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Kingsmoor packaging lays down marker for sustainable future with solar panel collaboration
Kingsmoor Packaging claims its recent collaboration with Mypower, a solar energy solutions provider, has resulted in an extensive PV solar panel investment for their Somerton manufacturing facility. Once installed, the company claims that the system Read more
21 Aug 2023
Pledge2Recycle, RECOUP and Fun Kids collaborate to launch educational podcast
Pledge2Recycle Plastics & RECOUP Collaborate with Fun Kids to Launch "Sort it out" Summer Programme. Read more
2 Aug 2023
SABIC resin to be used in Fibre optic lens arrays
Producer of chemicals and resins, SABIC has collaborated with China’s Blovelight, Ltd., to develop what the company’s believe is one of the first integrated, single-mode fiber optic lens arrays that are well-suited for a wavelength-division multiplex Read more
11 May 2023
SABIC among major players joining Dutch innovation centre
SABIC, together with BASF, Covestro, Dow, LyondellBasell, Mitsubishi Chemical, and Solvay have signed an agreement with Dutch innovation organisation, TNO, which will host new Hub and execute the R&D projects. The first set of projects is set to... Read more
11 May 2023
Solvay and GKN Aerospace renew collaboration agreement
Chemicals and plastics company Solvay, and GKN Aerospace have signed an extension to their 2017 collaboration agreement. Under the agreement, both businesses are developing a joint thermoplastic composites (TPC) roadmap to explore new materials and.. Read more
19 Apr 2023
ReCon2 Announces Partnerships with Sourceful and Bright Green Plastics
Recon² – a not-for-profit start-up company out of the University of Manchester, UK – has partnered with On-Pack Recycling Label (OPRL) Ltd and a cohort of sustainability-focused companies to further develop a patent pending technology for... Read more
31 Mar 2023
Bakers Basco introduces Protective Body Armour to protect investigations team
Bakers Basco, the collaborative membership initiative comprising Allied Bakeries, Fine Lady Bakeries, Frank Roberts & Sons, Hovis, and Warburtons, has reinforced its personal protection capabilities by equipping its national investigations team. Read more
3 Oct 2023
Netstal looks to freshen up brand ahead of Fakuma
Shortly before Fakuma in Friedrichshafen (Germany), Netstal is presenting itself with a new brand identity. The values Leading, Reliable and Value-creating form the core of the corporate brand. With a contemporary corporate design. Read more
3 Oct 2023
Borealis and TotalEnergies celebrate opening of billion dollar petrochemical venture
Borealis and TotalEnergies celebrate the start-up of their Baystar joint venture’s new 625,000 metric ton-per-year Borstar polyethylene (PE) unit, which more than doubles the current production capacity at Baystar’s site in Pasadena, Texas. Read more
3 Oct 2023
Lucrèce Foufopoulos-De Ridder steps down as Borealis' EVP of Polyolefins, Circular Economy Solutions and Innovation & Technology
Lucrèce Foufopoulos-De Ridder, EVP Polyolefins, Circular Economy Solutions and Innovation & Technology, to step down from her executive position at Borealis. Read more
2 Oct 2023
KraussMaffei to exhibit foamed component with partial IML decoration at Fakuma 2023
KraussMaffei claims that the MuCell can do everything that's currently in demand—generate savings on material, energy and investment costs—and thus noticeably reduce the CO2 footprint of products. If these lightweight items are used in the automotive Read more
2 Oct 2023
Coperion and Herbold Meckesheim to present product and process solutions at Fakuma 2023
Coperion and Herbold Meckesheim will present product and process solutions that the company claims make both the compounding and the recycling of plastics markedly more efficient and increase the product quality achieved. Read more
2 Oct 2023
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120,000 tonnes of waste plastics available in the UK, says RECOUP
A new RECOUP report estimates over 120k tonnes of plastics are available for recycling from UK Household Waste Recycling Centres. Read more
16 May 2023
Kraiburg TPE offering ISCC PLUS certified thermoplastic elastomers
Kraiburg, a manufacturer based in Waldkraiburg is now offering what the company claims is proven thermoplastic elastomers with corresponding ISCC PLUS certification (mass balance). The company believes that this improvement benefits customers in the Read more
3 May 2023
Court case questions legality of EU’s oxo-degradable plastics ban
Symphony Environmental Technologies Plc against the Commission, Parliament, and Council of the European Union was heard on 20th March 2023, in the General Court of the EU in Luxembourg. Symphony’s case argues that a ban on oxo-degradable plastics is. Read more
30 Mar 2023
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EUPC: High energy costs affecting Europe’s plastics converters
Converters, like many other energy-intensive industries, have been left shocked by the increase in electricity and gas prices. Read more
20 Sep 2022
Arburg set to make a connection at Interplas
At Interplas (Birmingham) this week (26th-28th September), Arburg (Stand H4/Hall 4) is exhibiting an efficient production cell that produces Luer connectors made of PP and TPE for the pharmaceutical industry. Read more
Alright on the nightshift: Sumitomo (SHI) Demag launches fully-automated "handle&box" production cell at Interplas 2023
At Interplas 2023, Sumitomo (SHI) Demag UK & Ireland will show how a 50% increase in output can be attained and more using its fully-integrated and automated entry-level "handle&box" injection moulding production cell. Read more
25 Sep 2023
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Mauser Packaging Solutions invests to revolutionise sustainable plastic drum manufacture
Investment in multi-layer plastic drum machine expands capacity for growing demand of Infinity Series products manufactured with recycled resin. Read more
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10 Mar 2023
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In this Webinar You will be able to discover how to achieve energy savings by lowering chiller usage with adiabatic and direct free air coolers during low ambient conditions. Register today. Read more
