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OPINION: Stepping into the Minefield – Again
A major packaging producer defends “mono-material” claims as being “functionally” accurate and true “in spirit” when minute amounts of other materials do not affect recyclability.
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Change Over High-Output PET Blow/Fill/Cap Lines in Just One Week
Sidel delivered seven new PET bottle formats across two integrated water and soft-drink bottling lines within a week apiece.
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Bekum Acquires Thermoplastic Pultrusion Machinery Business
Blow molding machine builder Bekum buys into a very different field of technology with technology and personnel from insolvent ProTec Polymer Processing GmbH.
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Faster, More Automated Changeover for PET Bottles
Sidel has updated its Bottle Switch technology for its latest PET stretch-blow machines, adding robot assistance.
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Recycling Terminology Can Be a Minefield, So We Should Tread Lightly
Loose propagation of terms like “recyclable” and “compostable” has already brought down government regulations on labeling. The plastics and packaging industries should take that to heart with other recycle-related language. Like “monomaterial” for example.
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Plastics Processors Who Hire ‘Second-Chance’ Workers Do Well by Doing Good
Two blow molders with long-standing programs of hiring formerly incarcerated low-level offenders have helped these individuals re-enter their communities and have benefited from an additional resource during chronic labor shortages.
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Why Are They Blending Biopolymers?
A sit-down with bioplastic producer Danimer Scientific showed me there are more possible answers to that question than I had previously thought.
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Blow Molder Confer Plastics Celebrates Golden Anniversary & the ‘American Dream’
This family-run firm fills a specialized niche with a culture of innovation and environmental stewardship that realizes the dreams of its founders, its employees and its customers.
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PHA/PLA Blends for Coffee Pods Meet EU Compostability Specs
Danimer Scientific and TotalEnergies Corbion collaborate on biopolymer blends that meet proposed EU compostability requirements for coffee pods and other plastic packaging.
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Upgraded Collating System for Complex, Unstable Bottles
Sidel has improved its Cermex ProSelex flexible collating system, which is now faster, more compact and easier to change over.
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Are Plastics on the ‘Wrong Side of History’?
Some might think so, but the rational answer is No, not unless you envision a retreat to pre-industrial society.
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iMFLUX Goes Royalty-Free and Transitions to Mainly R&D Role
By July, P&G will close the iMFLUX site and move to royalty-free licensing through injection-machine vendors and third-party retrofitters. An iMFLUX R&D team will continue to develop the technology.
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