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Black plastics have been notoriously difficult to detect, but recent technological developments have made it possible to sort them not only by color but also by polymer, unlocking economic value for recycling companies.
At K 2022, Starlinger recycling technology will showcase the recoSTAR PET art, the company’s latest plant model in the field of PET recycling.
Husky’s booth (Hall C4, #425) is showcasing the company’s latest technologies, solutions and services engineered to enable liquid food and beverage producers to achieve growth, sustainability, flexibility, differentiation, and world-class production capabilities.
At K 2022 in Düsseldorf, Akro-Plastic GmbH, Bio-Fed, AF-Color and K.D. Feddersen Ueberseegesellschaft mbH will present their product ranges on a joint booth at the new location in Hall 6, C52.
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.
Berry has launched some of its most popular and top-selling thermoformed and injection stretch blow moulded food packs manufactured in recycled PET (rPET).
Plastics expertise and innovative PET recycling for high-quality products
Since it abolished the separate collection of plastics, the facility could boost its recovery rates of organics and plastics while maximizing its recycling efforts and keeping environmental impact low.
In September the appointment is at Drinktec, Moretto will be present in the PETpoint area, an exclusive pavillon dedicated to PET bottles with the best solutions dedicated to the process of this material. Hall C5 - Stand 234.
At Drinktec 2022, SACMI Beverage will be presenting a comprehensive range of products that focuses on process sustainability, with ready-to-use innovations that are instrumental in fostering the creation of a returnable PET and food-grade resin recycling chain.
AMUT has completed the commissioning of a recycling plant for Pet Star Recycling, part of Pet Star Group, together with Pet Star Holding, a leading producer of preforms for PET bottles, in Romania.
At K 2022 in Düsseldorf, Germany, Lindner will be presenting ground-breaking all-in-one solutions for the efficient plastics recycling of tomorrow in Hall 9, at Booth B17 & B19. Along with a wide range of product innovations, a special highlight is a new system solution to directly process post-consumer rigid plastics in an injection moulding process.
SACMI will be introducing its 4.0 line for cap and preform production at the Drinktec trade fair in Munich (Messe München, 12-16 September 2022). The focus will be on the new digital architecture of the machines and processes, with the development of new standards that are already compliant with the coming regulations, and will help our customers achieve sustainable and more competitive levels of production
High-Efficiency Technologies for Processing and Recycling Plastics
Husky Technologies, a pioneering technology provider enabling the delivery of essential needs to the global community, announced the introduction of its revolutionary HyPET HPP5e Recycled Melt to Preform (RMTP) system.
SABIC, a global leader in the chemical industry, today introduced LNP ELCRIN WF0061BiQ resin, a novel material that uses ocean-bound polyethylene terephthalate (PET) bottles as a feed stream for chemical upcycling into polybutylene terephthalate (PBT) resin.
Out of 440 entries from 37 countries, the "rPET School Milk Cup Project" from Upper Austria won the Sustainability Award in GOLD as the world's most sustainable packaging solution - beating out packaging made of cardboard, glass, aluminium and paper.
The EREMA Group closed the 2021/22 financial year with a 17 percent increase in revenue. Consolidated Group revenue amounted to EUR 295 million, and the number of employees increased to over 840.
The organisers of Plastics Recycling Show Europe, taking place at RAI Amsterdam, the Netherlands on 22-23 June 2022, have published the event’s full conference programme.
The recently opened Circular Plastics Australia PET recycling facility in Albury-Wodonga, New South Wales, is equipped with a recoSTAR PET 215 HC iV+ PET bottle-to-bottle recycling line from Starlinger that produces 2.5 tons of rPET per hour.
The Alpla Group, the global packaging solutions and recycling specialist, has developed a new returnable PET bottle together with Vöslauer, Austria’s leading company in the mineral water market.
Unique recycling technology helps the industry close the loop on PVDC-coated PET films.
Two tray packaging products provide recyclable options for fresh food manufacturers and can help to reduce food waste.
Brand owners and packaging converters in the plastics industry are facing major bottlenecks in recycled content availability.
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.
Today, Sidel reaffirmed its ambition to help FHPC brands meet sustainability goals and stay competitive as it announced the appointment of a new global vice president
Klӧckner Pentaplast adds rPET/PET capacity to Beaver site to further grow sustainable healthcare and food packaging market in North America
The tax on the production and import of plastic packaging with less than 30% PCR (post-consumer recycled content) comes into force on April 1, 2022.
Kreyenborg has developed sustained, high-level expertise in plastics recycling, with solutions for decontamination of PCR-PET, crystallization, drying, and heating of bulk materials, using infrared technology.
In 2020 AMUT was selected by UK-based Viridor, one of the global leading actors embodying the circular economy philosophy, for its world class polymer recycling facility.
Sidel supported Bickford’s Australia with rapid remote line conversion and maintenance on their Aseptic line
ABS/PMMA sheet manufacturer future proofs its extrusion lines by retrofitting them with rotary filtration systems for processing regrind
The packaging and recycling specialist acquires Texplast and the joint venture PET Recycling Team Wolfen
Krall provides disposers and collecting points with a comfortable possibility to return used hygienic shields for infection protection, as well as corresponding production residues to a sustainable, environmentally friendly reuse saving both resources and costs
To further strengthen its presence on the Bulgarian market, the group decided to give a modern twist to its local beer brands by revamping their PET packaging and Competek resulted to be the perfect partner for the project.
The largest rPET producer in the MENA region chose Tomra Recycling’s bottle-to-bottle sorting solutions for its new recycling plant in Egypt.