1:17 min
Management
Appointment
Guenther Klammer new CTO of Next Generation Recyclingmaschinen GmbH (NGR) as of August 16, 2022
As of August 16, 2022, Dipl.-Ing Guenther Klammer is responsible for the research and technical developments of Next Generation Recyclingmaschinen GmbH as the new technical manager (CTO). With this reinforcement in the management, the team of plastics recycling machine specialists ...
2:10 min
Strategies & Market Analysis
Report
Avantium First Half 2022 Results: Avantium begins the construction of its FDCA flagship plant and signs additional offtake agreements
Avantium reports its 2022 half year results. Tom van Aken, Chief Executive Officer comments: “We have made significant positive strides across our business over the last six months. We are very pleased that we have started constructing the world’s first commercial facility for the ...
1:39 min
Cosmetics & Medical
Plastic Alternative
LVMH Perfumes & Cosmetics Houses signs offtake agreement with Avantium for the use of PEF for its cosmetics packaging
Avantium N.V., a leading technology company in renewable chemistry, announces that it has signed a conditional offtake agreement with world luxury goods leader LVMH Group (Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton). With this offtake agreement, LVMH Perfumes & Cosmetics Houses has secured a ...
1:43 min
Management
Passing
Bekum: Gottfried Mehnert passes away
Gottfried Mehnert passed away peacefully surrounded by his family on August 01, 2022 at the age of 87. The Bekum Group mourns the loss of its company founder and the plastics industry loses an outstanding personality who, with his inventiveness, decisively changed extrusion blow ...
0:45 min
Management
Recycling capacity
Resilux: Double bottle-to-bottle recycling capacity using Erema technology
Resilux has announced a major new technology investment which will result in them doubling their bottle-to-bottle PET recycling capacity. Using state of the art equipment from Erema, it is Resilux’s latest step in their drive to create a truly circular economy in PET.
1:47 min
Strategies & Market Analysis
K Show Preview
K 2022: Official special show "Plastics shape the future" focuses on the hot topics climate protection, circular economy and digitalization
Every three years, and this coming autumn again, the world of plastics meets in Düsseldorf: from October 19 to 26, 2022, the world’s leading trade fair K presents new products and innovations from all sectors of the industry – from production to processing, to mechanical engineering.