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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29.06.2020

Extrusion International USA 3-2020

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New cutter hub for pelletizing from Nordson

According to Bischof + Klein, the new-design cutter hubs increased the lifespan of blades from 3 days to nearly 3 weeks

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Customized system for 5-layer PP-R pipe with fiberglass

A special concept for manufacturing 5-layer PP-R pipes with fiberglass reinforcement was developed by KraussMaffei Berstorff in close collaboration with Poloplast GmbH

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ips supplies the 1000th system for underwater pelletizing

With the ips-SGU 120/2 HS, high-quality plastic pellets are to be produced from polyethylene terephthalate (PET) residues

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Cyklop® uses screen changer from Nordson to boost productivity and cut costs

Nordson's BKG® HiCon™ V-Type 3G Screen Changer reduces number of screen changes and amount of backflush waste while yielding uniform melt flow

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Starlinger recycling lines at Avangard Innovative

To ensure that the regranulate not only performs but smells like virgin material, both lines are equipped with Starlinger's odor reduction technology

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Stretch film line redefines modular efficiency

Davis-Standard has engineered a stretch film line that redefines modular efficiency for high-grade film operations

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Post-consumer PE Film Recycling: also in South Africa now

Delivered by HERBOLD MECKESHEIM, the plant can process up to 8,000 tons per year of film, used big bags and similar waste

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Improving plastic bottles recycling with AMUT

The CarbonLITE PET recycling project comes after the two mega PET recycling plants that AMUT supplied in North America

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News 02.07.2020

Collin's first melt blown pilot line for non-woven fabrics

This line consists of one approved Extruder E 25 P with spinneret for the production of finest fibres

News 01.07.2020

SC Johnson: New Mr Muscle® bottle made from 100% recycled ocean-bound plastic

The new line of bottles are now available from Wilko and Amazon, and will be rolling out to more stores in the coming months

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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