Heat 11 has successfully delivered a major order for the plastics industry. For a heating system of a roughly 100 meters long processing facility for web-shaped plastic products a total of 36 package units were dispatched to the ...
In a new report on plastics & packaging mergers and acquisitions (M&A) over a twelve year period from 2001-2012, Blaige & Company has identified four consolidation mega-trends associated with the plastics industry: Globalization Driving ...
Clariant, a world leader in specialty chemicals, has published its ColorForward color and trend forecasting guide for 2014. Designed specifically for the plastics industry by Clariant's ColorWorks, ColorForward uses the language of color to ...
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There is a decrease in demand for jute owing to the Government of India, for the first time, diluting the packaging norms by 60 percent under the mandatory Jute Packaging Materials Act ) of 1987. Under the JPMA, sugar mills in the ...
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Australia's federal government will establish an Anti-Dumping Commission and introduce stricter remedies against overseas producers in a bid to protect Australia's manufacturing industry. The changes will be a major boost for Australia's ...
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Canadian Plastics Industry Association (CPIA) has released a new report which indicates that the amount of post-consumer plastic recycled in Canada has increased in 2011. According to the report in total, more than 268.5 million kilograms ...
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Evonik plans to launch a new generation of PVC plasticizers. Alongside the strategic portfolio expansion, the company will also develop a new brand of products. With this expansion of its product lines, Evonik is broadening its range of ...
Posted by Rick Lingle,Technical Editor--Packaging Digest,12/19/2012 4:26:01 PM Canadian Plastics Industry Association(CPIA)released a new report that the amount of post-consumer plastic recycled in Canada has increased in 2011.An ...
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Biodegradable plastics manufacturer in the US Casey Container has received a new Letter of Interest from a German investment fund increasing the funding amount to$10m. Casey Container CEO Martin Nason said the increase of fund is the ...
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Los Angeles City Council and an alliance of plastic bag makers are at loggerheads over banning one-time use of plastic bags in the city. The American Progressive Bag Alliance also is lobbying city lawmakers to try to head off the plans to ...
The Canadian Plastics Industry Association (CPIA) has released a new report which informs that the recycling efforts by Canadians have increased the amount of post-consumer plastic packaging being recycled across the country. Moore ...
UK-based Industry association PAFA backs call for reprocessing investment. The Packaging & Films Association (PAFA) has welcomed the recent call from Beth Winkley, the head of WRAP Cymru, the Welsh branch of the UK's Waste and Resources ...
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Plastic Ingenuity, a US-based custom thermoformer has teamed up with the National Association for PET Container Resources (NAPCOR) and Society of the Plastics Industry (SPI) to fund a grant program to collect and process PET thermoformed ...
Tags: Pet Recycling Program, PET thermoformed packaging, recycling facilities
A European project to introduce labeling on injection molding machines that gives a rating for their energy consumption has completed the first stages. However it will be at least a year before the labeling system is launched by European ...
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Busch recently presented a new Mink claw vacuum pump that is the largest so far with a suction capacity of 500 cubic metres per hour. This means that Busch now offers a finely graduated range of these dry-running vacuum pumps in sizes from ...
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