NPE 2024, held in Orlando, Florida, from 6 to 10 May, announced its final registration and paid exhibit space results data, totaling 51,396 registrants and more than 102,000 square metres respectively. NPE 2024 saw a record-breaking number of international attendees, first-time attendees and paid exhibit space...
SS Royal Kit Emirates Investment and Global Biopolymers Industries have joined forces to establish a new venture to transform the PLA bioplastics industry. The company, Emirates Biotech, will spearhead the production and marketing of PLA biopolymers across the Middle East, Africa, and India, offering...
Gefran entered into an agreement with the current CEO, Marcello Perini, including the commitment to keep the manager at the helm of Gefran in the role of CEO until the approval of the 2028 financial statements. Perini agreed to continue to contribute to the leadership of the company at least until the agreed date...
From 25 to 27 June, Haitian International Germany hosted its annual open house welcoming approximately 1,000 visitors over three days at the European headquarters in Ebermannsdorf (Germany). The event has become a major showcase for the entire product range and capabilities of the...
Following the collaboration between Versalis, Eni's chemical company, and Forever Plast, Italy's leading company in post-consumer plastic recycling, comes Refence, an innovative range of recycled polymers for food contact packaging. The range is already available in the market for...
Syensqo, a leading global provider of advanced performance materials and chemical solutions, has announced the introduction of five new high performance Echo grades as part of the company’s growing Omnix Echo portfolio of circular polymers. With a mass-balanced allocated recycled content between...
Robert Schad, founder of Husky Injection Molding System, a global manufacturer of injection moulding machines, moulds and hot runner systems, has died in Toronto, Canada, at the age of 95. Born in Germany, he emigrated to Canada in 1951 after studying mechanical engineering and founded Husky in...
The Plastics Recycling Show Middle East & Africa (PRS ME&A) returns to the Dubai World Trade Centre in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, from 10 to 12 September 2024. The three-day exhibition and conference enjoyed a very successful launch in 2023 and is the only event in the region specifically dedicated to plastics recycling...
Plastics processor Ensinger is expanding its top management. On 1 July, Björn Schneekloth joined the family-owned company as a Managing Director. Together with the two long-standing Managing Directors Roland Reber and Ralph Pernizsak, he will be responsible for both Ensinger and the Ensinger Group...
Although mechanical recycling is a well-established technology and remains the first choice for plastics recyclers due to its high efficiency, chemical recycling is now emerging as a key step in closing the plastics recycling loop, particularly for handling heterogeneous plastic fractions that pose a challenge for mechanical recycling...
Bethesher Industrial Supplies (BIS) is the new agent in the Philippines for Amut's entire portfolio. The company is a leading local supplier of packaging machinery, especially turnkey injection moulding equipment. Based in Novaliches Quezon City, BIS will market the Italian manufacturer's extrusion and recycling equipment...
Engel has expanded its technical centre in St. Valentin, Austria, with one of the largest injection moulding machines from its standard portfolio: the duo 5500 combi M with a clamping force of 55,000 kN, measuring 32 meters long, 13 meters wide, 6.8 meters high, and weighing 545 tons...
CMG Granulators earned Bronze Medal from EcoVadis for Sustainability Performance placing the company, with a score of 59/100, in the top 70 globally. EcoVadis rating validates CMG business sustainability commitments and performance. “As part of our commitment to society, our people and the environment, CMG Granulators...
StarLite-R Nitro - Sidel’s latest distinctive high-resistance bottle base for still nitrogen-dosed products in 100% rPET bottles - offers manufacturers of nitrogen-dosed still beverages and edible oils increased creative scope, greater sustainable manufacturing, and proven performance...
The demand for recycled plastics is increasing rapidly worldwide: consumer awareness is growing, companies are setting themselves ever more ambitious sustainability targets and recycling requirements from international governments are also increasing. As a company with almost 30 years of experience in plastics processing and almost...
An air intake manifold made of 100% Renycle, the RadiciGroup brand identifying engineering polymers obtained from recycled polyammide: this application was recognized with the prestigious award in the Power Train category by the Society of Plastics Engineers (SPE)...
Union strengthens its asset of human resources with two experienced professionals in the extrusion sector: Massimo Gomis and Simone Coccoletti. With many years of experience in OEM companies in the plastics processing sector, both in the technical and service fields, both...
Just one month from contract signing to delivery: Colines quick-delivery policy once again leads to extreme customer satisfaction. This is the case of Interfilms-Novapak Group (Mexico), which signed the order for a 7-layer ALLrollEX 1500mm cast stretch film line just a month ago. It took only....
The inauguration ceremony of the new production plant of IMS Technologies, a global leader in the design and production of high-tech machinery for the converting and packaging sectors, was held in Calcinate, in the province of Bergamo, on 26 June. Paolo Clerici and Stefano Bartolini, IMS Technology...
From 18 to 20 June 2024, Engel hosted the Digital Days event at its sites in Schwertberg and St. Valentin, getting new insights into the current state of process digitalization, in injection molding in particular, and the role of artificial intelligence (AI) in this field. During the three days...
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