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IFCO released its ESG Report 2025, concluding the five-year strategy Thriving in the Circular Economy. The company reports progress across 18 goals, including over 10 billion single-use boxes replaced and a 37% emission cut per crate.
ETH Zurich, in collaboration with BASF, reports that co-gasifying automotive shredder residue with biomass can cut greenhouse gas emissions versus incineration and yield synthesis gas for chemicals, offering policy-relevant insights as the EU prepares new rules on end-of-life vehicles.
At K 2025, Taiwan showcased its strength in a distinctive way. Over 130 Taiwanese companies presented solutions in machinery, recycling, materials and automation, making Taiwan one of the most strongly represented non-European countries at the fair.
DuPont Cyrel Flexographic Solutions showcased the Cyrel FAST 1000 TD at Labelexpo Europe in Barcelona, aligning with the 25th anniversary of its thermal platemaking system. The company emphasized productivity gains and reduced environmental impact in flexo plate processing.
At K 2025, Polyvantis will present an ESG-focused strategy built on three pillars, detailing actions in design, manufacturing and resource efficiency, alongside governance and safety commitments.
Ineos Styrolution has received the first truckloads of recycled styrene monomer at its Antwerp site, supplied by Indaver from its newly inaugurated depolymerisation plant. The commercial-scale delivery, a first in Europe, will feed high-quality polystyrene and other styrenics, including food-grade uses.
Coveris received the Green Packaging Star Award 2025 in the Environmentally Friendly Production Process category for its SleeveFlexR Stretch solution, presented at the Fachpack trade fair in Nuremberg. The PE-based sleeves are recyclable through existing collection streams.
Masterbatch producer Gabriel-Chemie celebrated its 75th anniversary with employees from eight international locations, highlighting decades of growth, customer collaboration and sustainability initiatives.
Sigma Engineering will present Sigmasoft Virtual Molding 6.2 at K 2025. The release delivers up to four times faster simulations, improved result quality and usability, plus the debuts of Sigmaecon and Sigma Rubber Designer.
TotalEnergies’ Cray Valley has agreed to supply ISCC Plus-certified Cleartack and Ricon resins to Continental. Using a mass balance approach and bio-feedstock from used cooking oil, the materials aim to increase renewable content in tire value chains while maintaining safety and performance.
Continental is the first tire maker to use Lanxess's ISCC PLUS-certified Vulkanox HS Scopeblue, a TMQ antioxidant with a carbon footprint more than 30 percent lower than the conventional grade and no required process changes.
Envalior has released its first Sustainability Report, covering January to December 2024 and including a Double Materiality Assessment. The voluntarily prepared report outlines progress and plans across ESG topics, including a 2030 climate transition plan and steps toward ESRS alignment.
Omya will showcase minerals, polymers and distribution capabilities at K 2025 in Düsseldorf, Hall 6, booth D75. Highlights include the debut of Omya Performance Polymers Distribution, calcium carbonate technologies for decarbonization, lightweighting, breathable film grades and new fiber applications.
TotalEnergies and CooperVision have enabled the use of ISCC Plus-certified polypropylene in blister packs for selected contact lenses, using a mass balance approach. The renewable polymer is derived mainly from sunflower and rapeseed oils processed at La Mède and is intended to improve packaging footprint without changing performance.
Freudenberg Performance Materials has published its first standalone sustainability report for its technical textiles business. The report outlines a 2045 Scope 1 and 2 CO2 neutrality goal and details 2024 progress in emissions, energy efficiency and renewable electricity.
Südpack has grouped its PP and PE mono-material tubular pouch films from the Pure-Line into the CarbonLite product family. The films target flowpacks, doypacks and block-bottom pouches with verified recyclability, material savings and a smaller carbon footprint versus multi-material laminates and trays.
Envalior launches the Envalior CARES strategy, structuring goals across low carbon, sustainable resources and social responsibility. The company updates GHG targets, announces ISCC PLUS materials for K 2025, and introduces expanded reporting aligned with the CSRD.
Aimplas will present its latest developments in circularity, low-carbon technologies, bioplastics and advanced testing services through industrial projects, technical assistance and certification support.
Röhm has been recognized as a global leader in the Carbon Disclosure Project’s (CDP) supplier assessment program for its commitment to climate protection along the supply chain. The company achieved leadership level A and was thus included in the CDP’s Supplier Engagement Leadership Board in 2024.
The new Resursutvinning Stockholm MSW sorting plant, designed and built by Stadler for Sweden’s largest water and waste utility, is a highly automated, high-throughput facility that supports Stockholm’s environmental strategy, enabling the efficient recovery of recyclable materials and organic waste while reducing CO2 emissions.
At the K trade fair in Düsseldorf from October 15 to 19, Promix Solutions will be presenting solutions for mixing, foaming and cooling for the plastics industry in Hall 9, Stand E18. The focus is on raw material savings with the Microcell Technology and real-time monitoring and process control with the Visco-P inline viscometer.
Whether colour, function or sustainability - AF-Color will be presenting innovative solutions for technically demanding plastics at K 2025.
Henkel Adhesive Technologies is launching Loctite Liofol LA 7837/LA 6265, a solvent-free, aliphatic adhesive system that is tailored for applications involving high thermal stresses - in particular retort packaging for pet food, for example.
Freudenberg Performance Materials (Freudenberg) will showcase packaging materials combining high performance protection, CO2 emission reduction and waste prevention at Fachpack 2025 in Nuremberg, Germany, from September 23-25.
At the beginning of July, Wittmann Battenfeld Deutschland opened its expanded and redesigned application technology center at its Nuremberg site with a customer event.
The Arburg Technology Center (ATC) in Rednitzhembach has been extensively renovated, modernised and significantly enlarged since the autumn of 2022. During the transition period, the Arburg team supported customers on site with great commitment and flexibility.
Kuraray is driving sustainable innovation in the packaging industry with new high-performance materials for recyclable mono-material barrier packaging concepts - including biocircular Eval Evoh, biodegradable Plantic , Kuraray Poval, Exceval, Elvanol, and Mowiflex.
Syensqo has achieved third-party certification for the method used in its digital PCF tool, deployed across its Novecare business portfolio.
In view of the coming edition of Ecomondo, scheduled for 4-7 November 2025 at Rimini Expo Centre in Italy, Italian Exhibition Group is promoting three international stops designed to anticipate content, technologies and collaboration opportunities in key sectors of the ecological transition.
The company name says it all. Yixin Precision specializes in precision parts - with two business divisions: Mold making and injection molding production. “We are a full-service provider and often also a development partner for our customers,” says Hon Ping Siow, Director of Yixin Precision.
DOMO Chemicals showcases its accelerated shift toward a more specialized, low-carbon portfolio with breakthrough polyamide solutions at K 2025.
Ineos Styrolution now provides Product Carbon Footprint (PCF) data for all its products using a state-of-the-art tool, delivering transparent emissions data from raw material sourcing through manufacturing up until the factory gate.
The Reifenhäuser Group, a leading specialist for extrusion systems and components, will be exhibiting at K 2025, the world's leading trade fair for plastics processing, in Düsseldorf from October 8 to 15.
Polykemi Group’s latest sustainability report shows the biggest CO2e savings to date. The results are driven by increased use of recycled materials and measurable material choices through the Materialsmart concept.
Elix Polymers has developed a range of new colours inspired by the latest trends and tailored to meet the specific requirements of various industries. These innovative colours can be produced using different resins from the Elix Polymers product portfolio, including ABS, ABS/PC and PC/ABS.
The inaugural 2025 Plastics, Rubber & Composite Material Fair Taiwan will be grandly held from June 4 to 6 at the ICC Tainan. FCS Group will showcase its “Smart All-Electric” and “High-Efficiency Energy Saving” CT-e series, integrated with the iMF 4.0 Intelligent ManuFactory, demonstrating its R&D capabilities and process integration expertise.