sustainability
Bottle-To-Bag Technology For Making Woven-Tape FIBCs From rPET
Starlinger is exhibiting an rPET FIBC at Booth W6885 along with a “smelling table” that highlights “smell-improved” regranulate.
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New Technology Focuses On Higher Quality In Plastics Recycling
Erema’s Intarema T 1108 is live at Booth W1249, processing clean LDPE production waste direct and without pre-shredding to make high-quality regrind.
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NGR Presents P:REACT Processing System With NGR Connect For rPET
The Liquid State Polycondensation (LSP) of scrap PET in the P:REACT machine cleans the melt of harmful contamination while still offering process stability.
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Mas To Showcase New Design For Continuous Melt Filtration
The MAS developed and patented CDF removes efficient and continuous wood, paper, non-melting foreign plastics, rubber, aluminum and similar contaminants from the melt stream.
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Meet the 2018 Plastics Recycling Innovators
This year features a variety of various recycling technologies and yes, lots of innovation.
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‘First’ Scientific Tests Show HDPE Can be Reused 10 Times
How often HDPE can be processed, ground and reprocessed in injection molding processes without fundamentally changing its structure and characteristics?
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Recycling Needs Drive Innovation in Sleeve Labels
Materials suppliers and film processors have been hard at work creating new label offerings compatible with PET bottle recycling.
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Ford Goes Greener for Plastics
Research scientists at Ford Motor are finding the ways and means to make more-sustainable plastics for use in their vehicles. And some of the bio-materials being used may surprise you.
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Get into the Zone: Re|focus
At NPE2018, the new Re|focus Zone displays the latest trends in sustainable solutions and green manufacturing. Something new to look for in the Re|focus Zone is the Sustainability Lounge, a space to learn about PLASTICS and how companies can get involved in the sustainable initiatives they offer.
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Injection Molding: Wittmann’s U.S. Debut of Two Machines, New Robots & Auxiliaries at NPE
A high-speed packaging machine, two-shot micromolder, and new high-end and economical robots, plus several new auxiliaries bow in at NPE.
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