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Maag will present insights into its broad portfolio of high-performance pelletizers, gear pumps and melt filters that help compounders and recyclers combine high productivity with high product quality. Maag will be showing at CHINAPLAS in Guangzhou from May 21 to 24 on stand S51 in hall 5.1. In the field…

The global demand for rigid plastic packaging is expected to reach an annual volume of 62.6 million tonnes until 2025, according to a recent study by Ceresana. This complex market is influenced by many different factors: new consumption patterns, product innovations, government regulations, but also, for example, substitution effects between…

A research project which aims to harness the wasted solar energy absorbed by buildings has been launched by a consortium of 13 partners – including AkzoNobel. The ENVISION initiative is going beyond the solar panels found on roofs in an attempt to harvest energy from all building surfaces (both transparent…

W. Amsler Equipment Inc., a leading supplier of all-electric linear PET stretch blow molders, has announced the launch of a new 64-oz polyethylene terephthalate (PET) growler jug that mimics the competitive glass design and provides barrier protection for extended shelf life. The PET container is believed to be one of the first…

Having recently announced its plans to launch an advanced circular recycling technology that breaks down polyester waste, US chemical firm Eastman has now introduced a second innovation called carbon renewal technology, which is capable of recycling complex plastic waste, including non-polyester plastics and mixed plastics that cannot be recycled with…

In recent years, flexible packaging has dealt with a backlash on pollution, until the call for sustainability by industry majors started to lead the way to better solutions for the segment to thrive, with downgauging, recyclability and the use of biobased materials, says Angelica Buan in this report. More than…

Bioplastics developments are attempting to solve the waste plastics overgrowth without causing further harm to the environment, says Angelica Buan in this article. The plastic waste pollution is an issue that seems to refuse to die. The amount of plastics that is generated globally runs at 300 mega-tonnes/year. At this…

German chemical firm Wacker is launching its first US-based Aceo open print lab. Aceo is said to be the world’s first industrial-scale technology for the additive manufacturing of liquid silicone rubber (LSR) components. The new facility, located at Wacker’s Silicone R&D facility in Ann Arbor, MI, is equipped with 3D…

In the EU research project “ComMUnion”, the two Aachen-based Fraunhofer Institutes for Production Technology IPT and for Laser Technology ILT, in collaboration with 14 partners from industry, research and academia, are developing industrial processes and solutions for hybrid lightweight design by combining metal and polymer-matrix composites for automotive and aerospace…

Eastman announced its intention to pursue the launch of an innovative advanced circular recycling technology that uses polyester waste which cannot be recycled by current mechanical methods, and as a result, often ends up in landfills and waterways. Using the process of methanolysis, Eastman’s advanced circular recycling technology breaks down…