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An award-winning material innovation startup, Sulapac, has launched Sulapac Luxe, a new bio-based material ideal for substituting hard plastics, including ABS, as part of its expanded portfolio for cosmetics and beauty packaging.
After being represented in the North American market for ten years, compounding operations at Polykemi Inc's first US production site have now begun.
Constantia Flexibles, the third largest producer of flexible packaging worldwide, has signed an agreement to acquire the Polish company Drukpol Flexo.
KraussMaffei responds to an increasingly challenging market environment with a worldwide adjustment and efficiency program, also including the reduction of several hundred positions in the non-production areas.
The UK-based recycling and waste management company Viridor announced a formal offer to acquire all of Quantafuel’s outstanding shares for NOK 1.058million (NOK 6.38 per share).
Airnov Healthcare Packaging has announced a key breakthrough in its sustainability journey after its plant in Romorantin, France, obtained the ISCC Plus certification.
An Ishida multihead weigher has proved to be the ideal solution to enable Elmet, an Austrian silicone specialist, to efficiently fill around 100 million small parts into bags every single day.
At Seafood Expo Global Multivac will be exhibiting packaging solutions, which contribute to an improved shelf life for fish and seafood, and at the same time ensure that the product is perfectly presented at the point of sale.
Winners will be announced at PRSE in Amsterdam on 11 May.
Yves Souguenet is to become the new Chief Financial Officer (CFO) at the world-leading company group for machines and plants to process polyurethane.
New projects, new impetus, and new content at the technology showcase for the plastics and rubber industry.
CELAB-Europe, has announced the launch of their new website that includes an interactive map that lists liner and matrix recyclers in Europe.
The Sidel Group expands its offering in state-of-the-art labelling technologies and broadens its reach in key market segments.
PET film producer Evertis obtains the Retray Certification, quantifying recycled content from the tray-to-tray loop.
At interpack 2023 Multivac will be presenting itself as a supplier of integrated solutions for packaging and processing.
Clariter, a global cleantech company, and TotalEnergies Fluids, a division of TotalEnergies, have premiered the world’s first sustainable ultra-pure solvent made from plastic waste.
The Alpla Group, together with its joint venture partners Ecohelp and UPT, has opened its first PET recycling plant in Romania after a construction time of nine months and investment of around 7.5 million euros.
Equiplast, the International Plastics and Rubber event, has contracted 90% of its exhibition space, which suggests that this will be one of the best trade shows in recent years.
Plastics Europe, the association of plastics manufacturers in Europe, and EuPC, the association of European Plastics Converters, announce today the launch of the Operation Clean Sweep (OCS) harmonised European certification scheme.
With the partnership of the two companies, customers in the Swiss market will also benefit from future synergy effects.
European Bioplastics (EUBP), the association representing the bioplastics industry in Europe, is pleased to announce the appointment of Roberto Ferrigno as Head of EU Affairs.
Moulding specialist releases new mid-size IntElect S high-speed energy-saving range globally.
Borealis has acquired a majority stake in Renasci N.V., a Belgium-based provider of innovative recycling solutions and the creator of the novel Smart Chain Processing (SCP) concept.
Albis is expanding its comprehensive portfolio of sustainable solutions to include engineering plastics from BASF's new lowPCF product portfolio (low Product Carbon Footprint).
Petcore Europe is pleased to announce that Christian Crepet, who has served as Executive Director of the association since 2017, will be moving into an Ambassador role as of 1 January 2023.
The general management of Biesterfeld Nordic AB has been reassigned as of December 1, 2022.
European Bioplastics presented yesterday at the 17th EUBP Conference a positive outlook for the global bioplastics industry.
ABB officially opened its state-of-the-art, fully automated and flexible robotics factory in Kangqiao, Shanghai, China.
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.
EVBiler ApS was looking for a more environmentally friendly and material-smart solution for one of their products. Polykemi Group provided them with the optimal material that reduced their CO₂ footprint by more than 80%.
Among economies such as Germany or Portugal, Poland is a domineering European producer of tools for processing of plastics used in many sectors. None of these sectors could function without high quality tools.
The beginnings of the rubber industry in Poland were in the first half of the 19th century
Sidel has created 1SKIN, a unique label-less recycled PET bottle. The one-litre bottle is destined for the booming market in sensitive juices, teas and flavoured drinks.
Bormioli Pharma and Pierre Fabre are consolidating their partnership started in 2020 through an innovative initiative in eco-design and sustainable development.
From 2018, the market was characterised by low prices and cheap import. We had survived the first wave of the epidemic, the demand suddenly started. However, polymer deliveries were delayed due to a lack of containers. All this generated an actual shortage.
Flexibility, process stability and minimized wear are only some of the advantages resulting from the production of PVC pipes with high filler content using the solution currently being presented by battenfeld-cincinnati.