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PET to PET Recycling Österreich GmbH can look back on its most successful year so far: in 2019, more than 26,300 t of PET material - equivalent to around 1.1 billion PET bottles - were used to obtain valuable secondary raw material for new…

NETZSCH acquires TAURUS Instruments AG We are pleased to announce the expansion of our product portfolio with fire testing systems, thermal conductivity measuring devices and heat transfer coefficient (U-value) measurement instruments…

Genomatica Hits Industry-First Milestone in Nylon Sustainability Eighty years after nylon’s first commercial production, clean manufacturing technology leader Genomatica achieved a new milestone for the material — its production of the…

First COMPEO compounding system for color masterbatch in operation Only announced to the plastics industry in the run-up to K2019, a COMPEO 88 compounder from BUSS is already in industrial use. The first user is a multinational masterbatch…

According to the preliminary figures published by the Ucima Research Department, the sector has continued to grow during 2019 (up 1.8% on 2018), reporting positive performances both in Italy and in foreign markets. The Italian packaging…

Digitalisation, individualisation and climate protection are megatrends which represent challenges for coating job-shops and companies with in-house painting operations. With roughly 500 exhibitors already registered at the end of December…

The Plastics Pipe Institute, Inc. (PPI) has named David M. Fink as its new President and Executive Director effective at theend of January  2020.  Mr. Fink, a veteran of the plastics pipe industry, previously served as the Chairman of the…

Propak West Africa welcomes the new decade with plans for the eighth edition to be the biggest one yet having almost completely sold out 2019 saw Propak West Africa in its most successful edition to date. An impressive 89% of exhibitors…

Useon Cites the New Production Line as a Milestone for ‘Made-in-China’ Twin-Screw Technology in a Market Long Dominated by Western Suppliers Extruder manufacturer Useon (Nanjing) Extrusion Machinery Co., Ltd. has installed a 70,000 ton…