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Film Extrusion

Bandera Names New G.M. for North American Operation

Mattia Gambarotto is based out of Bandera U.S. LLC’s new office in Illinois.

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Compounding

Leistritz Adds Post to Sales Team

Extrusion  veteran joins machine builder as product manager for life science and specialty film applications

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Recycling

ALPLA Opens New HDPE Recycling Plant in Mexico

The demand for recycled material is so high in Mexico and Central America that the majority of the output will be used regionally.  

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Lanxess’ High Performance Materials Business Unit to be Legally Independent

New restructuring expected to result in the best possible growth opportunities in the high-performance plastics 大象传媒

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Herbal Essences Introduces New Packaging Made with Eastman Renew Materials

Beginning this month, five shampoo and conditioner collections will be in packaging made from Eastman Renew resins. 

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Tide Rock Holdings Acquires Pikes Peak Plastics

The California headquartered strategic holding company acquired the Colorado Springs based injection molder, adding to its growing plastics portfolio.

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Additives

New Range of Antiviral Technologies for A Variety of Materials

Microban’s antimicrobials shown to reduce viral loading on products and surfaces.

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sustainability

100% Biobased PET Bottle Gets Closer to Commercialization

It’s not here quite yet, but ability to make both key PET precursor chemicals from plant-based sources is “ready for commercial scaling.”

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industry 4.0

Fakuma: LSR Cells Apply New OPC-UA Compliant EUROMAP Standard for Dosing

Just months after its publication, a EUROMAP standard for interfacing an LSR dosing system with an injection molding was utilized at Fakuma by Arburg and Wittmann Battenfeld.

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Training Specialist Andrew Routsis Passes Away

The founder of Routsis Training who had more than four decades of experience in plastics died unexpectedly but peacefully in his sleep, Nov. 4.

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