston Round design in PET from Spectra Packaging’s range of standards. Uk-based company Spectra’s range of Boston Round designs are available in both glass-like PET and HDPE, with
Read moreClariant launched the Senseaction line of colour masterbatches intended for use in the production of caps and closures used on bottled water packaging. Senseaction masterbatches, which are available in a wide range of colours, are specially formulated, processed, tested, and certified to be free of detectable negative organoleptic (taste and odor)
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Nestlé Waters Iran has been signing a first-of-its-kind partnership with the Institute for Environmental Research at the Tehran University of Medical Sciences, to reduce the impact of PET bottles. The 12-month project is intended to help to understand the current PET waste landscape in Iran, before jointly developing an action plan
Read moreThe market research institute Ceresana has analysed the European market for rigid plastic containers. In many applications, plastics replace other materials such as glass or metal: Ceresana forecasts the European sales of plastic containers to reach a volume of more than 12.4 million tonnes in 2024. PET packaging already reached high
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At this year’s edition of the “dynamic days” held October 23-24, 2017 in Weissenbach, Lower Austria, Starlinger inaugurated the new headquarters of its division recycling technology. The building is located in close proximity to the existing Starlinger factory. The Austrian company Starlinger & Co. GmbH is chiefly known as a market
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