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K 2022 Scientific Council Started Preparations

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November 29, 2021, ... and high-performance materials. From October 19 – 26, 2022 the international plastics and rubber industry will meet at K 2022 in Düsseldorf, Germany to present their contributions for a solution. As the ...

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 ...

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 ...

Avery Dennison’s Full Film Portfolio Receives APR Recognition

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January 11, 2021, ... seeking to enhance the recyclability of rigid HDPE and the first to offer APR recognized films for flexible PE plastics. The APR Critical Guidance is a comprehensive laboratory scale protocol used to ...

In the Spotlight: A Q&A with INDA

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January 03, 2021, ... single use plastics and their persistence in the environment.  INDA’s conferences will continue to provide cutting edge content on this growing topic. What are new important developments in terms of ...

Dow Introduces Its First Recycled Plastic Resin for Shrink Film Applications in North America

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October 27, 2020, ... to use more recycled plastics in their products, and we collaborated across the value chain to bring it to life,” said Victor Zapata, recycling commercial director, Dow, North America and Latin America. ...

KM Packaging Launches Mono Material Polypropylene Lidding Films

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September 13, 2020, ... film is reportedly designed for recycling around the world, with some countries already having well-developed recycling infrastructures for polyolefin (polyethylene and polypropylene) plastics. KM Packaging’s ...

PFFC’s Companies to Watch

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April 09, 2020, ... for the future as the concern for reducing plastics pollution increases. Cortec has also led the way in offering special plastic recycling partnerships with regular customers who want to save costs and ...

Is it the End for Non-Recyclable Plastic Packaging?

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March 02, 2020, ... films, bags, liners, wraps and so on – which generally consist of several layers of different types of plastics. “Plastic is not one single material – it comes in many different varieties, and most flexible ...

interplastica,and upakovka 2020 Reflect Stabilizing Russian Market

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February 25, 2020, At the recent concurrent staging of interplastica, International Trade Fair for Plastics and Rubber, and upakovka At the recent concurrent staging of interplastica, International Trade Fair for Plastics ...

Charter NEX Joins the Association of Plastic Recyclers

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February 16, 2020, ... the plastics value chain,” said Scott Hammer, Corporate Sustainability Leader at Charter NEX Films. Through the APR’s Demand Champion program, Charter NEX and other members formalize their commitment ...

Looking Forward and Back

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January 11, 2020, Launched just a year ago in January 2019, the Alliance to End Plastic Waste (AEPW) began bringing together organizations that make, use, process, sell, collect and recycle plastics in order to tackle the ...

Flexible Packaging, a Converting Dynamo

(Converting Perspectives)

December 01, 2019, ... include glass, metal cans and rigid plastics touted for strength and safety. According to the Flexible Packaging Association, flexible packaging is any package or part whose shape can be readily changed. ...

Are We on the Road to Achieving Truly Sustainable Packaging?

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November 11, 2019, ... worth approximately $9 billion to the plastics industry.2 “We need to recover 20 years of engineering” The key challenge for brand owners – particularly in the food industry – is producing new ...

K 2019 Düsseldorf: New Technologies as Drivers of Innovation for a Productive and Responsible Today, Tomorrow and Future

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October 02, 2019, K 2019, known as “The World’s No. 1 Trade Fair for Plastics and Rubber” is scheduled to take place in Düsseldorf October 16-23 K 2019, known as “The World’s No. 1 Trade Fair for Plastics and Rubber” ...

North America: Technology Developments and Market Opportunities Drive Industry Growth

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July 30, 2019, A country report in the run-up to K 2019 A country report in the run-up to K 2019 The North American plastics industry, led by the United States, is posting good business results this year. Sales, ...

Packaging and Labeling Sustainability is a Must for the Industry

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April 21, 2019, ... industries. But this reliance comes with a cost. The current approach to plastic is not sustainable. According to the Ellen MacArthur Foundation, if nothing about our consumption changes, new plastics ...

Ecoslide-OTC™ Paperboard Pack: Keystone Folding Box Co.

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March 27, 2019, ... a designer and manufacturer of paperboard packaging solutions, has responded to calls for reduced plastics in packaging. The company’s Ecoslide-OTC™, a paperboard pack for over-the-counter medication eliminates ...