1:35 min Sheets & Films
rPET sheets
Nexam Chemical announces broad initial international commercial traction for IV enhancers in rPET sheets
Nexam Chemical proudly announces significant international commercial traction for its Intrinsic Viscosity (IV) enhancers in recycled PET (rPET) sheets. This breakthrough has garnered substantial interest and initial orders from key markets including Pakistan, the USA, Australia, ...
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1:23 min Chemical recycling
Call
British Plastics Federation calls for urgent action on mass balance as method for calculating recycled content within the UK Plastic Packaging Tax
The British Plastics Federation (BPF) has co-ordinated the submission of a joint letter to the newly appointed Exchequer Secretary, James Murray MP, calling for an urgent response to the previous government’s mass balance consultation. The consultation closed in October 2023 and ...
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1:53 min Management
Management
Novolex appoints Ted Jackson, President Of Performance Solutions
Novolex® announced that Theodore (Ted) Jackson has been appointed President of the company’s Performance Solutions segment which includes the Heritage® can liner, Shields® custom flexible film, and specialty laminations businesses. Jackson assumes this role after rising through a ...
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4:53 min Sustainability & Circular Economy
Plastic pollution
Biden-Harris administration releases new strategy to tackle plastic pollution, takes action to reduce single-use plastics in federal operations
Communities across the United States and around the world are facing a plastic pollution crisis. Plastic production and waste have doubled over the past two decades, littering our ocean, poisoning the air of communities near production facilities, and threatening public health. The ...
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2:00 min Digitization
Injection moulding
AI start-up OSPHIM digitalizes plastics industry and wins over expert jury in HIGH-TECH.NRW competition
OSPHIM has won first place in the HIGH-TECH.NRW pitch with its AI-based technology for the digitalization of the plastics industry. The company - which was only founded at the beginning of 2024 - has built an innovative platform for AI-based process optimization of injection moulding ...
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