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Ironjaw (Lisbon, Portugal), a new technology that boosts the clamping force on injection molding presses, has been launched by Bruno Machet, owner of Compose, and Alex Guichard, the founder of RocTool and Revology. It promises to increase the capacity of injection presses with 30 to 60% more clamp-force. The technology can be adapted to all […]
Cellulosic materials leader Eastman Chemical Company has brought its breakthrough engineering bioplastic to Chinaplas 2017 in Guangzhou. TRĒVA’s composition is about half cellulose, sourced from trees derived exclusively from sustainably managed forests that are certified by the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC). The new material is also BPA-free and phthalate-free. The non-bio-based components include acetic acid […]
CAROL STREAM. IL, U.S.A., March 2, 2017: The Society of Plastics Engineers (SPE) Thermoforming Division has named Robert Porsche as Thermoformer of the Year. The award will be presented during the Division’s Thermoforming Awards Dinner, held in conjunction with the 26th SPE Thermoforming Conference®. The conference will take place September 11-13, 2017 in Orlando, FL, […]
The plastics packaging value chain has been given added Circular Economy support, as a new collaboration aims to improve polyolefins-based packaging recycling rates. On October 25th 2016, EuPC, PlasticsEurope and Plastics Recylers Europe (PRE) launched the new Polyolefin Circular Economy Platform (PCEP) through which the industry calls on all stakeholders to join them in driving […]
TAUBERZELL, GERMANY, September 14, 2016: Uwe Stenglin, who built Plastic-Technologie-Service (PTS) into a leading custom compounder and arranged for its sale to Teknor Apex Company in March of this year, has taken on a new role as principal consultant to Teknor Apex. Walter Baumann has assumed the position of managing director of PTS. Founded by […]
Assam has immense potential in plastic industry with a massive campaign underway to tap the opportunities, state Industries and Commerce Minister Chandra Mohan Patowary said today. “Plastic has become omnipresent in our daily life. Assam has immense potential in plastic industry with a massive campaign underway to tap the opportunities, state Industries and Commerce Minister […]
The Co-op has become the first retailer to support the Plastics Industry Recycling Action Plan (Pirap) and called on others to join the industry led strategy to boost the recycling of plastic packaging. Pirap was launched in June 2015 by WRAP, the British Plastics Federation (BPF) and Plastics Europe and has nearly 50 signatories. “We […]
Winner of its 2016 Innovation in Bioplastics Award announced This past week, from August 22-26, 2016, the Bioplastics Division of SPI: The Plastics Industry Trade Association hosted its inaugural Bioplastics Week – a social media-based event to increase visibility for bioplastics together with various other partnering organizations, among which European Bioplastics, Plastics Europe, USDA BioPreferred […]