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After 23 years as Managing Director of K.D. Feddersen Plastics Machinery, Torbjörn Egerhag is handing over the reins to Bengt Rimark on 1st of April 2025. Bengt is leaving his most recent role as CEO of Pinewood to return to an industry close to his heart.
Following 18 testing campaigns commissioned in 2024, RecyClass strengthened its Recyclability Evaluation Protocols and Design for Recycling Guidelines to address the impact of various packaging features on plastic recycling streams.
The countdown to the Petcore Europe Annual Conference 2025 has begun and the organisation has confirmed a strong line-up of speakers from industry and the European institutions.
GreenPlast 2025 is set to be the key event of the year for those focused on the sustainable future of plastics
An interview with Sven Saura from Veolia.
The collaboration combines Nordson BKG’s globally recognized portfolio of high-performance melt pumps, screen changers, and pelletizing systems with Fimic’s extensive knowledge of melt filtration processes and established network within the Italian plastics industry.
Berry Global’s NorDiVent Form-Fill-Seal (FFS) film is playing a key role in helping Danish dry mortar specialist Marlon meet its sustainable packaging goals.
Global coalition aims to move the fashion industry towards a circular future by utilizing renewable nature-driven materials.
Oerlikon Barmag and Evonik have announced their cooperation to promote chemical recycling of Polyethylene terephthalate (PET) waste. Both companies are committed to develop technologies for robust and efficient depolymerisation and purification processes.
The Circular Valley Convention 2025 will bring together leading players and thought leaders from business, science, politics and society to jointly develop pioneering solutions for the future of the circular economy.
Arburg Technology Days are just around the corner! Enjoy exciting glimpses of Arburg's product world, discover latest technologies and let innovations wow you.
The organisers of the Plastics Recycling Awards Europe 2025 have announced the shortlist of finalists. The winners of the seven awards will be revealed on 2 April at the Plastics Recycling Show Europe, where all the finalists will also be showcased.
Turkiye's first and only plastic recycling fair is getting ready to be the choice of the sector for the second time
JEC World 2025 is one of the largest events in the composite industry, taking place from March 4th to 6th in Paris. As the official media partner, Plastech.pl offers its users a chance to get a free ticket for this exceptional event
Martin Schnabl has been CEO of MAS Austria since June 2014. We spoke to Managing Director and looked back on the last ten years in detail.
Recently, a customized, integrated, innovative MAS line went into operation that reprocesses previously disposed of packaging film waste for highly sensitive applications - a major challenge met with ingenuity and expertise.
30 November marks one year since the launch of the deposit return system (DRS) in Romania, promoting the separate collection of drink containers for recycling.
Advancing the circular economy is one of the most important goals of Röhm’s and Polyvantis' sustainability strategy. To achieve this, the companies also rely on strong partnerships and collaborations.
Neste complements its offering of more sustainable feedstock for polymers and chemicals production with co-processed Neste RE, a complementary solution to existing renewable and recycled Neste RE.
European Bioplastics concludes two days of insightful presentations, panel discussions and market data analysis at EBC24.
New spring water range uses the category’s first fully recycled ocean-bound plastic bottle.
According to a survey by Global Information Inc., despite the decrease in demand for plastic injection molding during the COVID-19 pandemic, the market has now steadily recovered, reaching pre-pandemic activity levels.
The world’s largest plastics recycling event moves to Halls 1 & 5 at RAI, Amsterdam
The Brazilian recycling company Grupo Ecological, based in Limeira, to the west of São Paulo, has two plastic recycling lines dedicated to processing challenging post-consumer and post-industrial plastics into high-quality regranulate.
Since its release last July, the RecyClass Recyclability Evaluation Protocol for Labels & Adhesives applied on HDPE Containers has already been used for the recognition of innovative technologies.
Husky Technologies announces that its groundbreaking PET closure has won the Packaging Europe Sustainability Award in the Driving Circular Economy category.
Walkers Chocolates is switching its popular own brand Turkish Delight and Mint Cream chocolate bars into EvoPak RCM, a 100% recyclable paper wrapper. The bars will begin rolling out to selected Asda and Premier stores this month.
The new EU funded ReBioCycle project provides a portfolio of bioplastic sorting and recycling technologies within three complementary waste-processor-centric hubs.
Project Re:Claim, a joint venture between the Salvation Army Trading Company and Project Plan B, has been nominated for the Plastics Industry Awards 2024 in the "Recycler of the Year" category.
Steinecker GmbH, a subsidiary of Krones, has been honoured with the 2025 German Sustainability Award in the Products category, which is being presented for the first time this year to recognise standout projects offering sustainable solutions.
From January 7–9, 2025, ArabPlast 2025 will be held in the United Arab Emirates, providing professionals with an unmatched opportunity to network, gain knowledge, and investigate the most recent advancements and trends influencing the sector.
PlastiLoop, Veolia's worldwide offer for recycled plastics, launched a new plastic recycling facility in Japan early this year. PlastiLoop boasts a network of twelve facilities and an annual production capacity of 250,000 tonnes of recycled polymer in Asia.
Neste, Alterra and Technip Energies have signed a collaboration agreement to advance the circularity of plastics by providing the industry a standardized technology solution for chemical recycling, also referred to as “advanced recycling”.
Husky Technologies, a pioneering technology provider enabling the delivery of essential needs to the global community, has returned to exhibit at Gulfood Manufacturing 2024 taking place in Dubai, UAE from November 5-7. Husky’s booth, located in Hall 2, Stand B 2-4, highlights the company’s latest technologies, solutions, and services designed to enable the circular economy across the complete package lifecycle.
From the very beginning, Herbold Meckesheim's recycling solutions also took into account the life cycle of the machines themselves. They should not only contribute to a functioning circular economy, but also be part of it.
Production plant to supply up to 35,000 tonnes of recycled PET material per year from 2025