Environment Recycling News New PCR PET recycling facility opens in the Midwest May 9, 2011 by plasticsinfomart Placon Corp., a thermoformer and plastic sheet extruder, announces the opening of its EcoStar closed-loop recycling facility in Fitchburg, WI (near Madison). Placon becomes one of the first thermoforming companies in the food and consumer packaging industry to implement its own in-house recycling to process post-consumer bottles as well as thermoforms. With this new 70,000 […] Read more »
Environment Recycling News More recycling could mean more jobs: Marglen planning expansions Read more: RN-T.com – More recycling could mean more jobs Marglen planning expansions May 9, 2011 by plasticsinfomart Romans can take tangible action toward industrial expansion in the community simply by recycling their 2-liter or 20-ounce plastic bottles. Marglen Industries President and CEO John Burnes said that if there were more bottles available, Marglen could have expanded once, maybe twice in recent years. “There is a definite need for the material that we […] Read more »
Environment Recycling News ECO Plastics to build new plant after Coca-Cola deal May 9, 2011 by plasticsinfomart PLANS by a Newcastle company to develop a new £15m recycling facility have been approved and work will soon begin on the development which will create 30 new jobs. Wallsend-based ECO Plastics has received planning permission from Lincolnshire County Council for the expansion at its Hemswell sorting facility. The plastic bottles recycler is able to […] Read more »
Market News Gas price to drop as oil joins commodities plunge May 7, 2011 by plasticsinfomart NEW YORK – Investors finally hit the brakes on oil, gold, silver and food prices. This week’s sharp sell-off doesn’t mean commodity prices’ stunning rise over the last several months is over, but it is good news for anyone planning a road trip this summer. Oil prices fell 15 percent this week, the steepest decline […] Read more »
Category Menu Product News Birchwood Casey Introduces New Acrylic Polymer-Based Topcoat May 6, 2011 by plasticsinfomart Birchwood Casey has launched CLEARLOK MAX, a new topcoat that has a mix of acrylic polymers to produce a fine coat finish on metal surfaces. . The coating is resistant to scratches. The applications of CLEARLOK MAX topcoat include power transmission components, machine components, hand tools and valves, pumps and oilfield tools. The unique feature […] Read more »
Environment Recycling News CHINAPLAS 2011 recycling bottle tree first revealed May 5, 2011 by plasticsinfomart CHINAPLAS 2011 will continue with last year’s theme of “Green Plastics, Our Goal, Our Future”. Stanley Chu, Chairman of Adsale Exhibition Services Ltd, the show’s organizer, explained to Hong Kong media the importance of green manufacturing in a press conference on May 3. Mr Chu, together with Ada Leung, Assistant General Manager – Sales & […] Read more »
Category Menu Machinery News Hema will showcase new GW weight filler at Interpack May 5, 2011 by plasticsinfomart At Interpack which will be held in Düsseldorf, Germany between May 12-18, Hema, a subsidiary company of Sidel (Tetra Laval group) that designs, manufactures and sells filling systems for complex liquid foods as well as for industrials and cosmetics, is going to present its new GW weight filler for vegetable oil packaging, and a GWm […] Read more »
Category Menu Product News SABIC launches new polyethylene resin for cast film applications May 4, 2011 by plasticsinfomart SABIC, a global plastics industry supplier, introduced SABIC LLDPE 430BE, a new, cost-effective, linear low density polyethylene (LLDPE) resin for cast film applications on April 28. According to its statement, SABIC LLDPE 430BE offers excellent mechanical properties, outstanding quality consistency, improved stiffness and the potential to improve line speeds considerably. This combination of properties opens […] Read more »