Sumitomo (SHI) Demag joins the R-Cycle Community
Sumitomo (SHI) Demag is convinced that a broad collaboration within the whole value chain of plastic packaging will gain the biggest impact to transform the linear to a circular economy.
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The next generation transport packaging solution enabling the Circular Economy
SABIC and Cabka collaborate to create next generation transport packaging solution, enabling the Circular Economy
Elix Polymers and Ayúdame3D join forces to produce solidarity prostheses using recovered ABS
Elix Polymers has collaborated with Repsol and Leitat on a sociotechnological project with Ayúdame3D, a Spanish social startup that promotes the social value of technology through awareness-raising programs to help people with disabilities thanks to 3D printing.
Vecoplan presents a cleaning process for plastics recycling
Cleanikum, Vecoplan’s demonstration and test facility, enables customers to run cleaning trials with film waste and thin-walled hard plastics made of polyolefins.
Stadler designs and installs state-of-the-art light packaging sorting plant for Tbm
Stadler has designed the facility to automatically sort light plastic packaging and Limex, an environmentally friendly, limestone based material developed and produced by Tbm
Amcor drives progress on advanced recycling materials for food and healthcare markets
Amcor has announced a five-year deal with ExxonMobil to purchase certified-circular polyethylene material in support of its target to achieve 30% recycled material across its portfolio by 2030.
Bioplastics industry set to engage with political stakeholders on upcoming legislation
At the 17th annual European Bioplastics (EUBP) Conference, which took place on 6/7 December in Berlin, industry experts discussed the latest innovations in the bioplastics sector and drove the debate on most recent political developments.
The European Biopolymer Summit 2023
ACI’s 9th European Biopolymer Summit will be taking place in London, UK, on 8th - 9th February 2023.
Cadel Deinking is now Keycycle Deinking
Erema Group subsidiary Keycycle fully integrates innovative deinking process for printed plastics into its product portfolio
Vecoplan helps processors to implement all stages of the circular economy
To remain competitive, more and more processors are taking the recycling of plastics into their own hands. Vecoplan supports them with this process and proactively helps shape this change.
Argentinian plastic recycler relies on Tomra
Reciclar S.A. processes up to 600 million plastic bottles per year thanks to Tomra’s equipment
New KraussMaffei corporate headquarters in Parsdorf
Focus on sustainability and efficiency: one of Europe's largest photovoltaic plants goes into operation
Südpack is one of the finalists of Baden-Württemberg’s Environment Award
Südpack impressed with its comprehensive sustainability roadmap, its projects focusing on operational environmental protection and, most particularly, with its achievements made in sustainability in the field of internal material management and reached the finals.
New white paper: Stay in the cycle
TotalEnergies Corbion launches white paper about the recyclability of PLA bioplastic.
KraussMaffei starts sales of precisionMolding and powerMolding
New injection molding machine series deliver high precision and a high performance level with fast availability and short lead times. Ideally suited for standard applications for TEC and consumer goods, electrical and electronic devices, automotive, logistics and packaging and medical technology
Optimized hot runner systems for PCR compounds
Oerlikon HRSflow has developed special hot runner solutions for PCR compounds. Their application possibilities are demonstrated by two examples realized in practice – a fruit crate and a garbage can for composting organic household waste.
Innovative recycling solutions attract visitors at K 2022
Erema Group looks back on a successful trade fair
Arkema at ISPO Munich 2022
Arkema will be exhibiting at the tradeshow in Munich from November 28 to 30th 2022, the world’s largest multi-segment trade fair for the sports business.
The world's 3rd biggest plastics fair opened its doors in Tüyap
Plast Eurasia Istanbul, the platform where the latest technology machinery and products are exhibited, opened its doors for the 31st time.
Moretto at K 2022: Beyond all expectations
Trust, sharing, rediscovering relationships that in recent years had to be cultivated through a video or a phone call. This mood characterized the K show.
EcoVadis: Gold for Engel
Engel tops sustainability ranking in injection moulding machine manufacturing
The new standard work on recycling of plastics
Ineos Styrolution, the global leader in styrenics, has announced the availability of a new publication on recycling of plastics.
Plastics Recycling Awards Europe 2023 open for entries
Brand owners, manufacturers, retailers, product designers, packaging producers and designers, raw material suppliers, plastics recycling machine manufacturers and suppliers of recycled plastic products from across the whole value chain are invited to enter the prestigious awards.
GCR innovating a sustainable tomorrow
GCR opens innovation hub. 2000m2 fully equipped ‘co-creation’ space for collaboration on the development of new materials and applications with suppliers and customers
Lindner’s Jupiter BW Series sets new standards in film recycling
Make the most of waste. Having this guiding principle in mind, Lindner is presented the new Jupiter BW series at K 2022
K 2022 – a complete success for the Wittmann Group
Under the motto “It’s all Wittmann”, the Wittmann Group showed at this year’s K fair its novelties in the areas of injection molding machines and process technologies, as well as robots and auxiliary appliances
Successful K Fair for Next Generation Recyclingmaschinen GmbH (NGR).
During the eight days of the fair, a large number visited booth C21 in hall 9 to experience the future of plastics recycling live.
Husky exhibits at Gulfood Manufacturing
Complete technologies, solutions and services to enable regional packaging producers
Trailblazing new development for plastic fiber and flake recycling
Innovative ZS-B MEGAfeed Side Feeder Makes Plastics Recycling Markedly More Economical
Bormioli Pharma and Pierre Fabre develop a 100% recycled PET packaging for Eludril
Bormioli Pharma and Pierre Fabre are consolidating their partnership started in 2020 through an innovative initiative in eco-design and sustainable development.
Starlinger: New PET bottle-to-bottle recycling line reduces production costs
Presented for the first time at K 2022, the new machine concept of Starlinger’s recoSTAR PET art saves about 21 % production costs.
Stadler Test and Innovation Center in Slovenia
The two-year-old Stadler Center is fulfilling its role as an innovation hub and participating in important research. It is also providing a valuable service to customers with demonstrations of the sorting process designed for them by Stadler, enabling them to make informed decisions about their investment.
K 2022 – Trade fair results fulfil highest expectations
Multitude of concrete solutions, machines and products for the transformation towards a circular economy
Erema enters a new dimension in recycling with innovative EcoGentle plasticising technology
The new models of Vacurema Basic technology are unique in their scale and production capacity. With a throughput of up to six tonnes per hour, they also consume ten percent less energy than comparable systems without the new EcoGentle plasticising technology, which Erema presenting for the first time at K 2022.
Skytech and K.D. Feddersen - New partner on our way to the circular economy
Hamburg-based distributor K.D. Feddersen is cooperating with French greentech company Skytech to distribute its portfolio in Europe with immediate effect.
Erema presents the new Intarema TVEplus DuaFil Compact double filtration machine for post-consumer recycling
With its new development Intarema TVEplus DuaFil Compact, Erema is redefining the quality level for recycling particularly challenging post-consumer materials, and is doing so with significantly reduced energy consumption.