Market News Plastic Recycling Valgroup operates the largest PET recycling plant in South America October 28, 2024 by plasticsinfomart Brazil’s plastic recycling rate fell from 25.6% in 2022, the best year on record, to 20.6% in 2023. It is the worst result since records began in 2018 in the South American country. MaxiQuim, a business valuation company in the chemical industry, compiled the data at the request of the Plastics Chain Incentive Plan (PICPlast, […] Read more »
Plastic Recycling Iterum opens Latvia’s largest PET recycling plant October 26, 2024 by plasticsinfomart Iterum, formerly known as PET Baltija, has opened Latvia’s largest PET recycling plant in Olaine. At a planned capacity of 80,000 tonnes per year, the plant is one the largest PET recycling facilities in Northern Europe and one of Latvia’s largest industrial buildings. It spans an outdoor area of around 40,000 square metres, and a […] Read more »
Breaking News Kickstart: Emergency response, EV battery recycling and a new injection molding award October 26, 2024 by plasticsinfomart Emergency response and a minute-by-minute look at Impact Plastics flooding I’m guessing emergency managers are looking intently for lessons they can draw from the Hurricane Helene-related flash flooding that claimed six lives at Impact Plastics on Sept. 27. NBC News published a detailed story Oct. 18 looking at events at the Erwin, Tenn., factory the morning of […] Read more »
Recycling News Uncategorized LyondellBasell closes acquisition of plastics recycler APK October 24, 2024 / October 24, 2024 by plasticsinfomart LyondellBasell (LYB) announced it closed the full acquisition of Germany-based plastics recycler APK on Oct. 17. The acquisition negotiations were first announced at the end of August. APK entered insolvency self-administration procedures in May 2024 and had since been looking for new investors. The economic situation of the Merseburg-based company deteriorated during a period when its investors […] Read more »
Plastics Industry ALPLA launches dialogue about the benefits of plastic October 21, 2024 by plasticsinfomart Plastic can protect the climate and provide for the world. With its #daskannkunststoff (‘PlasticCanDoThis’) campaign, packaging and recycling specialist ALPLA is committed to a fact-based view of the recyclable material among the public. On 9th October, the company invited guests from the worlds of politics, business and academia to Berlin for a dialogue. They discussed […] Read more »
injection molding machine Fictiv Launches Automated Design for Manufacturability for Injection Molding October 18, 2024 by plasticsinfomart Fictiv, a global digital manufacturing leader, announced the launch of its Automated Design for Manufacturability (DFM) for Injection Molding. Described as an industry-first by the company, this tool provides engineers with instant, actionable design feedback to enhance product quality and speed up time to market. Combined with human expertise following automated DFM, it helps reduce the […] Read more »
injection moulding machine Milacron launches its all-electric injection moulding machine: the eQ180 October 18, 2024 / October 18, 2024 by plasticsinfomart Despite having co-pioneered the technology over 30 years ago, Milacron has integrated it into an all-electric machine platform only recently. The eQ180 has 4-cavity injection moulding machine clamps with a force of 180 metric tons and a screw diameter of 50mm. It also has an electrical mono extruder with a 40mm diameter screw and performs with […] Read more »
Industry Hellweg launches granulator the ‘market has been waiting for’ October 18, 2024 by plasticsinfomart Hellweg Maschinenbau has returned to Fakuma with a gift for the recycling industry. The new LSZ 150/100 edge strip shredder is the granulator the ‘market has been waiting for’, managing director Mark Hellweg told Sustainable Plastics on the show floor. The new machine is a less-is-more kind of gift. It has no blade, no screen, no infeed […] Read more »
