United Kingdom: Food-grade HDPE recycling champion

Every HDPE milk or juice bottle that has been produced in any ALPLA plant in the United Kingdom must consist of at least 30 per cent rHDPE

News 06.04.2020

Unipetrol completes major investment in new PE unit

The Czech company has completed and officially commissioned the principal part of the construction of the new polyethylene unit (PE3)

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14.07.2021

Extrusion 5-2021

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The best recycled pellets for irrigation pipes

The shredder-extruder combination from recycling technology provider PURE LOOP is the ideal solution for recycling challenging production waste, which includes drip tapes and irrigation pipes

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Collin Medical Line: Production of multi-layer hoses for medical applications

The inner geometry of the hoses ranges from mono-lumen up to multi-lumen hoses containing up to seven separate channels

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Demand for Erema PET recycling technologies is still growing

The Austrian recycling machine manufacturer has set new standards in PET-recycling, particularly with their VACUREMA® technology, which is the heart of the new VACUNITE® process

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External inspection solution for highest polymer quality

The external Film Surface Analyser (FSA100EXT) from Optical Control Systems GmbH is an optoelectronic inspection system for polymer film with real-time defect analysis

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Material recycling with Untha's high-performance shredder

Thanks to a range of cutting systems and rated capacities, the CR2000 is used both for the pre-shredding of hard plastics, and for the processing of post-consumer waste compressed in bales

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A Highly Versatile Extensometer for Strain Measurement

The multiXtens from ZwickRoell meets accuracy class 0.5 (to ISO 9513) over a measurement range of 700 mm and offers a high level of flexibility and automated functions

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Oil from plastic waste

High-speed extruder from battenfeld-cincinnati melts and degasses granulate from used plastic

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New Conair SmartFLX™ Conveying Control

Originally introduced in 2009, the FLX conveying control was developed as a “flexible” alternative to complex, large-scale control systems

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News 20.07.2021

Aslan presents a film with holographic effect

Holographic ASLAN SE 72 is a silver self-adhesive PET-film, shimmering in the colours of the rainbow

News 20.07.2021

Polykar Breaks Ground on its New Manufacturing Facility in Edmonton

The construction of this facility is phase one of a $40 million investment to create a centre of excellence for the development of flexible and compostable packaging

Case studies

Сase studies

Recycled resin based shrink film in China

Dow and Mengniu, China’s leading dairy company, announced the successful commercialization of a collation shrink film made with Dow’s post-consumer recycled (PCR) resins in Mengniu’s product packaging