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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24.02.2021

Extrusion International USA 1-2021

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EKO-N: Two drying concepts combined in a new drying unit

KOCH-TECHNIK, specializing in peripherals, has combined the advantages of two successful CKT and EKO drying concepts in this dryer

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Artificial vision for pipe extrusion lines

Sica has developed a quality control system to be applied to its Belling machines or stand-alone to evaluate the quality of the produced sockets

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Parx: Synthetic yarn with antiviral properties

The Parx Materials technology relies on a non-toxic, body’s own, biocompatible element that is integrated in the material to modify or improve its mechanical/physical properties

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Lanxess extends use of composite material to extrusion blow molding

Continuous fiber-reinforced thermoplastic composites of the Tepex brand can now also be integrated in the production process

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Autonomous operable side feeder from Entex

With the new side feeder, all safety-related and control modifications are no longer necessary: This system only requires an appropriate power supply and a suitable cooling water supply

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The Lindner film examiner

This latest development for PE film recycling, the film examiner, is placed directly in front of the extrusion phase as a final process to improve product quality

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Quality analysis of plastic flakes and regrind within minutes

FLAKE SCAN by Sesotec can reliably determine the precise quality of plastic flakes and regrind in just a few minutes

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Kick-off for R-Cycle

The objective of project, driven by Reifenhäuser, is to ensure the recyclability of plastic packaging through seamless documentation of all recycling-relevant packaging properties

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News 26.02.2021

Alpla to expand its recycling activities

The company is to invest up to 50 million euros a year on average between now and 2025 in the expanding of its recycling facilities

News 26.02.2021

ExxonMobil tests advanced recycling of plastic waste

ExxonMobil has also formed a joint venture with Agilyx Corporation, focused on developing innovative solutions for aggregating and pre-processing large volumes of plastic waste

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