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

Articles

EPS-SURE, the polystyrene recycling project concludes with success

The project with participation of COEXPAN focuses on a system for the collection, pre-treatment, and recycling of Expanded Polystyrene (EPS) waste for its subsequent use in new PS food packaging

Articles

Surface treatment for the plastics extrusion market

Vetaphone’s specialist explains the need for the process and how technology is responding to changes in market demand

Articles

ZIM project - development of new flame-retardant polymer composites

In cooperation with ENTEX, investigations are carried out in order to compare the advantages and disadvantages of the process technologies twin screw extruder vs. planetary roller extruder

Articles

Sikora: Quality assurance of medical tubes

Two typical aspects that manufacturers pay particular attention to regarding quality assurance of their products are the dimension and surface of medical tubes

Articles

Purge and shut-down additives from Ampacet for product quality

100400 Purge PE masterbatch and 103828 NaturBlend Universal Purge, gently clean out unwanted materials from equipment to accelerate job changes and colorant removal

Articles

Brabender extruder helps to recycle rubber waste

A research project of the Osnabrück University of Applied Sciences with industrial partners aims to develop a new one-step recycling process

Articles

DOTP Plasticizer for PVC-Processing

Interview with Denis Gerber,
Senior Expert at SIBUR’s Plastics, Elastomers and Organic Synthesis Division

Articles

Plastic packaging still confronting sustainability challenges

The coronavirus has only helped to underscore the importance of plastic packaging when it comes to keeping food contamination-free

News

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