1:43 min
PET Recycling

Recycling in Germany: PET bottles setting the trend

PET beverage bottles already meet the key requirements in the current debate on plastic recycling. Germany’s firmly established recycling system from manufacturing to recycling PET bottles has played a decisive role, placing the German PET market ahead of the EU plastic strategy just ...
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1:20 min Recycling & Compounding, Global themes, Regions…
Recycling

Plastics recycling grows in Europe

The installed capacity for recycling flexible polyethylene (PE: PE-LD, PE-LLD PE-MD & PE-HD) has been increasing significantly over the last years. Since 2015, the installed capacity for recycling flexible PE has grown approximately from 1.5 M tonnes per year to 2.3 M tonnes per ...
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0:59 min Preform moulding, Injection moulding systems, Closure moulds

Digital transformation at the plastics processing

For ARBURG, the focus will be on "Connectivity" at this year's Hannover Messe. The company will demonstrate the injection moulding of elastic tension straps "on demand", the Freeformer for additive manufacturing and Industry 4.0 components for the "smart ...
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3:46 min Sustainability & Circular Economy
Sustainability

HEINEKEN announces 'Drop the C' programme

Brewer sets new ambition to reduce carbon emissions HEINEKEN today announced its 'Drop the C' programme for renewable energy. With 'Drop the C' the company aims to grow its share of renewable thermal energy and electricity in production from the current level of 14% to 70% by 2030. ...
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2:44 min PET recycling systems
Strand pelletizing systems

ips supplies underwater strand pelletizing system to Märkische Faser GmbH in Premnitz/Germany

In December 2017, the 1000th system left the production hall at ips Intelligent ...
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2:44 min Markets and Management, Applications & Operations

ips supplies the 1000th system

In December 2017, the 1000th system left the production hall at ips Intelligent Pelletizing Solutions GmbH. The ips-SGU 120/2 HS, a highly innovative underwater strand pelletizing system, will start operation in the 1st quarter of 2018 at Märkische Faser GmbH in Premnitz. With it, ...
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2:22 min Sustainability & Circular Economy
Circular economy

CEFLEX: Surge in collaboration boosts support for circular economy solutions for flexible packaging

CEFLEX, the collaborative initiative to increase the collection and recycling of ...
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0:11 min
PETnology and TPC join forces

PETnology Americas 2018

Atlanta, USA, 25-26 June 2018 The Packaging Conference and PETnology join forces to present their first joint PET conference.
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1:32 min Materials, Processing & Handling, Bottle & Cap Decoration

Unique metallic shine for 3D printing filaments

Exclusive cooperation between the companies Schlenk, Herz and Gabriel-ChemieAn intrinsic metallic shine can now also be achieved in the 3D printing process, now also available as a PETG filament
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1:47 min Materials, Processing & Handling

Individual plastics coloring for highest standards

Masterbatches, pigment mixtures, liquid dyes and coloring pastes: for more than 65 years Finke has provided innovative coloring solutions and supported users from design stage to final product.
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