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1.Slot: Röders Tec Mr Jürgen Röders, Managing Director at Röders Tec CV: Jürgen Röders was born in 1964 in Hamburg, Germany. From 1984 until 1989 he studied mechanical engineering in Munich, Aachen, and Bosten, at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. From 1989 to 1991 he was Trainee in the production of
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Slot 1: PTI Mr Dan Durham, Director of Technical Client Services at PTI CV: Dan Durham is the Director of Technical Client Services at PTI. He has decades of experience in plastic packaging ranging from design to injection and blow molding processing. He currently focuses his efforts on helping multinational brand
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Whatever path plastic processors take in the future, productivity supported by connectivity and digitalisation will inevitably be in the driving seat. At the launch event of Sumitomo (SHI) Demag’s inaugural mobile roadshow setting off from Schwaig, CEO Gerd Liebig defined the company’s clear roadmap that is in place to support processors
Read moreEarlier this year the committees of K 2025 chose the motto for the coming K in Düsseldorf, The World’s No.1 Trade Fair for Plastics & Rubber, from 8 to 15 October 2025. It consists of one slogan and three core messages, all focusing on the key topics of K in 2025:
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The 2nd Icis Recycled Polymers Conference Asia was held in Bangkok on February 21-22 and focused on the challenges, regulatory developments and collaborative opportunities in the field of plastics recycling in Asia, including rPET. The conference was attended by 74 CEOs, senior professionals and market influencers from across the supply chain
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PET bottle filling from the wells of Hamda region in Sharjah Zulal was founded in the village of Hamda, part of the Emirate of Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates, under the patronage of H.H. Sheikh Dr Sultan Bin Mohammed Al-Qasimi, Member of the Supreme Court and Ruler of Sharjah. His
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For the first time in the European lubricants industry, two key players – Total Energies and Bericap – have joined forces to develop a new closure incorporating 50% postconsumer recycled plastic (PCR). This closure, meeting DIN 60 standards for lubricants, will be used for Total Energies Lubrifiants’ 20-liter premium lubricant cans
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The Coca‑Cola Company is rolling out redesigned, lighter-weight PET bottles across its sparkling beverage portfolio across the U.S. and Canada as part of a broader commitment to create a circular economy for its packaging. For the first time in a decade, 12-, 16.9- and 20-oz. bottles of Trademark Coca‑Cola, Sprite and
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As of April 1, 2024, Eva Baumann takes over the position of CEO of CHT. Together with Prof. Dr. Klaus Müller, who acts as CFO, she forms the management of the internationally active Group. Until 2020, Eva Baumann had worked successfully for many years in a leading global company in the
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High energy costs and cheap primary raw materials posed challenges for the recycling industry in 2023. Nevertheless, PET to PET Recycling Österreich GmbH in Müllendorf was able to maintain the recycling volume at a similarly high level compared to the previous year at 32,283 tons, around 1.3 billion bottles (2022: 32,900
Read moreRecyclers recovered just over five billion pounds of post-consumer plastic for recycling in the United States (U.S.) in 2022 with the vast majority staying in North America to be processed and remanufactured into new products, according to new data released by the Association of Plastic Recyclers (APR), ISRI, and the U.S.
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