3:13 min Blow Moulding & Coating
Blow moulding

75% production capacity increase: Gable X meets demand for PET packaging with support from Sidel

Gable X Cleaning Solutions Company Limited, located in Chaguanas (Trinidad and ...
1:58 min Additives, Materials, Processing & Handling
Color development software

Latest X-Rite Color iMatch release accelerates color formulation for coatings, plastics and textiles

The new release of Color iMatch delivers better match performance reducing the number of formulation steps compounders, coating suppliers and textile dye houses need to get to the best possible color match.
1:16 min PET recycling systems
Innovative filter

New filter device substantially boosts screen changer efficiency for finer filtration, greater throughput, longer filter life

Nordson’s BKG® FlexDisc provides producers of critical films and PET recyclers with ...
1:50 min PET materials
Alternative Application

rPET Application Example: FREITAG launches innovative bag

FREITAG, known for its recycled truck tarps, is now expanding its bag line by ...
1:30 min Filling & Bottling, Global themes, Regions, …
New integrated system

SMI block system at Tsitsikamma Crystal Spring Water

Tsitsikamma Crystal Spring Water company has been investing in the latest ...
1:16 min Recycling & Compounding
Achievement

Armacell approaching landmark of 1 billion recycled PET bottles

High-tech foam cores made from 100% recycled PETPatented process technology invented by Armacell1,000,000,000 bottles recycled since 2010
2:10 min Recycling & Compounding
Recycling

Carbios produces first PET-bottles from 100% recycled plastic waste using company’s breakthrough technology

Process can repeatedly recycle all kinds of PET plastic wasteAn industrial solution to achieve brand-owners’ sustainability goalsInnovative tech strives to help create a cleaner planet through a circular economy, resulting in less oil and gas consumption
0:47 min Barrier materials, Materials, Processing & Handling
Barrier Technology

Ring Container Technologies: Announcing BarrierGuard™, customizable, breakthrough technology

New, innovative technology offers superior performance with less material Ring Container Technologies, a leader in the plastic container manufacturing industry, today announced the launch of its patent-pending, proprietary technology, BarrierGuard™. The company is disrupting the ...
1:20 min Facts & Figures, Staple fibers, fibers, filaments
Acquisition

Indorama Ventures completes acquisition of Brazil’s Largest polyester fibers plant

Indorama Ventures Public Company Limited (IVL), a global chemical producer, announced the completion of its acquisition of M&G Fibras Brasil, in Cabo de Santo Agostinho, Brazil. The Cabo plant manufactures and supplies Polyester Staple Fiber, with total polymerization capacity of ...
1:38 min Recycling & Compounding
Recycling

Starlinger and PET2PET boost PET recycling in Austria

In 2018, the Austrian company 'PET to PET Recycling Österreich GmbH' recorded a plus ...