sustainability

Additives

BASF Offers Customers Carbon Footprints for its Plastic Additives

myPlasticAdditives online customer portal is BASF’s latest addition to the Valeras portfolio of sustainable solutions and services.

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k show

Molds Promise Process Optimization for Smaller Carbon Footprints

Five Haidlmair tools running at K 2022 will showcase optimized cooling for faster cycles and the ability to run recyclate for more sustainable molding.

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Tooling

If You Like Wrestling with Carbon Footprints…

A couple of suppliers recently calculated their carbon footprints for producing injection molding machines and tooling.

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Additives

Resins & Additives for Sustainability in Vehicles, Electronics, Packaging & Medical

Material suppliers have been stepping up with resins and additives for the ‘circular economy,’ ranging from mechanically or chemically recycled to biobased content.  

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best practices

Highlights from the Recycling Open House

At the PLASTICS Recycling Open House, leaders shared challenges and successes.

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sustainability

At New Recycling Summit, Participants Engage and Collaborate

Baerlocher's first annual recycling summit took place August 23-25 in Covington

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Packaging

System Takes Aim at Food-Packaging Applications

Gneuss will present new recycling system at the K Show this October.

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sustainability

Eight Ways Manufacturers Can Attract & Retain Customers – Part 3

Sustainability, transparency with quality data, and offering short-notice production runs are critical to building customer relationships.   

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Asahi Kasei Aims for ‘First-to-Market’ of a More Sustainable Nylon 66

In addition, Asahi Kasei Plastics North America (APNA) is on a roll with its expanded Leona portfolio of specialty nylon 66-based compounds.

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sustainability

ADS Planning $65 Million Expansion at Ohio HQ

ADS Engineering & Technology Center to add jobs, and expand state-of-the-art capabilities in materials science, manufacturing technologies and stormwater and onsite septic wastewater management solutions.  

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Blending & Dosing
Process Cooling