Recycling

Compounding

April’s Index: 48.2

Larger plants doing much better. Capital spending plans jump.

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Thermoforming

What Does It Take To Take on the World?

Participate in Plastics Technology’s second annual World Class Processors benchmarking survey and see how you stack up.

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Extrusion

Boston Matthews Adds New U.S. Sales Manager

Matthew Brown will be responsible for the machinery sales and coordination of the company’s network of sales representatives for the U.S. and Canada.

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Postconsumer

WEIMA Group Celebrates 30 Years

Europe remains the strongest individual market followed by the U.S. WEIMA America generates a quarter of the company's overall earnings.

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Postconsumer

Petoskey Plastics Launches Recycling Scorecard for Blown Film

The data are based on the level of recycled content supplied within film and bags purchased from Petoskey.

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Postindustrial

Is Your Granulator Helping You Maximize Your Profit?

It’s easy to take a scrap granulator for granted. Many people do. But getting the most value out of your production scrap requires both a granulator design and a preventive-maintenance program that are appropriate to the way you use the granulator.

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GM Recycles Water Bottles to Produce Chevy Equinox Part

The Detroit auto giant is recycling employees’ water bottles into noise-reducing fabric insulation that covers the Chevrolet Equinox engine.

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sustainability

Novolex to Acquire Heritage Bag Co.

Heritage Bag Co. is Novolex’s fifth acquisition since Wind Point Partners acquired Novolex (formerly Hilex Poly) in 2012.

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sustainability

Are You Getting Maximum Value From Your Plastic Scrap?

If not, you’re throwing away money. The solution comes from knowing the difference between a scrap materials reprocessor and a recycler, and how to evaluate what a reprocessor can do for you.

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Ahead of the Curve in Recycling

A pioneer in recycling milk bottles built a thriving ´óÏó´«Ã½ in plastic lumber, but blow molding with PCR has proved a longer, harder road to success.

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Process Cooling