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Perstorp set to save more than one billion litres of fresh water yearly at Stenungsund plant
Sustainable solutions provider Perstorp is investing in a unique project that will allow it to use wastewater from a nearby municipal treatment plant for production operations in Stenungsund, Sweden. This will save 1.1 billion litres of fresh water per year.
From waste to value – Nordson’s EDI die business supports the circular economy
Nordson to supply a FastGap extrusion die for the production of panels made from recycling textile fibers and plastics.
eMotion 20kHz welder delivers 87% energy savings over pneumatic systems
Rinco demonstrates energy saving capability of Servo-Driven Ultrasonic Welding Systems in new automotive application
Polykemi Group has now started production in their second factory in China
The new 9,300 m2 manufacturing unit in Chongqing is now complete and has already started producing and supplying plastic compounds based on both virgin and recycled plastic raw materials.
When the machine chats
The cable specialist MD Elektronik knows how important digital data streams are and equipped two new KraussMaffei machines with socialProduction for production monitoring.
A first from poex to the compounding industry
Polimer Teknik, the manufacturer of co-rotating twin screw extruders, has launched its extruder line to meet the high capacity needs of the compounding industry.
Südpack honored for pio-neering printing technology
“100 Companies for Resource Efficiency” is an initiative that was launched by Baden-Württemberg’s state government and its leading trade associations.
Shell and GE Additive metal 3D print oxygen hydrogen micromixer
Shell International B.V. and GE Additive unveiled the results of a joint design and engineering project – an additively manufactured oxygen hydrogen micromixer.
Additive manufacturing is shaping the future of industrial manufacturing
For four days, Formnext 2022 turned host city Frankfurt into the global capital of industrial 3D printing.
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.
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.
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.
World premiere: KraussMaffei presents Additive Manufacturing
Additive manufacturing to form fourth pillar of the product portfolio in the future. powerPrint for large-format printing of thermoplastic materials.
Greater stability with less material: KHS develops PET bottle with glued-in handle
Container for home care and food products fully circular. Up to 30% less material used. Bottle body and handle made entirely of rPET
Plastics industry in Poland
The plastics industry is one of the main branches of the economy in Poland. The Polish plastics industry employs more than 220,000 people and total production in Poland has exceeded €25 billion (more than 6% of the value of the domestic industry).
Smart process control system for the stretch blow molder
Contiloop AI detects even the slightest variations in material distribution in the production of PET containers and automatically adjusts key stretch-blow-molding parameters in real time.
Sidel commits to the circular economy by joining R-Cycle
Sidel is helping to make the circular economy a reality by joining R-Cycle, the open tracing standard for sustainable plastic packaging.
Feddem at K 2022 - Machine engineering and service
Feddem GmbH & Co. KG, will be exhibiting at the K trade fair in Hall 15, Stand A42. In addition to the diverse extruder models of the manufacturer of extrusion and compounding systems, the focus of the trade fair presence will be on some new developments in peripheral technology and augmented reality applications.
Hexpol TPE Announced as Partner in Polestar 0 Project to Create a Climate-Neutral Car by 2030
Polestar, the Swedish electric performance car company, is accelerating its work to eliminate greenhouse gas emissions by welcoming new partners to the Polestar 0 project, among them is the polymer compounder Hexpol TPE.
Ampacet opens new production facility in Italy
Ampacet has opened a new production plant in Brembate (BG), Italy. The new site doubles additive capacity.
Leading-edge user interface for extrusion lines - developed with users for users
At K 2022 (hall 15, stand C 24 to D 24) customers will get a live experience of the latest KraussMaffei innovations
BOY machine control system in a new format
At the K 2022 plastics and rubber trade fair in Düsseldorf, some of the exhibits of the machine manufacturer BOY will be presented with a new visualisation of the machine control
Ampacet Gastop-Flex boosts flexible packaging barrier performance in compliance with circular economy design guidelines
Gastop-Flex, a masterbatch solution designed to reduce gas transmission rates in flexible applications and help product designers to optimise their packaging to meet circular economy requirements.
Gabriel-Chemie launches new CO2-reduced white Masterbatch
The launch of the new carbon reduced masterbatch underlines and expands Gabriel-Chemie's sustainability strategy even further and offers customers a climate-frendly 10% carbon reduced alternative
100,000 bottles per hour
With the world's first wet-end monobloc rated at 100,000 0.5-litre water bottles an hour, Krones has set a new milestone in monobloc technology.
Husky launches new second-generation control algorithm that elevates performance of Altanium Mold Controller
New technology elevates the performance of the Altanium Mold Controller. Advanced Reasoning Technology (ART 2.0) software delivers greater speed, accuracy, precision, and repeatability compared to today’s existing temperature control systems.
OQ multiplies its client base thanks to focus on change and innovation
OQ, the multifaceted Oman-based energy company that specialises in polymers for flexible and rigid packaging solutions, continues to innovate and expand with imminent solutions despite the disruptive and challenging backdrop which has defined the decade to date.
Advanced human-machine interface makes control easier and more flexible
Oerlikon HRSflow has thoroughly revised the software for the control unit of its FLEXflow hot runner systems.
Innovative ZS-B MEGAfeed side feeder makes plastics recycling markedly more economical
With the goal of making recycling of lightweight, high-volume fiber and flake recyclate much more economical and, in some cases even possible, Coperion has developed a new version of its ZS-B side feeder.
Mold-Masters extends the capabilities of E-Multi auxiliary injection platform
Mold-Masters is proud to announce the introduction of our largest capacity E-Multi, the EM5. E-Multi is an all electric, servo driven auxiliary injection unit that offers proven precision, repeatability, versatility, and reliability.
Polykemi helped Separett to reduce their carbon footprint
In collaboration with Polykemi, Separett saved almost 700 tonnes of carbon dioxide per year thanks to a material-smart choice. This corresponds to emissions from around 400 cars.
EFSA-compliant process produces food-safe sheet from PET recyclate
Reifenhäuser Cast Sheet Coating has developed a particularly efficient production process that allows PET recyclate to be processed directly into food-safe sheet without an upstream drying process.
Significant materials data from injection to surface qualities and adhesion
Kraiburg TPE expands its solutions for testing and validating new compounds
The National Test centre Circular Plastics (NTCP) trusts in Lindner Washtech’s Modular Washing System
The NTCP (National Test centre Circular Plastics) has set out to examine the behaviour of different plastics during sorting and washing.
SmartMOLD: Injection mold monitoring system
Mold-Masters introduces new SmartMOLD injection mold monitoring system. Real-time data driving injection molding innovation.