Postconsumer

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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sustainability

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

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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Postconsumer

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 911±¬ÁÏÍø in plastic lumber, but blow molding with PCR has proved a longer, harder road to success.

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economics

February’s Index—49.6

Processing market at highest level since last April.

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Postindustrial

Ways to Grow PET Packaging Recycling

Global commodities markets are placing intense price pressure on all players in the PET supply chain, as reclaimers and PRF operators suffer tight margins due to low resin pricing.

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sustainability

Water-Cooler Talk: New Application for Plastic Bags

Who’d have thought that after all these years someone would come up with a new application for the already omnipresent plastic bag?

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Process Cooling
Plastics Size Reduction