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Solvay Announces Groundbreaking Solution for Recycling PVDC

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September 28, 2021, ... its purpose. Now that this initial breakthrough has been achieved, Solvay is urging fellow companies operating within the plastics industry to work together to turn the recycling of PVDC into reality. ...

UFlex Joins Alliance to End Plastic Waste to Strengthen its Global Mission of Building a Circular Plastic Economy

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September 21, 2021, ... and supporters across the plastics value chain. The Alliance undertakes joint initiatives with member organizations across the world to minimize and manage plastic waste in the environment. Towards this, ...

Flexible Packaging Machinery: Solutions for Change

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September 15, 2021, ... commitment toward addressing environmental and sustainable concerns through the increased introduction of recyclable, bioplastics and compostable materials as our industry has the most to gain based on ...

Kongsberg Precision Cutting Systems Acquires MultiCam

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August 23, 2021, ... to plastics fabrication. “At MultiCam, we have worked for over 30 years to diligently build a world class organization in the focused cutting arenas of routing, fabrication and digital finishing. The ...

Siemens Introduces New Servo Drive System Simplifying Motion Control for Machine Builders

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August 22, 2021, ... tuning. Typical uses for this new drive system include packaging machines, handling applications such as pick-and-place, wood and plastics processing, as well as life sciences and digital printing.  ...

DS Smith Paper Mill in Georgia Saluted for Its Environmental Stewardship

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July 26, 2021, ... take a billion pieces of problem plastics off supermarket shelves by 2025. The Riceboro paper mill team was supported in adopting the DS Smith Group EnMS by RMK Sustainability Group. TUV-Rheinland, an ...

Properly Select a Web Guide for Your Operation

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June 30, 2021, ... or the surface roughness of the rollers also play a critical part in web guiding. Grooved rollers help eliminate air entrainment. Especially with non-porous webs such as plastics, grooved rollers help ...

Sun Chemical and DIC Corporation Finalizes Acquisition of BASF’s Global Pigments Business

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June 29, 2021, ... coatings, inks, plastics and specialty applications, by creating a world-class pigments supplier that offers customers an even wider range of versatile solutions. “We’re pleased to welcome the valued ...

Siegwerk Unveils Next Generation of Sustainable Water-Based Inks for Paper and Board Applications

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June 23, 2021, ... providing an environmentally friendly alternative to conventional inks without impacting the recyclability of paper, and board packaging taking a step towards reducing the microplastics which can be found ...

PolyQuest to Expand Darlington, South Carolina Facility for the Eighth Time

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May 31, 2021, ... recycled PET and other thermoplastics. PolyQuest is adding 15 new jobs at the Darlington site with plans to increase. Construction has already begun at the site with an anticipated completion date of ...

New GR360 from Lundberg Tech Cuts Tough Waste Materials Down to Size

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May 04, 2021, ... at the same time may be achieved. A sustainable waste management approach, the GR360 granulating system automatically captures, cuts, and removes label matrix, textiles, carpeting, plastics, Kevlar, ...

The Value of Specialised Experience

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April 26, 2021, ... a greater degree of joined-up thinking needs to be applied. The plastics industry itself is already assisting with this by switching from multi-layer films for special applications to single layer materials ...

Elevate Packaging Announces the First BPI Certified Compostable Adhesive Label

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April 06, 2021, ... compost in a composting facility - leaving behind no toxic residue or microplastics. “Elevate’s business is entirely focused on leading compostable flexible packaging and compostable adhesive labels. ...

H.B. Fuller Launches Game-Changing Compostable Adhesives for Flexible Packaging

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April 06, 2021, ... the adhesives decompose with no toxic residue, microplastics, or other pollutants.” Compostable adhesives are difficult to formulate without the right polymers and expertise, but the innovation-driven ...

Rich Kanarski to Chair SPE Technical Programs, Extrusion Divison

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April 05, 2021, Davis-Standard is pleased to announce that Rich Kanarski has been elected to serve as a technical program chair for the Society of Plastics Engineers (SPE), extrusion division. Davis-Standard is pleased ...

Introducing World’s First Compostable Corrosion Inhibiting Stretch Film!

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March 24, 2021, ... has recently taken plastics packaging to a new level by formulating EcoStretch powered by Nano VpCI: the world’s first commercially compostable corrosion-inhibiting stretch film! Learn more about this ...

Stronger Focus on Circular Economy “The Key to Post-Covid Packaging Growth” Says Eco Flexibles

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March 24, 2021, ... or importantly, recyclable. In particular, the company is reportedly working with a number of brands and packers to transition its flexible packaging designs from mixed plastics to new fully recyclable ...

Rollem Announces Semi-Slitter Installation to Marian Mexico, El Paso, TX to Aid in Production

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March 15, 2021, ... sensitive adhesives (PSA). With superior stability and control, you can slit any material from fine paper stocks to heavy gauge plastics, with the same accuracy — sheet after sheet. Rollem offers five ...

Converting Equipment Manufacturer Unveils 2021 Line of Trim and Waste Granulators

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March 11, 2021, ... clean, precise cutting of labels, tapes, paper, plastics, cardboard, textiles, nonwovens, and other materials as thin as 5 micrometers. Consistent, quiet, non-stop performance at speeds up to 8,202 feet/minute ...

Ongoing Tension in Polymer Markets Worry European Flexible Packaging Manufacturers

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March 07, 2021, ... packaging are plastics. The ongoing unstable supply combined with the pressure by legislators and consumers in terms of sustainability increases attempts for material substitution. For more information, ...