1:55 min Colorants
Latest colour trends for plastics

Gabriel-Chemie presents COLOUR VISION N°18

Gabriel-Chemie presents at this year´s Fakuma (International trade fair for plastics ...
2:34 min Caps & Closure Technology, Caps & Closures
United Caps CEO Benoit Henckes gives an interview discussing the motivation for the company’s debut at drinktec and growth potential in the beverage industry

“We understand our customers”

United Caps, headquartered in Luxembourg, is an expert in caps. The practical and ...
1:41 min Management, Recycling & Compounding
Partnership

BTB PET-Recycling and Starlinger: a successful 10-year cooperation

Bottles are turned back into bottles: This is common practice at BTB PET-Recycling ...
6:19 min Milk, Filling and aseptic
Milk in PET

UHT milk bottles in PET on a Sidel Aseptic Combi Predis – A first for Italy

Centrale del Latte di Brescia has doubled its aseptic production of UHT milk in PET ...
1:38 min Barrier materials
New barrier material will be launched at Fakuma 2017

Red card for oxygen

Only three years after introducing the first PBT (polybutylene terephthalate) grade ...
1:14 min Markets and Management, Management, PET films, trays, cups
After Sales Service

Bandera Customer Care, a new approach to after-sales

The product, i.e. the machinery represented the core of the sales of industrial plants, until a few years ago. The concern of manufacturers was to curb production costs in order to be more competitive and capable of being affordable to the highest possible number of customers, by ...
1:55 min Two step blow moulding systems
Stretch-blow system for PET bottles

XTRA from SIPA: more speed, productivity, flexibility and savings

A revolutionary stretch-blow system for production of PET bottles is being unveiled ...
0:56 min Digitization, Sorting and collection
CONNECTED SYSTEMS

New chances of connected systems in the plastics processing industry

At the FAKUMA 2017 trade fair Sesotec as trade fair highlights presents Industry 4.0-ready metal separators to trade visitors. The objective of plastics manufacturers and processors is to produce a maximum quantity of products in constant high quality. For achieving this objective ...
2:34 min Sustainability & Circular Economy, Digital printing
Direct printing

EPBP approval: Direct Print Powered by KHS™ certified and fully recyclable

Innovative technology which is fully recyclable: the first digital Direct Print ...
1:32 min Sustainability & Circular Economy, Recycling & Compounding
An obstacle to the Circular Economy

EU delays approval of recycling processes in food contact applications

More than 9 years have passed since the publication of the Regulation (EC) No. 282/2008 setting up the rules on the use of recycled plastic materials in food applications. To this date, the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has adopted more than 140 positive scientific opinions ...