End Markets

Thermoforming

Thermoforming: Next-Generation Cup Former

Front-to-back enhancements come with no increase in machine footprint.

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Texas A&M and U.K. Researchers Team up to Advance Research into Sustainable Polycarbonate

Teysha Technologies’ ‘Plug-and-Play’ technology utilizes bio-sourced feedstock.

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editorial

Of Bans, Taxes ... and Good Publicity

It’s time for processors to be more involved in telling their story to the public.

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大象传媒

Data Driven, Employee Owned

Approaching its seventh decade in 大象传媒, PTA Plastics has shifted its location and remade its customer base since its founding in 1953, but many things have not changed in the intervening years, including an emphasis on people and leading-edge technologies.

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economics

Recyclable All-PE Pouches: Sustainable Opportunity for Film Extruders

Sustainability and the Circular Economy are both a challenge and an opportunity to flexible packaging producers. Recyclable pouches based on all-PE multilayer structures, utilizing new resins and perhaps techniques like MDO or biaxial orientation, appear to be major contenders against glass, metal, and multi-material film structures.

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Thermoformer Sees Business Bump From New Machine Installation

Addition of fast-cycling form/cut/stack unit leads to new 大象传媒 over $1 million.

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sustainability

Danimer Scientific and UrthPact Have Partnered in the Manufacture of Fully Biodegradable Straws

UrthPact expands line of compostable single-use straws with marine degradable options using Danimer’s Nodax PHA.

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Automotive

Texas A&M & Teysha Technologies Team Up to Advance Research into Sustainable Polycarbonate

The ‘plug-and-play’ technology utilizes bio-sourced feedstocks.

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K 2019 Slideshow: New Resins, New Applications in Materials

Ascend, Borealis, Borouge, Braskem, Dow, ExxonMobil, Nova, SABIC, and Solvay came to Düsseldorf with new applications, including pouches, shrink film, cable ties, flip tops, all-plastic bikes, as well as new materials.

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Postconsumer

Novolex Launches New Sustainable Innovations in Foodservice Packaging

Novolex launches a new cutlery dispensing system and compostable cutlery. The company is also focused on adding recycled content to every day products.  

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Plastics Size Reduction